Humoring the headlines: April 9, 2017

Missiles in the Night

By Laurie Baron

Laurie Baron

 

SAN DIEGO− Missiles in the Night (sing to the tune of “Strangers in the Night”)

Missiles in the night
No twitter trolling.
A simple show of might
To raise my polling.
For the babies’ sake.

Distracting Congress too.
Something Jared said.
Bannon was outraged.
Isolation’s dead.
The US engaged.
Barack was to blame

And he’s a Kenyan too.

Missiles in the night, changing the story.
Missiles in the night, symbolic foray.
Up until the moment, when I bombed the foe,
Little did I know

That my great decision would not be subject to derision.

And ever since that night,
No talk of health care.
Missiles in the night.
No talk of clean air.

It turned out so right, with missiles in the night.

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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com   San Diego Jewish World points out to new readers that this column is satire, and nothing herein should be taken literally.