Iron Poet

[Impenitent]

Unbelievable

You don't want the truth found out
You'd have me tell no lies.
You say don't tell me what it's all about,
So you can plausibly deny
You won't say to me just come clean
Because if I do I'm a fool.
I've learned what it is you really mean
I can't break your unspoken rule


Don't encumber you with the knowledge,
Just tell you everything's fine
Is this what you learned at college
With the way you're perceived
And your transparency
To be seen stepping out of line, aren't you?
The targeting, the wiretaps, and the terror
Just hit you out of the blue


Could be your world ain't what it seems
Surely you aren't without other means
You only show your higher self
Though details could belie
There might be secret black ops
At misdirection you're quite deft
And those armies of DHS cops
Might be your right hand washing your left...


The things, you say,
They're both red and blue
Your purple prose just gives you away.
The things, you say,
Before I close this door
The things, you say,
They're both red and blue
Your purple prose just gives you away.
The things, you say,
You're Unbelievable !

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unbelievable but juicy

 

[Capstone]

Mainstream Press​

Inform the public! Make it Swift,
lest Taylor covers her midriff!
Think twice before you grab a switch
to beat the child of your bitch!

And tell us of the nudey pics
pulled from some hacker's bag of tricks,
while Kim and Kanye steal the show
as made-to-measure pimp and ho!

Don't stem the tide of juicy news
with boring stories that refuse
to breach the unbelievable
with headlines that scream "What a Snooze"!​

As it seems...

 

[Capstone]

Not, as it Seems to Some, that Nobody Died...

On twelve fourteen of twenty twelve we watched
in muted disbelief the first reports
and turned to one another for support...
to later learn those first reports were botched!

We heard that Ryan was the shooter's name
because his brother carried his I.D.;
we saw the cops were running towards the trees,
but heard the guy they caught was not to blame.

We heard a purple van was on the run;
that Adam was mistaken for a priest;
and every bit as strange, to say the least,
the suspects in the van were dressed as nuns!

But finally they got the story straight
(well, straight enough to use it as they will
to craft a shiny confiscation bill),
though "proof" is still a matter of debate.​

 

[Capstone]

On the money.

 

[Impenitent]

Annie's Song


People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one
Maybe so in the long run, but that's not how I'll have it spun
I'll say I'm just like you, and downplay my net worth
And the servants tell me, I'm very down to earth

And even though we've got all that money
We haven't yet established the House of Rmoney
Our election will bring a reign of aristocracy
And you people, though I spurn
You will know that it is our turn
And I can tell you, everything's gonna be alright

Love a guy who's got his employees by the balls
Rack em up, let em go, and live with the catcalls
And if ya find it helps your mind to take a valium
Remember you're in the short line for the honorarium

And even though we got all that money
We haven't yet established the House of Rmoney
Our election will bring a reign of aristocracy
And you people, though I spurn
You will know that it is our turn
And I can tell you everything's gonna be alright



The vulture bites

 

[Capstone]

Vultures rip and bite
poisoned roadkill in the Sun --
ugly birds die too.​

Red shields up...

 

[Impenitent]

"Yabba Dabba Abba"

You can pander, you can lie
Having the time of your life
Ooh see that Senator, watch that scene
Graham is the drama queen

Friday night and your sights are low
Looking out for a place to go
Being the eternal kamikaze
You'll make a pitch on Benghazi
Bitch and moan 'til they scream

Primp and twirl your curls
Look aghast and clutch your pearls
Fainting couch and pearl necklace
Accusations insulting and reckless
Lindsey, you are the drama queen

Anybody could be that guy
Night is young and the irony's high
He talks in a conspiratorial argot
And now Hillary is a bigger target
And when he gets the chance

He is the drama queen
Approval rating only seventeen
Drama queen, feel the fear
Building in the right wing, oh yeah

You can pander, you can lie
Having the time of your life
Ooh see that Senator, watch that scene
Graham is the drama queen

You're a teaser, you turn 'em on
Find a red under your bed, then you're gone
Looking out for Isis, needing a shield for your crisis
Your followers are in a hypnotic trance
And when you get the chance

You are the drama queen
Approval rating only seventeen
Drama queen, feel the fear
Building in the right wing, oh yeah

You can pander, you can lie
Having the time of your life
Ooh see that Senator, watch that scene
Graham is the drama queen
Graham is the drama queen



circus clown car

 

[Capstone]

Three Rings

The circus came to town today
to set up its three rings:
as hoops of fire blaze away...
a bearded lady sings;

a lion-tamer cracks the whip;
big cats jump through the hoops;
a well-trained monkey does a flip
(then masturbates and poops);

a tiny car chock-full of clowns
speeds straight to center stage;
a blur of wigs and painted frowns
(packed ass-to-face) engage...

a troop of midget troubadours
in mid-performance form,
and play the poets' saboteurs
amid a laughter storm;

a trapeze artist in the air
has little need to fret
and twirls about without a care
above the safety net;

an obese woman and her song
wait silent in the wings
(the bearded lady's voice, though strong,
can't hit the notes SHE sings).​

 

[Capstone]

Metaphoric euphoria ensues...

 

[Impenitent]

Sunrise on playground
Metaphoric rain ensues
Euphoric mood fades

 

[Impenitent]

Bach Halloween fugue

 

[Capstone]

Halloween Fugue in D-bag Major

"The time has come to trick or treat
my friends and neighbors!", reads the tweet
I twitter-out on Beggar's Night,
while gearing-up to hit the street.

I grab my powdered wig despite
the fact it's clearly way too tight
(discomfort's not too great a price
to make sure the effect is right);

the knee-length coat is very nice;
the knee-length breeches buckle twice;
the platform footwear fits the bill;
the knee-length stockings should suffice

to battle the October chill.
My Schwarzenegger accent will
show all that I can 'talk the talk'
to hypnotize them to fulfill

my sweet desires when I knock
upon their doors as J.S. Bach(!)
arisen for a final fugue
of tricks and treats all down my block.​

 

[Capstone]

Back on topic...

 

[Impenitent]

"This Is How We Do It"

This is how we do it
(This is how we do it)
La ra ra ra ra ra
La ra ra ra ra ra
(This is how we do it)
La ra ra ra ra ra

This is how we do it, we should be less myopic go straight to the topic
The party is here and the solution couldn't be more clear

We can increase the killing and we are more than willing
To make the bold moves that liberals find so chilling

Forget about demographics
Get back to our roots and be more autocratic
We control so much and we're here to stay
So let me hear the party say

I'm drunk with power and it's all because
(This is how we do it)
The GOP does it like nobody does
(This is how we do it)

To all my neighbors, we got one flavor
(This is how we do it)
Let's flip the track, bring the old school back
(This is how we do it)

This is how we do it, all guns are in the air
And wave them from here to there
If you're a political hack or a wanna-be player
You see the party's been good to me ever since I saw Reagan on tv

But now I'm on Fox tv, and you can see I want to keep my money
A hundred-dollar bills, y'all
If you were from where I'm from then you would know
We'll manipulate the IRS when it's our show

Whatever the liberals spew and spray
Whatever it is, the party's underway
So tip up your cup and point your guns up
And let me hear the party say

We'll disenfranchise and take their votes away
(This is how we do it)
We'll make it so no union can stay
(This is how we do it)

We'll gerrymander the electoral college
(This is how we do it)
We'll do it without their consent or knowledge
(This is how we do it)

We'll filibuster unfettered and unchecked
(This is how we do It)
Until our economy is weathered and wrecked
(This is how we do it)

Affirmative action, Pell grants and the Dept of Education
(This is how we do it)
Will be abandoned and die of starvation
(This is how we do it)

We'll double defense and build the electric fence
(This is how we do it)
And bomb Iran to appease the dominionists
(This is how we do it)

We'll refuse to raise the debt ceiling
(This is how we do it)
Until Social Security and Medicare
are defunded and reeling
(This is how we do it)

I'm drunk with power and it's all because
(This is how we do it)
The GOP does it like nobody does
(This is how we do it)

Oh, it's Republican Party time
(This is how we do it)
Straight up coming from the south side
(This is how we do it)

Oh, she's got the flavor, yeah
(This is how we do it)
And Rupert doesn't like
nobody
(This is how we do it)



Political message board

 

[Capstone]

Board of Education

A splintered, holey two-by-four's displayed
where every student in the class can see
how great the cost of misbehavior'd be,
all knowing that the piper *would* be paid.
Some bear the scars for failing to conform,
refusing in the past to heed their fears
then given ample reason for their tears,
as pine met flesh like lightening in a storm.
Outsiders say, "Such punishment is cruel;
political correctness should prevail!",
but peace and quiet tell a different tale
at every desk inside this middle school.


The message of the story should be clear:
the most effective teaching tool is fear.​

 

[Capstone]

Or is it?

 

[Impenitent]

Romney Rash

I was in my quiet room late one night
When my eyes beheld a young gun
of the right
He wrote a marvelous budget and his star began to rise
Name of Paul Ryan and much to my surprise

He had the rash
He had the Romney Rash
The Romney Rash
It was a Wall Street smash
He had the rash
He caught it in a flash
He had the rash
He had the Romney Rash

It's something in your past that's icky and itchy
And you don't dare explain 'cause it's sticky and fishy
A guy like that could be another jokester and funster
And on top of that, he looks just like ...Eddie Munster

Suddenly they were all in my room
Celebrating what Ryan caught so soon
The also-rans so clueless and confused on facts
Crawling out the doors of Ann's two Cadillacs

There's Rick Santorum with Michele Bachmann
Without her husband but with her eyes wide open
Newt Gringrich and his Booty Callista
Brought her favorite party favor, a game of twister

There was Rick Perry, all forgiving with no regret
Trying hard to remember the Texas Two Step
And Herman Cain was looking so fine
Ready to Tea Party like it's 18-999

I put on a lampshade, made of magic underwear
We partied all night and nobody mentioned Romneycare
I was glad the gang was all there and getting down
For what is a circus without all the clowns

They had the rash
The Romney Rash
They brought the cash
The Romney cash
It's in my stash
The Romney stash
We're ready to bash
At the Romney Bash

Sarah Palin fell out of the dumbwaiter with a scream
Seems she was troubled by just one thing
She looked around the room and shook her fist
And said, "Whatever happened to my Peppermint Twist?"

We'll take back the White House, wait and see
Who wouldn't vote for an Anglo-Saxon like me?
We'll win on Tuesday without much hullabaloo
Then there'll be no more Watusi or Boogaloo

The USA will have the Rash
They'll have the Romney Rash
The Romney Rash
It was a Wall Street smash
It caught on in a flash
Since we had the cash
To buy the white trash
The Romney white trash



The Palin Brawl

 

[Capstone]

The Palin Brawl (Impenitent-style)

Le'me tell ya' little story 'bout Alaskan meth-heads--
a humble grisly mama and her clan of inbreds--
who'd rent a purdy limo for their stumb-l-in' broood
to crash a fancy party with a fam-i-ly feud--

soil, that is, "Grand Old" ...G.O.P.

Well, the next thing ya' know ol' Sarah's derriere
was planted in the limo to direct the whole affair
from a safe enough distance to prevent an in-jur-yyy
to her pageant-winning features and to what should never be:

the fulfillment of any political aspirations of the future.​

 

[Capstone]

When you're good...

 

[Impenitent]

"Me and Chris Down by the Jersey Shore"

Mitt rolled out the Libya surprise at midnight
Obama shut down free speech was his accusation
When Darrell Issa found out he began to shout
And he started the investigation

It's against the law
It was against the law
What the Mittens saw
It was against the law

Then Issa looked down and spit on the ground
Every time Barry's name gets mentioned
Jim Dement said oy if I get that boy
I'm gonna break him like he's on a plantation

Mitt's Sandy relief truck is on it's way
He don't know where it's going
It's on it's way but he's taking his time
Got to take more pictures
Here in Ohio
New York is sunk,
But this is a swing state

Sean and Rush can hardly miss
Seeing Barry and Chris
Down by the Jersey Shore
Seeing Michael, Barry And Chris
Workin it out on the Jersey Shore

In a couple of days they come and
Take Mitt away
But the press let the story leak
Seems the Romneys have long been dead
Now a family of Zomneys have replaced them instead
You oughtta see their picture in Newsweek!

Goodbye Annie, no more FLOTUS
Seeing Barry and Chris down on the Jersey Shore

Tho you people said it was Ann's turn
Asleep or undead was hard to discern
On a puppet like Ms Piggy, Ernie or Bert
But it looks she'll spend eternity in a thousand $ t-shirt