[Newspoetry] Satanic Versus As Worse Us.

[Donald L Emerick]

QUOTE OF THE DAY  <NYTIMES today>
"People call and ask me, 'Carolyn, is Satan there?'
And I tell them, 'Satan is only where we let him.'" 
CAROLYN RISHER, mayor of Inglis, Fla.,
who issued a decree banning Satan from town.

Q: Quack-quack.
Who's there?
Satan.
Satan who?
A: Saint, an issuing Risher.

Q: Oh where, oh where has my Satan gone,
Oh where, oh where could he be...
With his tail cut off and ears cut long,
Oh where, oh where could he be...?
A: Inglis Fla, impersonating a Mayor.

Q: Cary, Cary,
Quite contrary,
How does your
Satanic Garden
Of Verses grow?
A: With injunctions against Satanic forces,
Who always abide by the law of the city.

Q: When shall we Thralls meet again?
A: In thunder, lightning and in rain,
When the Hurricane season is done,
Where an election was lost and won,
There to meet with an Inglish Mayor,
Upon the heath, Risher prayer beneath.

Q: What shall we do,
what shall we ever do?
A: Cast ye out Devils while ye may,
These are times for a stir frying,
An' many an old Satan's mistrick
Tomorrow shall become a crying.
Burn witches and warlocks, too,
Burn babies, burn all for St. Nick.
Satanic brew is Florida's goo rue.

Q: What proof have ye,
that ye be men of valor,
or women of courage,
that fought for liberty?
A: The very best proofs that
There are no such Gods
As we could understand
If any Gods there ever be,
(If any them would confess
How happens such a mess)
Would be a Floridian ornery,
As by a Mayor's command,
Ousts Satan by lawful prods
As if he were a big old rat.

Q: How could you know a Satan?
A: I have developed positive proof
That the mortal name of Satan,
The one that he now is using,
Is better known as G W Bush.
<Obvious proof left to reader.>

Thanks for listening,
but this silliness can be serious,
despite my weak repose replies,
Thanks for listening, anyway,
Donald L Emerick