Hannah Arendt and the Duke of Kent
Hannah Arendt and the Duke of Kent
Were discussing English nobles
Said Hannah Arendt, there’s a natural bent
For people to act like Gobbles
The Duke of Kent was quite taken aback
And suggested tennis and tea
Said Hannah Arendt, you won’t get me
To engage in banality
Attacks on Sin
Attacks on sin
In poor syntax
Force sinners
To their grammars
The rightous to
The scriptures turn
To learn just what’s
Good manners
Twenty Third and ½ Psalm
The Lord is my shepard
I shall not want
At least if I get
A house in Larchmont
He leads me beside the still waters
Of Long Island Sound
He restores my bank account
Song by Harry Belafonte
Day off
Day off
Daylight come and
I want to stay home
The Girl that I Marry
The girl that I marry
Will have to be
As soft and as sweet
As a zeppoli
The girl I call my own
Will wear garlic and spices
And smell of calzone
Her nails will be bitten
And in her hair
She’ll wear her hair curlers
And I’ll be there
Stead of sweets a
She'll eat pizza
And she’ll make
Her sauce with
Lots of meat-sa
A doll I can carry
The girl that I marry
Must be
To Pee or not to Pee
To pee or not to pee, that is the question
Whether tis nobler in the bath
To suffer the stings and arrows
Of outrageous bladder
Or push up arms
Against a sea of bubbles
And by arising end them
To wee, to seep, aye there’s the tub
THE BRONX BRAHMAS
(With apologies to Emerson)
By J.E. LeMoult
If the Red Sox think they slay
Or the other teams think they are done
They know not well the subtle ways
The Yankees have of making runs
Far outfield walls to them are near
Day games and night games are the same
Ruth and Gehrig to them appear
And one to them is game and fame
They reckon ill who leave them out
When they let fly the balls have wings
They quiet the doubters with their clout
They sing the song October brings
The strong teams pine for Jeter strong
And pine in vain to just break even
But thou, meek lover of the game
This year it is the Yankee’s season.
