I’ll tell you-all a tale of Crazy Joe: How he and his son did a-hunting go Bidin’ their time till the prey was killed And every hunter’s dream fulfilled.
Joe saw a dragon in the sky And loaded his rifle. By and by, Big Joe shot that Chinese dragon; Hitched its head to his harvest wagon, Used its wings to make a plane Then flew himself to far Ukraine. He took our taxes, started wars Raised the prices and settled scores, Set up bio-labs, armed the thugs While his son was busy taking drugs.
Joe had barely finished shootin’ When from the North came an angry Putin. Big Joe whooped that Russian bear Skinned its fur to line his chair; Took its claws to scratch his back Called the whole mess “a cyber-attack”, Then Joe resolved his son’s affairs While stumbling down the White House stairs.
Hard-drivin’ Hunter took up art And painted over that “election” part. All Joe’s handlers, North to South, held their breath when he opened his mouth… Father and son got plenty of press Down at their Washington address, After they painted the Whitehouse black And laughed when we asked for our country back. Wiser than Solomon was Joe At taking in the foreign dough, And cutting deals to line his pockets Providing bombs and arms and rockets. Joe talked tough to Israel And gave those proud Yehudis hell— But sold them weapons on the sly While the world wondered why.
Build back better? Come on, man . . . A Pentagon puppet for their plan. Big Joe himself: the tallest tale Administrating massive fail.
PROMPT 12: write a poem that plays with the idea of a “tall tale.” American tall tales feature larger-than-life characters…