Take forever
It was over
In a flash
A year of change
And promise
Mixed with
Semi-daily crash
Slowdown morphed
To meltdown
Collapse and
Bailout followed
Recession was
Conceded
Jobs and homes
Got swallowed
Billions spent
Campaigning
Five-dollar gas
Surreal
Republicans
Lost their lugnuts
Democrats
Took the wheel
Obama was
A socialist
And novice
Muslim hick
Terrorist-fist-bumpin’
Anti-Christ
From
Zip Code 666
McCain was
Mr. Maverick
Third reich of
Bush’s crew
A position-shiftin’
Ancient
With more houses
Than he knew
Palin was
Sweet napalm
For the faithful
And the purists
She burned big bucks
On glam couture
And palling ‘round
With manicurists
Biden was
The gaffe-athon
Who uttered
Things arcane
And now as
Joe the VP
Will doubtless
Do the same
iPhone status
Hit 3G
Bill Gates
Hit the road
Bernie Mac
Departed fast
Eliot Spitzer
Ho’d
Paul Newman’s
Role concluded
Iraq year six
Commenced
Airlines charged
For blankets
OJ charged
And sent’nced
More Illinois
Guv corruption
Polar bear ice
Needs help
Somali pirates
Everywhere
Eight golds
For Michael Phelps
Madonna went
For A-Rod
WALL-E
Was a wow
Charlton Heston
Parted
Where’s your
Messiah now?
In all, exciting
And exhausting
A radical
Jittery buzz
Let’s just hope
The year to be
Redeems
The one that was
