If you want an old one, heres a real old one....29 years old, as it happens........gotta love mad magazine....
Raven will (maybe, if he's old enough) see the humour in this....
The Reagan (with apologies to Edgar Alan Poe).....
Once upon a cold November, back in `80, you'll remember,
Came to pass a great election, with a wondrous change in store;
By a landslide, one was winning, promising a new beginning;
Tall and proud, he stood there, grinning, like so many times before;
Who was he, this cool one, grinning, like so many times before?
'Twas The Reagan, nothing more.
Once he was inaugurated, Reaganomics he created,
Promising a balanced budget, like we had in days of yore;
"Though," he said, "our debt is growing, and a bundle we are owing,
"I'll cut taxes, 'cause I'm knowing this will save us bucks galore;"
"Please explain," a newsman asked, "how will this save us bucks galore?"
Quoth The Reagan, "Less is more."
Pushing for defense, he pleaded, brand-new missiles would be needed:
"That's the only way," he said, "to keep the country out of war;"
"True," he said, "they're not required, and they're not meant to be fired;
"In five years they'll be retired--still we must build hundreds more;"
"Tell us why," a newsman asked, "we must be building hundreds more?"
Quoth The Reagan, "Jobs galore."
Was he real or from a movie? "Make my day" sure sounded groovy,
Standing up to Congress or the rebels in El Salvador;
Flicks like "Rambo" he promoted (sev'ral times, it should be noted);
Once John Wayne he even quoted, when Kaddafi threatened war;
"Does this mean," a newsman asked, "we're heading toward a Mid-East war?"
Quoth The Reagan, "Hit the shore."
During times he wasn't dozing, many plans he was proposing,
Dealing with the deficit, which he no longer could ignore;
"Cuts," he said, "I'm recommending, pending our ascending spending,
"With attending trends suspending, then extending as before."
"Does this mean," a newsman asked, "a balanced budget like before?"
Quoth The Reagan, "Nevermore!"
Political humour at it's best.....
