It was countdowns
To the shutdowns
Who and what
To blame
Despite the scenes
And drama queens
It all remained
The same
The 1 percent
Were Teflon
The 99
Ignoble
Taxing
Job Creators
Was like asking
For Chernobyl
Arab Spring
Got summer hot
The Rapture
Twice a bust
Ten years
Since 9/11
Penn State
Coach disgust
Seven billion
Folks on earth
The last Space
Shuttle flown
Palin kept
Her day job
Putin wants
His throne
Ireland trashed
The Vatican
Bin Laden
Zapped and splashed
London tabloid
Hacking
Greece ran out
Of cash
Watson won
On Jeopardy
Supercommittee
Failed
The Postal Service
Going broke
The Gloved One's
Doctor jailed
The GOP's
Prez wannabees
Each had their
Fifteen's fame
And just as fast
As they caught fire
They just as
Quickly flamed
Jesus loves
Rick Perry
Newt loves
Gingrich more
Femmes fatale
For Herman Cain
Ron Paul
Got ignored
iPhone Siri
Was the rage
Bachmann
Really wasn't
SEAL Team 6
Enthralled us all
Romney
Still just doesn't
The Iraqi war
Was ended
Tsunami
Tsunami
Swamped Japan
Qaddafi's corpse
Paraded
Jailed hikers
In Iran
Amanda Knox
Acquitted
Russian voters
Robbed
Last flick for
Harry Potter
The Sad Mac
For Steve Jobs
It was to laugh
And wonder
It was Hades
Tinged with heaven
For now at last
It's reached the past
Good-bye
2011
- Paulmark 2011
