“Biblical Budgeting” a poem by The Bard of Murdock

It’s Sunday and todays poem by The Bard of Murdock relates to recent criticism of Paul Ryan’s budget plan by a Catholic progressive group. The poem was originally published on Monday, April 16, 2012. Be sure to read the article link provided before reading the poem.

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Biblical Budgeting

Article link: Catholic group criticizes Chairman Paul Ryan

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To counter Ryan’s budget plan

I combed through Mark and Luke,

I exegeted line and verse

To ready my rebuke.

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But universal coverage

Could not my work divine,

Between the calls for charity

And water turned to wine.

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I searched for nanny government

And health care as a right,

But Matthew never wrote of them

In ways that I could cite.

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St. John was focused on the Word

And never took the time,

To speak of solidarity

On someone else’s dime.

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I rather doubt, were they alive,

And part of this debate,

That Matthew, Mark and Luke and John

Would feed the Beast of State.

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Other Paul Ryan posts:

     Demigods and Democrats

     Bushwhack at Bistro Bis

     I Thought I Saw a President

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The Bard of Murdock

My goal is to produce poetical cartoons. I try to use metaphors and caricatures (or a politician’s own words) to address complex political and social situations. In this way, I sum up current events in humorous verse.