A Week In Rhyme

by Alex Balk March 4, 2011

We spent the week considering the future (and the past):
Will 2012’s election suck? Can literature last?

We thought about the state of rap, and dapped the genre’s ladies
We read a book about a famous moment from the ‘80s

We pointed out the differences betwixt the east and west
We delved into Shari’a law (which yahoo pols detest)

We tried to keep you current on Wisconsin’s union news
We brought you two perspectives on the status of the Jews

We met a man who quit his job; we mocked the iPad geeks
But fuck all that, we’re leaving now; it feels like it’s been weeks.

Photo by Jason Mrachina, from Flickr.

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