Scaramuccia (literally "little skirmisher"), also known as Scaramouche or Scaramouch, is a stock clown character of the Italiancommedia dell'arte. The role combined characteristics of the zanni (servant) and the Capitano(masked henchman). Usually attired in black Spanish dress and burlesquinga don, he was often beaten by Harlequin for his boasting and cowardice. -- Wikipedia.
A stock clown character of
The commedia dell'arte,
The "little skirmisher" of
The grand Republican Party,
Dressed all in black, becomes
The latest White House hack --
Sucking on his thumbs
He'll go on the attack
As the servant of a zany
Who is, like him, a boaster.
During the Trump campaign, he
Rode the roller-coaster,
Seemed not to be too scared,
Although he did get dizzy,
A fuzziness he shared
With those that he kept busy
Talking to Russian banks,
Raising lots of money --
Now Trump bestows his thanks
On a clown who is not funny.
FALLING TOWN
Washington is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
Washington is falling down
Due to Donny!
Soon there will be nothing left,
Nothing left, nothing left,
Soon there will be nothing left --
He's worse than Ronny!
Fit him out with iron bars,
Iron bars, iron bars,
Fit him out with iron bars,
This disaster!
Lady Liberty is dead,
She is dead, she is dead!
Lady Liberty is dead:
He's dis-assed her!
Our religion is silver and hold,
Silver and gold, silver and gold,
Our religion is silver and gold,
Our leader's a Brahman!
Washington is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
Washington is falling down,
Our God is Mammon!
BULLY
Trump is nasty, sad and bitter,
Knows how to use the bully Twitter.
MITCH McCONNELL HAD A BILL
Mitch McConnell had a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
And in this bill there was mere swill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
With a suck-suck here
And a suck-suck there,
Here a suck, there a suck
Everywhere a suck-suck,
Mitch McConnell had a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
And so that bill was bound to fail,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
Just listen to the Senate wail!
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
With a weep-weep here,
And a snivel there --
Here a weep, there a weep,
Everywhere a snivel-weep,
Suck-suck here
And a suck-suck there,
Here a suck, there a suck
Everywhere a suck-suck,
Mitch McConnell HAD a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
Donald Trump will be so mad,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
He'll throw a tantrum oh! so bad,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
With some drivel here and drivel there.,
Here a stomp, there a stomp,
Everywhere a stomp-stomp --
weep-weep here,
And a snivel there --
Here a weep, there a weep,
Everywhere a snivel-weep,
Suck-suck here
And a suck-suck there
Here a suck, there a suck,
Everywhere a suck-suck --
Mitch McConnell had a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
From MISS PUSSY'S PARLOR SONGS by Claudette McFang.
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Miss Pussy's Parlor Songs, Part Eleven
KNOCK-KNOCK, WHO'S THERE?
"Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,"
Cried Donald J. Trump, Junior.
"It is only I, a Russian spy,"
Cried a dark young woman.
"Come in, come in!" cried Donny Trumpkin.
"Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,"
Said Donald J. Trump, Junior.
"Oh, just another Russian spy,"
Called a lobbyist.
"Come in," said Donny, "and join the list."
"Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,"
Said Donald J. Trump, Junior, etc., etc....
CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
You want to work for me?
Okay, you're hired.
You call that loyalty?
Okay, you're fired.
You'd like to do the job?
Okay, you're hired.
You tell me, "Don't butt in"?
Screw you -- you're fired.
SCARAMUCCI
Scaramuccia (literally "little skirmisher"), also known as Scaramouche or Scaramouch, is a stock clown character of the Italiancommedia dell'arte. The role combined characteristics of the zanni (servant) and the Capitano(masked henchman). Usually attired in black Spanish dress and burlesquinga don, he was often beaten by Harlequin for his boasting and cowardice. -- Wikipedia.
A stock clown character of
The commedia dell'arte,
The "little skirmisher" of
The grand Republican Party,
Dressed all in black, becomes
The latest White House hack --
Sucking on his thumbs
He'll go on the attack
As the servant of a zany
Who is, like him, a boaster.
During the Trump campaign, he
Rode the roller-coaster,
Seemed not to be too scared,
Although he did get dizzy,
A fuzziness he shared
With those that he kept busy
Talking to Russian banks,
Raising lots of money --
Now Trump bestows his thanks
On a clown who is not funny.
FALLING TOWN
Washington is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
Washington is falling down
Due to Donny!
Soon there will be nothing left,
Nothing left, nothing left,
Soon there will be nothing left --
He's worse than Ronny!
Fit him out with iron bars,
Iron bars, iron bars,
Fit him out with iron bars,
This disaster!
Lady Liberty is dead,
She is dead, she is dead!
Lady Liberty is dead:
He's dis-assed her!
Our religion is silver and hold,
Silver and gold, silver and gold,
Our religion is silver and gold,
Our leader's a Brahman!
Washington is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
Washington is falling down,
Our God is Mammon!
BULLY
Trump is nasty, sad and bitter,
Knows how to use the bully Twitter.
MITCH McCONNELL HAD A BILL
Mitch McConnell had a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
And in this bill there was mere swill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
With a suck-suck here
And a suck-suck there,
Here a suck, there a suck
Everywhere a suck-suck,
Mitch McConnell had a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
And so that bill was bound to fail,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
Just listen to the Senate wail!
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
With a weep-weep here,
And a snivel there --
Here a weep, there a weep,
Everywhere a snivel-weep,
Suck-suck here
And a suck-suck there,
Here a suck, there a suck
Everywhere a suck-suck,
Mitch McConnell HAD a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
Donald Trump will be so mad,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
He'll throw a tantrum oh! so bad,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
With some drivel here and drivel there.,
Here a stomp, there a stomp,
Everywhere a stomp-stomp --
weep-weep here,
And a snivel there --
Here a weep, there a weep,
Everywhere a snivel-weep,
Suck-suck here
And a suck-suck there
Here a suck, there a suck,
Everywhere a suck-suck --
Mitch McConnell had a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
From MISS PUSSY'S PARLOR SONGS by Claudette McFang.
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The Virginia Quarterly Review "The Mutable Past," a memoir collected in FANTASEERS, A BOOK OF MEMORIES by Lewis Turco of growing up in the 1950s in Meriden, Connecticut, (Scotsdale AZ: Star Cloud Press, 2005).
The Tower Journal Two short stories, "The Demon in the Tree" and "The Substitute Wife," in the spring 2009 issue of Tower Journal.
The Tower Journal A story, "The Car," and two poems, "Fathers" and "Year by Year"
The Tower Journal Memoir, “Pookah, The Greatest Cat in the History of the World,” Spring-Summer 2010.
The Michigan Quarterly Review This is the first terzanelle ever published, in "The Michigan Quarterly Review" in 1965. It has been gathered in THE COLLECTED LYRICS OF LEWIS TURCO/WESLI COURT, 1953-2004 (www.StarCloudPress.com).
The Gawain Poet An essay on the putative medieval author of "Gawain and the Green Knight" in the summer 2010 issue of Per Contra.
The Black Death Bryan Bridges' interesting article on the villanelle and the terzanelle with "The Black Death" by Wesli Court as an example of the latter.
Seniority: Six Shakespearian Tailgaters This is a part of a series called "Gnomes" others of which have appeared in TRINACRIA and on the blog POETICS AND RUMINATIONS.
Reinventing the Wheel, Modern Poems in Classical Meters An essay with illustrations of poems written in classical meters together with a "Table of Meters" and "The Rules of Scansion" in the Summer 2009 issue of Trellis Magazine
Miss Pussy's Parlor Songs, Part Eleven
KNOCK-KNOCK, WHO'S THERE?
"Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,"
Cried Donald J. Trump, Junior.
"It is only I, a Russian spy,"
Cried a dark young woman.
"Come in, come in!" cried Donny Trumpkin.
"Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,"
Said Donald J. Trump, Junior.
"Oh, just another Russian spy,"
Called a lobbyist.
"Come in," said Donny, "and join the list."
"Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,
Who's that knocking at my door,"
Said Donald J. Trump, Junior, etc., etc....
CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
You want to work for me?
Okay, you're hired.
You call that loyalty?
Okay, you're fired.
You'd like to do the job?
Okay, you're hired.
You tell me, "Don't butt in"?
Screw you -- you're fired.
SCARAMUCCI
Scaramuccia (literally "little skirmisher"), also known as Scaramouche or Scaramouch, is a stock clown character of the Italian commedia dell'arte. The role combined characteristics of the zanni (servant) and the Capitano(masked henchman). Usually attired in black Spanish dress and burlesquinga don, he was often beaten by Harlequin for his boasting and cowardice. -- Wikipedia.
A stock clown character of
The commedia dell'arte,
The "little skirmisher" of
The grand Republican Party,
Dressed all in black, becomes
The latest White House hack --
Sucking on his thumbs
He'll go on the attack
As the servant of a zany
Who is, like him, a boaster.
During the Trump campaign, he
Rode the roller-coaster,
Seemed not to be too scared,
Although he did get dizzy,
A fuzziness he shared
With those that he kept busy
Talking to Russian banks,
Raising lots of money --
Now Trump bestows his thanks
On a clown who is not funny.
FALLING TOWN
Washington is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
Washington is falling down
Due to Donny!
Soon there will be nothing left,
Nothing left, nothing left,
Soon there will be nothing left --
He's worse than Ronny!
Fit him out with iron bars,
Iron bars, iron bars,
Fit him out with iron bars,
This disaster!
Lady Liberty is dead,
She is dead, she is dead!
Lady Liberty is dead:
He's dis-assed her!
Our religion is silver and hold,
Silver and gold, silver and gold,
Our religion is silver and gold,
Our leader's a Brahman!
Washington is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
Washington is falling down,
Our God is Mammon!
BULLY
Trump is nasty, sad and bitter,
Knows how to use the bully Twitter.
MITCH McCONNELL HAD A BILL
Mitch McConnell had a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
And in this bill there was mere swill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
With a suck-suck here
And a suck-suck there,
Here a suck, there a suck
Everywhere a suck-suck,
Mitch McConnell had a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
And so that bill was bound to fail,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
Just listen to the Senate wail!
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
With a weep-weep here,
And a snivel there --
Here a weep, there a weep,
Everywhere a snivel-weep,
Suck-suck here
And a suck-suck there,
Here a suck, there a suck
Everywhere a suck-suck,
Mitch McConnell HAD a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
Donald Trump will be so mad,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
He'll throw a tantrum oh! so bad,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
With some drivel here and drivel there.,
Here a stomp, there a stomp,
Everywhere a stomp-stomp --
weep-weep here,
And a snivel there --
Here a weep, there a weep,
Everywhere a snivel-weep,
Suck-suck here
And a suck-suck there
Here a suck, there a suck,
Everywhere a suck-suck --
Mitch McConnell had a bill,
Oy veh, oy veh, oh!
From MISS PUSSY'S PARLOR SONGS by Claudette McFang.
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