December 13, 2002

The Cardinal, the Statesman and the Senator

My apologies to Edward Lear.

The Cardinal, the Statesman and the Senator went to sea In a glass bottomed boat: They took some boyish honey, and plenty of special interest money Wrapped up in a white sheeting coat. The Cardinal prayed to the stars above, The Statesman sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Senator, O Senator, my Klannish friend, What a powerful man you are, You are, You are! What a powerful man you are!"

The Senator said to the Statesman, "You elegant fellow,
How charmingly sweet the lies you sing!
Oh! let us with the media parry;
too long we have tarried:
But for which Anchorman shall we sing?"
They sailed away, for a week and a day,
To the land where the news cycle grows;
And there in a wood an Anchorman held sway,
With Ted's ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With Ted's ring at the end of his nose.

"Dear Anchorman, are you willing to sell for one penny
Your soul?" Said the Anchorman, "I will."
So they interviewed away, in the last cycle of the day
By Aaron who lives off the fools on the hill.
They wheedled and whined, client lists declined,
Apologies were offered with a wink and a nod;
Skipping a light fandango across the room,
They danced away by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced away by the light of the moon.


Posted by feste at December 13, 2002 05:08 PM
Comments

This gives another layer of

meaning to one of my favorite

books, "Dancing at the RASCAL Fair."


:)

Posted by: jaspar at December 13, 2002 08:04 PM

Brilliant, my friend, simply brilliant. :-)

Posted by: Kiril at December 13, 2002 08:50 PM
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