Whores, Pimps And Johns
At the funny farm

How sad to learn the CIA
Ain't what it was in Grandpaw's day.
Looks like the lads have fallen on hard times.

A bungle here, a screw up there,
Cheney's role as their au pair –
Now most of those involved are past their prime.

Tenet Tweeting from Tahiti,
Letting Novak out their sweetie
Most surely should have been cause for alarm.

But farm assassinations out?
Can they have had that much self-doubt?
Or is there more we haven't learned?
Blackwater kickbacks someone's "earned"
At the funny farm?

Will we be told what's going on?
Who's the whore, the pimp, the john
At the funny farm?

Of all the outfits to rely on,
Why one you need to keep your eye on
Whose specialty is murder and brute force?

One, a danger to your butt?
Two, someone expects a cut?
Or, Three, you're chicken? Three, of course.

Blackwater's paid five million bucks
Before the CIA says, "Shucks,
Forget it, but we've drones that you can arm."

But farm assassinations out?
Do they still have that much self-doubt?
Or is there more we haven't learned?
Like future jobs someone has "earned"
At Xe's funny farm?

Can't we be told what's going on?
Who's the whore, the pimp, the john
At a funny farm?

Bob Carlson
with a nod of thanks to Leonard Cohen
www.politicalboondoggles.com
8/21/09

To 'The CIA'
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