THEY WON’T CARE ABOUT YOU

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Republicans
Won’t Care
About Helping You
Until You Vote Them
Out

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All Rights Reserved – 11-17-2020 – 2:00 p.m.

A Wear A Mask Limerick 1.1

Every government around the world is pounding out this message loud and clear non-stop. We have a world health crisis. Science and data says this is a best practice to contain it and diminish its deadly effects.

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DERELICTION OF DUTY

By Charles Robert Lindholm

They
Call It
Dereliction Of Duty,
Trump Ignoring America’s Covid-19
Pandemic

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All Rights Reserved – 11-18-2020 –8:30 a.m.

OUTGOING PRESIDENT TRUMP

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Outgoing
President Trump,
Whines About Losing
While Ignoring America’s Covid-19
Pandemic

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All Rights Reserved – 11-16-2020 – 9:00 a.m.

TRUMP’S FAVORITE LIE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

The
Pandemic’s Over,
Trump’s Favorite Lie,
Proof He’s Stupid And
Lies

No
One Believes,
With New Cases
And Deaths At Record
Numbers

The
Stock Market’s
Selling Off, Proof
It Doesn’t Believe Him
Either

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All Rights Reserved – 10-28-2020 – 10:00 a.m.

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A White House Office Of Science And Technology Policy News Release Made The Claim In Announcing A Document Highlighting The Administration’s Science And Technology Achievements Over The Past Four Years.

“Highlights Include: Ending The Covid-19 Pandemic,” The News Release Sent To Reporters Read. “From The Outset Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, The Administration Has Taken Decisive Actions To Engage Scientists And Health Professionals In Academia, Industry, And Government To Understand, Treat, And Defeat The Disease.”

https://Www.Cnn.Com/2020/10/27/Politics/White-House-Ending-Covid-19-Pandemic-Accomplishment-Record-Cases-Spike/Index.Html

An Idiotic Serpent Limerick

220,000 Americans have died from Covid-19. Current models are producing dire predictions.

A Still Think Its A Hoax? Limerick

It is a shame that this had to happen, but the behavior of the those involved made it seem inevitable.

A Science and Conscience Limerick

The world has been through times like this before and mankind has survived. That said, I am a baby boomer who could have never imagined what is happening in the world today.

A Wear A Mask Limerick

Every government around the world is pounding out this message loud and clear non-stop. We have a world health crisis. Science and data says this is a best practice to contain it and diminish its deadly effects.

A Couple of Goodbye Las Vegas Buffets ? Limericks

Time to get back to humor.

The pandemic has affected our eating,

Words Fail Me

Not a day for humor. Too many heartbreaking images. Too much pain.

An I’m Still Staying Home Limerick

If patience is a virtue, then I’m going to be a saint.

Shakespeare was not going to the beach during the plague. He knew better. Hamlet had this to say about it – ‘Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.  And we know of the ills of COVID19. The numbers speak for themselves.

A Pandemic Worst Practice Limerick

There are no problems that “ignore it and maybe it will go away” won’t make worse, especially health problems. I borrowed the gist of that statement from AA, which believes in admission and support as the foundation for solving the problem. Admission and support are exactly what is needed now to solve the pandemic problem. Anything other than that will only exacerbate it.

A Pandemic Stay Home Stay Safe Sex Limerick

I have seen this photo making the rounds on social media. Sadly, there are going to be many economic and social casualties from the pandemic – one of them being casual sex.

A Pandemic Appearance Limerick

I can’t post a selfie because it would be a scary. I look like a cross between Santa Claus and Doc Brown from Back To The Future. I start every day the same way. I walk into the bathroom, look in the mirror, scream, do a costume change from pj’s to sweatpants and head to the kitchen to make coffee.

A Mother’s Day Meal Fit For A Queen Limerick

I am a foodie and I belong to many FB food groups including a few with names specific to the pandemic. I know all about #stayhomeandcook and #stayhomeandeat. I have done lots of both and written a few limericks about it. I love seeing all the creativity and beautiful presentations of everyone cooking while staying home. It was especially great to see all the effort that went into cooking for Mother’s Day. I know that everyone will agree that being a mother may be the most essential job needed during these uncertain times. Job well done everyone.

A “Pandemic Anxiety – Don’t Eat Your Heart Out, Just Eat” Limerick

Staying home is the right thing to do. But it is not easy. You have a lot of time to think about our uncertain future and that leads to anxiety. And it is boring. But when there is nothing to do, there is always something you can do…..

A Pandemic Crises Reality Check Limerick

A global health crisis. A global economic crisis.
Both inflicting unimaginable pain and suffering, loss and fear.

A Pandemic Diet Dilemma Limerick

Staying home during the pandemic has been very challenging for everyone. We have to find ways to use our time wisely and creatively. I have had good self-discipline with my favorite educational activities – reading and writing. Not so much with my favorite recreational activities – cooking and eating.

A “StayHomeStaySafe Connecting = Anti-Social Distancing” Limerick

The pandemic has changed so many aspects of what was our “everyday lives.” One of the most dramatically affected things has been our relationships.

An Acrostic “HEROS” Limerick

 

After watching more news on television than I ever have in my life, I am appalled at how politics and political figures are dealing, or not dealing, with the pandemic in such self-serving ways. There have been some exceptions who have demonstrated decisive leadership, and, unfortunately, the news focuses on those that haven’t. But what we have seen everyday is the exceptional courage and determination of the actual boots-on-the-ground frontline “soldiers” battling the pandemic every minute of every day. They are and will be remembered as the real HEROS

A “Pandemic Panoramic Views” Limerick

The Flame Towers in Baku, Azerbaijan

         The view from our balcony

An “In Genius Outlook” Limerick

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
― Albert Einstein

A Making Stay Home, Stay Safe Fun Limerick

Some Isolation Inspiration

A Shakespearean Solution Limerick

There is nothng funny about the pandemic and what it has done to turn the world and the lives of everyone in it upside down. It would be impossible to write a traditional “joke” limerick with a four line setup and a fifth line punchline about it. However, I hope that I can use a touch of humor to send a serious message by slightly altering one of my best limericks where I take possibly the most famous speech in the English language and give it a Texas twist. I had to take a few liberties with the meter to get the message right

The world was riding high in the saddle,
Now, it’s up a creek with no paddle.
Tis not just nobler in the mind
To sit home on your behind…
It will make this Sea of Troubles skedaddle!