“The TSA Hymn” a poem by the Bard of Murdock

It’s Sunday and today’s poem by The Bard of Murdock relates to the Obama administration’s plan to punish Americans if the Republicans don;t let him increase spending as much as he wants. The poem was originally published on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Please be sure to read the article linked by the Bard before reading the poem.

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The TSA Hymn

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Article link: Ray LaHood: Cuts a ‘calamity’ for air travel

With apologies to the United States Marines

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From the shores of California,

To the mountains of PA,

We will fight our budget battles

With the threat of flight delay.

We will furlough half our workers.

We will send them home to stay.

You will surely learn a lesson

If you mess with TSA.

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From the field at Opa-Locka

To Muskegon County’s sky,

We will limit travel service

And the numbers who can fly.

From the plains of Oklahoma,

To the shores of Tampa Bay,

You will learn the gift of patience

If you mess with TSA.

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Here’s to us and to our union,

For in it we proudly serve.

It provides us with a pension,

And the jobs that we deserve.

If the public and the Congress

Cut our budget they will pay!

They will surely learn a lesson

If they mess with TSA.

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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.