RHYME TIME: RTS doesn’t get too political but we couldn’t pass
up this poem sent to us by contributor Mary Fairbanks, a former
Bradfordian now living in Florida.[neWLine]
It’s just too appropriate as a commentary on our ridiculously
high gas prices. Mary, an ardent RTS reader, knows of our ongoing
griping about gas prices and so wrote this gem herself a couple
weeks ago:[neWLine]
Overheard at the White House last evening…[neWLine]
“”Now I lay me down to sleep,[neWLine]
I pray, dear Lord, cheap gas you’ll keep,[neWLine]
“”But, I fear now it is for certain[neWLine]
My buddy, Dick, from Halliburton,[neWLine]
“”Will line his pockets staying greedy,[neWLine]
Forget cheap gas, forget the needy,[neWLine]
“”Forget new sources made from corn,[neWLine]
They’ll have toðposeðfor Internet porn,[neWLine]
“”To pay their bills and buy their bisquits,[neWLine]
Heck, Cheney thinks they’reðall darn misfits,[neWLine]
“”So, if you can, Lord, bless my Daddy,[neWLine]
Bless dear Mom and their friends gladly,[neWLine]
“”Makeðtheirðwells flow with that snake oil,[neWLine]
As for those drivers, just make their blood boil,[neWLine]
“”Drill in the Arctic, good place to start,[neWLine]
Just don’t tell them it’s all for HAARP,[neWLine]
“”We need that weather modification,[neWLine]
So they can take those long vacations,[neWLine]
“”Burn more gas on all the highways,[neWLine]
Fly more planes and traverse byways,[neWLine]
“”They won’t know those oil seams,[neWLine]
Only powers up the satellite beams,[neWLine]
“”That zap them ions in the sky,[neWLine]
And, make Jeb’s Florida always dry.[neWLine]
“”Nope, we have fooled them, ain’t we Lord?[neWLine]
Heck, they’ll go buy another Ford[neWLine]
“”Explorer for those trips and stuff,[neWLine]
You see, dear Lord, Prius ain’t big enough,[neWLine]
“”So, keep it coming, keep them buying,[neWLine]
Keep cars driving, planes still flying,[neWLine]
“”And, if you do good, I’ll stop smirking,[neWLine]
Just watchin’ all them dumb folks working.[neWLine]
“”And, God Bless NASCAR. Amen.[neWLine]
ð- George
