July 12th: Rhyme Time!

Patrick McCorkle
2 min readJul 14, 2021

Mid July round the bend

To news, rhymes I lend-

Combining humor and fact

Hopefully with great tact.

The toupee once again at the podium

His ramblings approach pandemonium

Plots abound to reinstate #45

So unbelievably contrived

Possibly making him lose in ‘24?

Anyway, don’t be a loser most sore!

Death Valley lives up to its name

We might be the ones to blame

Highest daily average temperature ever recorded.

Not the kind of thing you want to be awarded.

In the west, plenty of further locations scorched

Do we want the human race to get torched?

More of the peaceful, loving “sea cow”

have died this year than ever-how?

Starvation was the culprit in the past

Now watercraft driving too damn fast

Kill this wonderful species- oh please

Mother Nature has got to be displeased.

Sir Richard Branson reached for the stars

While he didn’t quite get to red Mars

He launched himself 53 miles high in space

Soon, Bezos and Musk will quicken the pace

Achieve your childhood dreams, sure

But make sure your motives are pure.

Out there in the Cuban isle

Protesters say “Raul, you senile?

We kinda need jobs, cash

Freedom-you’ve got a stash!”

Biden admin unsure how to respond-

You can’t waive away policy with a magic wand.

47 years since the Finals feared the Deer

A rocky start-but the Bucks are still here!

50 some odd years ago a coin flip

Gave us Kareem, who won our chip

Can Giannis bring the title to Milwaukee

Or will the Suns’ Chris Paul a champion be?

There you have it, some news of the past week or so

If you dare to think my rhymin’ skills blow

It ain’t easy to be brief, rhyme and summarize

You should try this little game on for size!

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Patrick McCorkle

I am a young professional with keen interests in politics, history, foreign languages and the arts.