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*'Twas the night before elections*

*'Twas the night before elections*
  *And all through the town*
*Barack and Michelle*
*Were putting it down!*
**
*Barack in his bathrobe*
*And Michelle in his lap,*
*They'd just finished munchin*
*The last of Halloween crap.*
**
*When all of a sudden*
*There arose such a boner*
*Michelle leaped up*
*Like she spotted a donor!*
**
*Then turning to her hubby*
*She screamed out loud,*
*"For the first time in my life,*
*Now I am really proud!"*
**
*Obama didn't react,*
*Still cool and calm*
*He said, "G g g g go 'n get*
*Th th th,... some lip balm."*
**
*"Lip balm! Oh honey,*
*Not 'til we're in *
*The Oval Office since*
*That's Democrat tra-di-tion.*
**
*"Michelle, my belle, *
*You are so noble.*
*Can't you let your hair down *
*This once and gobble?*
**
*What's up with you? *
*Why are you nervous?*
*I've rigged the election,*
*Now give me some service!*
**
*I sought out the liberals*
*With all their money *
*And even got the media*
*To work for me, honey!*
**
*So If you don't do this*
*And make me wait*
*America won't look so mean,*
*If you're shark bait!"*
**
*"Oh, honey I love it *
*When you talk tough!*
*If only your enemies could see*
*When you say that stuff!*
**
*But lets go to sleep now*
*And no longer gloat.*
*We have to get up early*
*AND GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!"*

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  • Immortal Obscurity Greeters member
    October 31, 2008

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    Welcome to Allpoetry

    Hello there

    This was hilarious! We in Canada have already had our elections, though I'm much more interested in yours; I would vote for Barack, which is funny, since I can't stand the Liberal Party here

    My only suggestion to you: Watch your punctuation, as it can take away from an otherwise-great poem.

    In all, though, this was a lot of fun; thanks so much for the laugh! If you ever need help with anything, please feel free to contact me

    Write on!

    Laura
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    • Mendasity
      November 1, 2008
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      Thank you!

      I have never in my life even thought of doing something like this , although rhymes come to my mind all the time. This time I just looked for a site to post it for the heck of it, since I am retired and have the time. If you knew me you would never have guessed I wrote it as I never talk like that ('guess I can no longer say I never think like that , can I). I guess I'm what they mean by "twisted". But you know the whole topic of these elections just seems to have been made "dirty" by the media's conduct so I felt like a "dirty" poem would be appropriate.

      I think this is a good way to express your emotions as I felt good after I wrote it. even better after your comments. Well I'll try a few more whenever I'm inspired and probably show you the true mediocrity of my abilities! Beginner's luck has been a trademark of my life's experiences.

      I can understand why you would vote for Barack since "coverage of McCain has been heavily unfavorable—and has become more so over time. In the six weeks following the conventions through the final debate, unfavorable stories about McCain outweighed favorable ones by a factor of more than three to one—the most unfavorable of all four candidates—according to the study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism" (http://journalism.org/node/13307).

      PS. By the way, I know how to spell mendacity, but it was already taken as a user name, in case you were wondering. same with gmail, but "s" works! Oh, and I thought you could get away without punctuation in poetry! You see I know nothing.


  • RawrItsKrista
    October 31, 2008

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    This is so creative!
    I love this it's amazing!! I don't know what else to say. I just think this is an amazing thing to do.
    Great job!
    xx

    • Mendasity
      November 2, 2008
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      Thanks for the accolades!

      But I looked at your profile and I'd have to say in the category of creativity I don't compare to you. After all, everybody knows "Twas the night before Xmas" I just changed the words, lol. I guess I'm what your generation means by "twisted" ,,, well maybe not (certain images of heavy metal rock bands just came to my mind).
      ps Do you like satire or parody? The word "Shards" in your poetry reminded me of this parody I wrote (http://www.thespoof.com/magazine/index.cfm?eID=3118) Since I retired I tried my hand at writing wierd stuff at www.TheSpoof.com another thing I've never done before - I think I have this repressed desire to express myself in writing, and now poetry? I'm just worried I didn't repress enough to keep it up for long! (he he)