Politics     

 A concealed Al-Qaeda bomb 
  Might wipe out my town and me with it.
  But right now my washing machine is on
  Its last legs.  It roars and shakes and
  Spills water on the floor.

  And my neighbors won't keep their TV down,
  And my fairly new car has a strange sound,
  While my wife and I aren't communicating too well
  In recent months, which I suppose is my fault;
  And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

  Sometimes I wonder if those folks in
  Washington and elsewhere don't go for all that
  Stuff just to keep their minds off what I've been
  Adumbrating.


                              —Lorry Ibsen  (1940—      )