Boondoggle Bash by Moses Hochstetler

I never heard such
A boondoggle bash,
As I heard when "Slick" Coogin;
Young, fickle and brash,
Proposed a proposal
Down on the state floor,
To start each day half-an-hour
Sooner'n before.
Two-year McDoogle
Was next on his feet,
And he stoked and bellowed
The coals to white heat:
"I second the motion
To get something done,
If you're looking for votes,
Then I'll give you one!"
"Hold on to your horses,
Hold on to your blouse!"
Yelled a seasoned old statesman
Esteemed by the House,
"I've been here two-score
And I never have heard
A proposal that sounds so
Insanely absurd!"
The hoots and the heckles
Poured forth from the floor,
Until Congressman "Doc" Gooseman
Stormed out the door.
Finally the Speaker
Brought order to bear,
By breaking the gavel
And pounding his spare.
A hush and a silence
Enveloped the crowd,
As he called on old Hardigan,
August and proud;
Who giving opinions
In very few words,
Emphatically spit out
"This bill's for the birds!"
They haggled, and haggled,
And haggled some more,
With a hullabaloo
Even worse than before;
And they fought the next day,
And the day after that,
Till all the reps wearied
Of where they all sat.
So the highway bill
Was shoved to the back,
And a tax relief package
Soon derailed the track;
A new code of ethics
Was pushed to the side,
And a great many other bills
Withered and died -
'Cause they're still there today
In their pin-striped grays,
Split right down the middle
With "ayes" and with "nays,"
And who knows who wins,
Or who even keeps score,
Of all the boondoggles
Down on the State floor.

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by Moses Hochstetler (Age: 59)
copyright 08-26-2003

Age Rating: 10 to 127