SINGABLE SATIRE: "BRENNAN'S TWEET", to a Beatles' Tune

WORDPLAY Post #165 

ORIGINAL SONG:  "Let It Be", The Beatles, 1970.

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, March 2018.

SONGLINK: See the version designed for ukulele and guitar players on 'SILLY SONGS and SATIRE' here. 

BACKGROUND INFO: At the height of the concern that President Trump might be tempted to stop the Russia-election-interference investigation by firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a tweet by John Brennan on Saturday, March 17, 2018, described in very definite terms the former CIA director's view of the current President.

BRENNAN'S TWEET

(to the tune of "Let It Be"; the Wikipedia article, as given above shows the details of the tweet. )

When we face a federal crisis 

Former CIA boss' words entreat:

Online words of wisdom, Brennan's tweet.

When FBI's scapegoated

And Executive stance won't retreat,

Posted words of wisdom, Brennan's tweet.

Chorus:

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,

Broadcast Twitter wisdom, Brennan's tweet.

And "When we know the full extent

Of your corrupt venality",

That's the introduction: Brennan's tweet.

And with the light that probes

Invoke "disgrace" and "demagoguery".

That's the middle section - Brennan's tweet.

Repeat Chorus:

And he concludes Trump's "rightful place" is

"The dustbin of history"

(Soon we hope - tomorrow): Brennan's tweet.

To wake up from this nightmare,

Special Counsel's probe could set us free.

Echo words of wisdom: Brennan's tweet.

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,
Pass torch to Robert Mueller: Brennan's tweet.

Unthrottled WORDPLAY Apr '19 #2

WORDPLAY post #164
Weekly postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, etc. 


SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys and other spoofs on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. 

HOT LINKS to collections of Classic/Goofy Palindromes #1,#2,#3

Review the entire collection of anagram-town names (based on 

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WORDPLAY post #163
Periodic postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, etc. 


SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys and other spoofs on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. 

HOT LINKS to collections of Classic/Goofy Palindromes #1,#2,#3

Review the entire collection of anagram-town names (based on 

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UPROOTED VERSE: Poems about TREES

Sabal Palmettos
Shem Creek Park,
Mt Pleasant S.C.

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH, December 2018. Today's verses have been published (a few remain under review) at OEDILF.com. 
The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form is an online humor dictionary that has accumulated over 100,000 carefully edited poems (Giorgio is proud to have contributed almost 300). 
WORDPLAY LINK: The current post picks up on themes discussed in the earlier post "Sappy Verse". And, as still more verses about trees continue to be formulated after the present post was completed, you will find those as  a later blogpost, likely available in June 2019.  
SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. 
Some of these poems about trees overlap with the theme or singable content of the lyrics blogpost "Delights of the Garden".

By the way, to find more limericks, or any other search target on either of these 2 blogs, use the SEARCH-FUNCTION found at the top of the right-hand margin.

Authors' Note: Our family pet for 14 years, George the Rabbit (Giorgio Coniglio in Italian) was an unpredictable and somewhat ornery soul. Talented and demanding (yes, he learned to do tricks), he did not care for traditional rabbit goodies like lettuce and carrots, but loved certain fruits including pears and apples. A small pile of apple twigs could keep him engaged for hours on end, and we were fortunate to have an apple tree growing near our back fence.

Authors' Note:  Cinnamomum is a genus of evergreen aromatic trees and shrubs noted for the aromatic oils found in their leaves and bark. 

  C. camphora, a tree important for production of camphoraceous oils in parts of Asia, was introduced into Australia as an ornamental in 1822. The hardy invaders have degraded the environment as they spread, clogging sewers, changing the composition of the soil, and taking over habitat from the eucalyptus on which koalas feed.

  You can read more about the camphor laurel infestation ravaging northern Australia HERE.

 

Addendum: Fall color, mid-Atlantic seaboard
photo kindly contributed by MMH

 

Authors' Note: re HEARTS-OF-PALM

  The domesticated form of the peach palm or palmito, offers an ecologically attractive solution to the puzzle of how to harvest the delicacy, hearts of palm. The young trees of this agriculturally superior species (farmed in Costa Rica, Brazil and other tropical Latin American countries), unlike closely related species, grow thornless and produce many suckers which can be harvested without harm to the main tree. 

  In contrast, the chief native of the USA, sabal palmetto or cabbage-palm, undergoes a lethal injury with harvesting.

 

Under a Norway maple

EDITORIAL ADDENDUM (July, 2019):

Owing to hordes of avid readers beating down our door, a second installment has been made available. 
CLi/uCK HERE to view "More Limericks About Trees".

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