There once was a message profane,
About the president to disdain,
But it was soon scrubbed away,
Like Colbert’s show, they say,
Leaving no lasting stain.
There once was a president so bold,
To take a victory lap, I’m told.
After Colbert’s show,
In the night he did go,
His actions quite brash and quite cold.
There once was a pandemic quite grand,
Leaking into faraway land.
Tanzania and Sudan,
And Rwanda in its span,
COVID spreading over the sand.
There once was a president’s corruption,
So blatant, it caused much disruption.
Threatening constitutional order,
The board became its recorder,
In history, it left a disruption.
There once was an image, you see,
With problems that critics did decree.
They pointed them out,
With a loud, angry shout,
Now the image is free to be.
There once was a security czar,
Who pondered if the machines would go far;
He asked Commerce to declare,
The components with great care,
As national security stars.
Property can be replaced, that’s true,
Said the safety officer, in the view.
But lives cannot be restored,
So safety must be adored,
In all that we do, through and through.
Lee Mendelson Films sued with great might,
Claiming music use was not right,
Vince Guaraldi’s tunes
Were played by buffoons,
In court, they would surely fight.
There once was an AG so bold
Who said Jan. 6 rioters won’t fold
He claimed they’d get paid
For the harm that they made
But their actions, the truth will unfold.
There once was a land being sued
Where owners claimed they’d exclude
To be accepted, you see
Applicants must be
White, they said, to be wooed