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Cheryl Snell's avatar

Melting ICE

Blackbirds flock together in a poisonous cop -shaped cloud but fly apart at the first sign of a leaf blower

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Louella Lester's avatar

Polite Boos and Elbows Out Along the Northern Border

We skate over. Poke-check him in his sweaty bloated tariffs. His crooked crown slides off on our 51st attempt. Score!

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Kathryn Silver-Hajo's avatar

Stalemate

Pawns, rooks, bishops captured, the knights blunder before the naked king and queen in their castle, pondering their next move.

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Mileva Anastasiadou's avatar

We Live To Tread On The Waves Of History

When the tide is high, he rises, the aspiring king, but we ride the waves and, again, we drown him.

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Ani Banerjee's avatar

SIR ( shit in rump)) TACO (tRump Always Chickens Out)

He thought he was knighted, but a deadly fart exposed his soiled underwear during his Birthday Parade.

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Angela Fitzpatrick's avatar

Predator Pee: Americas Weirdest Export

Forget gasoline, pharmaceuticals and aircraft parts: celebrate our monopoly on wolf urine and keep pesky deer off the world’s streets.

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Tick Tock

Fret not while he golfs and preens, even kills, Ozymandias is not just from Breaking Bad, time is still undefeated.

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Linette Rabsatt's avatar

Some King

Solomon thought he was Panga’s smartest man. He claimed to be next in line for king. We all knew better.

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Karen Crawford's avatar

The Wannabe King Loves a Parade

March of boots. Tanks. Swoops. 21-gun salutes. He imagines fans in empty stands. Adjusts his fake crown with tiny hands.

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Dave Alcock's avatar

Before He Leaves, Charles Requests a Second Shirt

January cold. He will shiver on the scaffold. And divinity is fearless. The crowds may think that he is scared.

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Jessica Klimesh's avatar

“After 75 years, the Orange King Still Can’t Pass Kindergarten”

He wails, “No fair! I’m king!” But the 5-year-olds in his class are unimpressed, refuse to play with him anymore.

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Joani Reese's avatar

Tiny Hands

I tried to grasp a country in my fist, but my hand was much too slimy, dripping sewage from my past.

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camroc's avatar

Tanks for the Memory

So many tanks, their mighty rumbling. Years later, seated on his golden throne, he will remember this failure especially.

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Bill Ferguson 🇨🇦's avatar

A Drivel, A Drovel, Sifting Without a Shovel

When waffling, the iron is a bludgeon, sending drivels of ill repute forward. Without insight, checkmate occurs tarnishing the clown.

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Guy Cramer's avatar

In the Days Of Yore Medieval Tournament and Banquet Hall

The jester proclaimed himself king.

“They can’t dine on jokes,” said the stable-boy, galloping out, gnawing the last turkey leg.

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Andy N (New Account)'s avatar

AND THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS

He crowned himself via lies; the truth was pricked however when his real mother came forward, resulting in his beheading.

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