"2013----The Year That Was"
from gloriana casey
2013-----the year that was;
it had such lows and highs.
Some trivia to make us smile,
plus spy game's big surprise!
A JANUARY meteor!
The Ural Mountains rocked!
470 kilotons;
for Nature can't be mocked!
The happiest discoverer,
Huell Howser---- gone from Earth.
A man who found joy everywhere;
philosophy of mirth!
Now FEBRUARY brings a change
to game ---MONOPOLY!
And gone---that iron token is
but adds a cute kitty!
A giant storm and NEMO named
attacks the whole Northeast!
With power gone, 2 feet of snow;
this weather was a beast
In MARCH, the CIA selects
first woman, of some fame,
to head" Clandestine Services,"
so------ no one knows her name!
The DOJ declares banks are
"too big to prosecute!"
So--- bank robbers----they run our banks?
Insanity----.that's proof!
Then APRIL Fool for Arkansas,
for Exxon pipeline cracks!
Those neighborhoods and lives trashed now
in oily tar sand facts!
The Boston Marathon grand race;
with Newtown dedication.
But-- bomb goes off--there's dead and maimed;
new city's consternation!
And this month too in Bangladesh,
with clothing companies,
factories collapse------ and hundreds die;
a sweat shop tragedy.
The scary month of MAY brought us
Cargill turkey---with poo!
So FDA------our food is sick!
What are you going to do?
"All in the Family" actress dies,
Jean Stapleton, her name.
Her "Edith" we will always love
of Archie Bunker fame!
Then JUNE brings Snowden's exposes;
I SPY -----takes breath away!
How fragile 4th Amendment seems;
What would Ben Franklin say?
More tales from Syria in June;
but who is killing who?
Another war we do not need---
but truthiness, we do!
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Now San Onofre is shut down;
and closed it will remain!
Get labels for those GMOs,
so votes the state of Maine!
Supreme Court rules for human genes!
No patents are allowed!
A Magna Carta for our genes;
our DNA is proud!
JULY brings Arizona fire;
and 19 firemen die!
Iraqi vets, they suicide,
PTSD is why.
Dead------ Helen Thomas, journalist,
a writer who just wowed!
In Simi Valley----- fireworks
go rogue and hit the crowd!
Drones strikes are in the news a lot
deciphering can't tell----
for terrorist or wedding group-----
it's predator from hell!
OCTOBER gives us Halloween----
but we can skip this year.
For Congress shuts down government;
Congressional clowns appear!
Water! It does exist on Mars,
CURIOSITY does tell.
On Earth we seem to frack all ours;
the future could be hell!
NOVEMBER brings a scary time.
and Haiyan is its name.
A record breaking typhoon surge,
and thousands lost-------such pain!
Rare weather comes on in this month!
The Midwest---- 12 states too!
Tornadoes, storms and power loss!
Mad Hatter weather stew!
The US and Iran talking,
Humanity's Good News!
For Peace on Earth will serve us all---
more warring we can't use!
DECEMBER brings another loss:
Nelson Mandela----- gone!
Apartheid bared its ugly teeth!
Mandela rights that wrong!!
Godzilla ugly in Japan!
Homeless recruited here
to clean up Fukushima's space;
oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!
We think the Grinch and Scrooge aren't real,
but oh my goodness me!
Food stamps and unemployment cuts
from sea to shining sea!
America, America,
my 2014 plea:
Preamble future comes alive;
it's name----------POSTERITY!
