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David Ehrgott Dec 2015
Catfish!  Swimming in the water
Catfish!  Swimming round and round
Catfish!  Won't you come and meet me
Here beside the waters that I've found
C'mon pretty catfish, don't you drown
  
Living in this city
Had an awful year
Couldn't make Miss Pretty
Smile ear to ear
Summer was a hot one
It's a ******!  Winter's near
If I had a shotgun
Ol' Haliburton dear
  
Catfish!  Swimming in the water
Catfish!  Swimming very near
Catfish!  Bend to me your ear
I've seen so many bad things catfish dear
I have no fear; the end is very near
  
Catfish!  Catfish!  Swimming in the water
Catfish!  Catfish!  Take the bait, you ought ta
Catfish!  Catfish!  Jump out of the water
And tell me "Is this water really clean?"
When Polar Bears can't find no place to be
  
They decided that more oil was better than more beans
More nuclear reactors put a waste to more machines
Who cares if they're on fault lines
Or its waste goes in the air
When the ice cap's melted
We will fight to drill more oil there
  
Catfish!  Can you talk some sense to me
Catfish!  Catfish!  Please, just take the lead
Catfish!  Ninety cents of every dollar
Given to our madmen enemies?
Three Hundred Sixty Pennies!  Catfish, Please
  
Catfish!  Catfish!  Do you need more cheese?
Catfish!  Catfish!  A simple answer please
Catfish!  Catfish!  I'm not your enemy
I'm just a simple country boy.  You see?
You can open up your eyes now Catfish, please
Open up your eyes now catfish, please
Open up your eyes now catfish, PLEASE
Cedric McClester Apr 2015
By: Cedric McClester

The ruling oligarchy
Says it’s middle-class malarkey
To suggest they differ starkly
When it comes to the poor
Whom the rich try to ignore
Cos the haves now want more
Than they ever did before

The strong vanquish the weak
As the oil prices tweak
To the stratosphere they seek
And the profits are obscene
As they pick our pockets clean
That’s why most of us are hurtin
Not the case with Haliburton

Bush is a disgrace
But he does support his base
They’re the rich – in any case
We have challenges to face
And we are gettin queasier
Cos it’s not getting easier

Now we hear
The Green House gases
Threatens all our *****
But the legislation passes
That deregulates the gases
Which pollutes the atmosphere
That’s why global warming’s here

Bush is a disgrace
But he does support his base
They’re the rich – in any case
We have challenges to face
And we are gettin queasier
Cos it’s not getting easier

The ruling oligarchy
Says it’s middle-class malarkey
To suggest they differ starkly
When it comes to the poor
Whom the rich try to ignore
Cos the haves now want more
Than they ever did before


(c) Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester.  All rights reserved.
David Ehrgott Jul 2015
FRONT PAGE NEWS, CALL ALL THE PRESSES.

  Most Americans by now realize that all sales of gasoline go directly to terrorist.  To quote Obama "Isis is 10 times as powerful as any previous terrorist group."  Yet he had the gall to "loan" GM Corp. millions of dollars for the sole purpose of building more gas guzzlers.  Didn't you know what you were doing Bam?  Betcha got Hal stock from ****, didn'tcha.

  Here in Hackensack, most of the members of the Hackensack Police Department own SUV's so that they can look cool in their support of ISIS.  It is not my desire to make anyone look bad.  I just want to bring awareness to what is happening here.  Most politicians received stock in Haliburton (the largest manufacturer of war equipment in the world)
which **** Cheney worked for, for thirty-five years before he was chosen, er, stole the vice-presidency.  And most Americans agree that he should do time.  Yet, Here in Hackensack, the local police department continue to drive gas guzzlers, fully supporting Isis.   Hey!, they stated.  It's our American right to support whatever cause we want.  It's a free country isn't it?

  Eerily still, at the Johnson Public Library (in Hackensack), there is a security guard who wears a full beard resembling a terrorist (talk about putting fear into your readers. This guy makes Stephen King novels look like fancy boys.)   but, I guess it's too late to take action.

  The only thing left to do is save yourselves.  I heard that Canada is a free country.  Maybe I'll move there and not worry about some Mexican who will (crawl through a tunnel that goes underneath a fence that the Donald's mob buddies built to) take my place.
Ken Pepiton Feb 2022
All alive on earth, today

have a wish, that had a pain-cause,
- some kinda relief. a little peace of mind
- please not
a somebody done somebody wrong song,

but fifty years after that,
pain
at the bottom,
remember the fall,
was not a fall, it was escape velocity,

way back, to route 66,
took 71 to I-40, 'made a right,
yes, this is my road, now currency
of conscience, thinking I can feel,
akin to head of steam, to push
the big wheel improven roll
on, silver girl, givus a wiggle,

The TV political we, the watchers,
linked by the narrator,
who is one of us, sure,
trust Gore Vidal, who would n't?

-Not more than you though, you know,
dear reader, we got one demographic,
it's you.

You pull the truth through the tiniest holes,
reading deeply spiritual truths,
in the slightest hint, that this
is a pre-emptive strike,

WHY WE FIGHT on Amazon, sift your news
views, wonder who has the religion franchise,
republics from Platonic seed,
need Defenders called from birth, bred,
to be men of war, most useful,
when operative duty allows
king or priest to issue a go.

Rant and rave, here. I do it,
in jest, as if peace can form from knowing
WHY WE
that we, narrator to audience, from TV

eventually, the narrator is going
to put the blame right on you,

why do we lie? How else can an old alienated
mind, trauma-tized by being good for nothing,

but running guns from Pakistan to Kabel,
for Haliburton in a **
aiaiai
even better
Specialized services to meet ongoing demand
Access to a constant sand supply
and rusted {sic} delivery are critical
to ongoing productivity
in fracturing.
Halliburton is the leading provider
of fracture services and the largest buyer
of frac sand
in the market.
We understand the importance
and complexity
of moving sand and
know
that efficient sand logistics is key
to controlling costs.
With an expansive supply
and logistics network
in every basin
across North America,
Halliburton sand
helps mitigate disruptions
and costly downtime,
so you can achieve your fracturing goals.  

From <https://www.halliburton.com/en/completions/stimulation/sand-logistics>

You you you, its all about your future frac'ing goals.
grumpy
Justin S Wampler Oct 2024
Have you got 600 grand
invested in Haliburton?
Or maybe Raytheon?

I do. I support war.

I love war.

More war, more money.
I'd vote for Cheney
if I could, but
a vote for Harris
will have to do.

Governor Shapiro is signing bombs,
he should sign every bullet.
If his name doesn't fit
he can shorten it
to "$"

The whale carcass of our country
is still warm to the touch,
but we will feast upon it
until there's nothing left.

Our bunkers will be our tombs,
lined with dollar bills,
soaked with blood.

I want war with Russia,
all out, no more proxies.
Save the remnants of Ukraine
and send our children instead.
I want war with China, war
with Korea.
I want war,
I want more,
I want money.
I want to watch the night horizon
ablaze with future archeologist's delight.
Vote for Cheney with me.
Vote for money,
I want MONEY.
I WANT MONEY.
YOU SHOULD TOO.
Let freedom ring,
like the incessant ringing
in your shell shocked ears.
Kingston Bao Jun 24
"Icarus laughed as he fell, for he knew that falling meant he had soared."

You held your heart and soul in your hands,
So you let it fly and be free.
The people shouted in your honor.
Your name, ringing from the rooftops.

but deep within you was an ache.
an echo of the past that you could not hold any longer.
so as you ran and rejoiced
you slipped and fell.

and in that moment, the world seemed to fall silent.
you screamed and you cried for a second chance,
but no longer could you grit your teeth and smile through your pain.
you had the world in your hands but you could no longer bear the weight.

The Story of Tyrese Haliburton

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