Cheney says we'll be blown up
   if he's not re-elected.
So can we assume we won't;
   that he'd keep us protected
From his undisclosed location
   when Tom Ridge hears wolves howling?
That all we'd need is Rice and Cheney's
   method-actor scowling?

Not so, says Gen'ral Ashcroft,
   who claims new evidence
That what has kept us safe has been
   "the hand of Providence,"
Aided by his prayers and Bush's,
   and maybe his departments
Who've left our ports wide open,
   but not overhead compartments.

The obvious solution
   so that no one has to worry
Would be to fire Bush and his crew
   by voting for John Kerry;
Then rehire Ashcroft and Cheney
   on a part-time basis
To continue with their prayers
   and patriotic faces.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
10/21/04