Ring-A-Ring Supposies – #TwistedNurseryRhyme

Ring-a-ring supposies
All out of joint our nosies
J’accuse you! J’accuse you!
Get out of town

The king has sent his daughter
to pour out all the water
J’accuse you! J’accuse you!
Crossing you should drown

The guns mow down the people
Those brown and lib’ral sheeple
J’accuse you! J’accuse you!
Bang! You fall down!

Liberty bells’ a-ringin’
Our death knell it’s a-singin’
J’accuse you! J’accuse you!
We’ll take ya down!

Reviews

[barleygirl]

THIS is the best F*****G thing I've seen written from a political standpoint in recent months! This is beautifully delightfully witty, light but burning satire! WOWZA! I'm not in the mood to get my vibe all tangled up in the political S**T of our times, but this one was worth stepping out of my self-imposed exiles on such matters! The fact that you couched this in the "sound" of a nursery rhyme reminds us you are a parent & this is an unfathomable climate in which to raise kids! BRAVO! for hitting all the right notes with this one. You don't even sound bitchy or bitter . . . just powerful! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[MomzillaNC]

Wow! Thanks so much. I'm humbled by your effusive praise.

[Ted Kniffen]

Ironic I think MomZ...ring around the rosies was written about the sores that people developed from the bubonic plague...and the fact that the victims would drop dead...hence husha husha they all fall down.
Now, we are plagued with a rash of leaders...or would be leaders who haven't got a clue nor do they care to get one.

Your poem is a great twist on a nursery rhyme. I'll be in your neck of the woods in two weeks, sitting on a beach in Frisco.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks so much. I'm pleased you like my little effort.

Ummmm… I'm no where near "Frisco." If you were heading to the OBX, you'd be roughly in my "neck of the woods." I'm near Raleigh. 😎

[Ted Kniffen]

Frisco is a small burg about 2 miles out of Hatteras village on the Outer Banks...not that close.

[MomzillaNC]

Oh! I did not know that! I thought you meant "San Francisco" which is often shortened to "Frisco."

We love the OBX, but I can't recall ever hearing anything about Frisco. We usually stay around Kill Devil Hills or Nags Head to be centrally located, then day-trip northward or southward of there for the activities we're interested in that day. We more often range northward toward the wild horses of Corolla and Currituck, though.

It's sacrilege, I know… but we actually like the lighthouse at Currituck more than the one at Hatteras. 😱

😎

[Ted Kniffen]

There's really not much to the place, which is why we like it. We haven't seen the Currituck lighthouse, may have to check it out.

[MomzillaNC]

The Currituck lighthouse is all brick – classic NC red brick. There's a picture of it in my poem, "I Remember…" here: https://www.writerscafe.org/writing/MomzillaNC/1416242/

[Robert Trakofler]

He he I pray that we do and stop being his prey but like all prayers I never know if they will be answered but im sure as hell not gonna shut up until he does!!!!

[MomzillaNC]

"MY PLEDGE: Keep fighting. Never give up. Never give in. Never stop doing good. Never stop being kind. Never be bowed. Never be silence! I may not reap the rewards, but everyone must keep fighting for the sake of those who will be next." ~MomzillaNC

#SilenceChoosesToo

[Robert Trakofler]

it is not hard to like you Momzilla not at all:)

[MomzillaNC]

🌈 💫 🌞

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Wow! This is amazing great.
The rhymes and the rhythms are one of a kind.
I love its composition.

Well written, Momzilla.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is so wonderfully satirically...
Mr. Peabody, to what year should i set the Way Back machine?
we need to go back...and get away from this...this this....ugh.
Lady Liberty has turned the other way...she is embarrassed.
great poem.
j.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. It's my first new twisted nursery rhyme exploration for this year's FB Pandora's Box of Horror's group page Hallowing contest. I'm not sure I'll use this one for the contest. But, it's what came to me first when I started toying with rhymes to twist.

You should do one too! Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1751207081817991/permalink/2387686161503410/