A conspiracy so vast

To all but the conspirator

(Mark there's as many as before)

The thing about conspiracy

Is it's there for none to see.

Each man whether stout or frail

Conjures up his own betrayal-

A vampire banker in the night

(Or schoolmarm if you're on the right.)

Whichever shadow you pursue,

And I bet you money it's a Jew,

With all our demons aggregated

And in with our neighbors titrated

The conspiracy has grown so vast

To become democracy at last.

And once our enemies are pooled,

We're rightly glad to have been fooled.

-Burnett Holmes

Ogre Day 2011

When freedom comes to Tripoli,

The despot hanged on live TV,

Love will keep the dastard's head

Entangled in its braided thread.

Yea, it's true, a tyrant risen,

Is buoyant on a sea of prison;

In this world of friends and neighbors

And charity and hugs and labors.

Shackles bind the very best

While embraces tie the rest

And affection makes the world go round,

Which as it spins, grinds us down.

Yes, love's a rose, I hear. I do,

And kindness is the truest true,

But whichever gracious heart may spawn it,

An ogre's bile be upon it.

-Amelia Roston Browning

A dismal ogre Day to all my friends!

CPA Day

Today I'll meet with an accountant

Who'll prescribe the amount that

in taxes I'm due to pay

April 15th or ground hog day

Is this tyranny or patriotism?

Nah, but worth some rhyme and rhythm.