2011... Hades tinged with heaven

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

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