BYE BYE 2013
January started with “Flu” in the air –
And France into Mali to give us a scare
Hagel awaiting Defense confirmation –
And debt ceiling threats — again –to our nation
Hillary gone and Kerry at State –
And Mayor Ed Koch dead – at 88
Ankara Turkey the site of more terror –
Torture or drones? The debate of this era
The Pope “had enough” & relinquished his “throne”-
Was followed by one who was sure not his clone
The chatter intense about the “sequester” –
A long lasting subject with issues that fester
Hugo Chavez now gone from the scene –
Cypress in need of a money machine
Rand Paul of the House – a long filibuster –
N. Korea made threats that ALAS were no bluster
A real bomb in Boston – and runners were smote –
While assault weapon bans received a “no” vote
In Texas, explosion! A fertilizer plant –
While Syria’s WMDs brought on rants
Benghazi again and the IRS scandal –
Feds doing wire-taps – too much to handle
Comes young Edward Snowden with whistle to blow –
High-tailing in flight til he lands in Mos-coe
Gay marriage ok and DOMA struck dead –
Time for the Feds to get out of the bed
Zimmerman jurors saw fit to acquit –
A verdict that hardly came off as a hit
Immigration reform still stuck in the air –
In many a state voter’s rights aren’t there
In Egypt the army performed quite a coup –
While the debts of Detroit were much more than a few
Anthony Weiner aspired to Mayor –
But NYC (enwhycee) voters could not have been “nay”-er
NSA NSA tapping — just who ? –
Everyone worried – but who can you sue?
Diana Nyad accomplished her swim –
This time those waters – did not do her in.
And then came September and-the Tea Party fuse –
And daily it was all about Senator Cruz
The government shutdown – an actual fact –
Many folks thought that we’d finally cracked
Chris Christie returned to the governor’s manse –
while ex governor Christ made a turnaround stance
The website! The website! The ACA shame –
Health Care got snookered but who was to blame?
In Toronto, the mayor admitted to crack –
and the comics of late night chimed in as a claque
Goodbye to the filibuster rule thanks to Reid –
it may come back to haunt him, Harry, take heed!
A hero in death as in life –was Mandela –
Revered through the world as a mighty good fella
The budget – the budget, by God, it got passed —
both aisles together – finally, at last
And the year ’13 faded – it surely was weird –
as a new word was coined when the “selfie” appeared
On a personal note – a sad goodbye –
to a long standing marriage and a really good guy,
Welcome to 14, who knows what we’ll get –
we see the apocalypse, but it’s not coming yet