Wave ByeBye To August

An end to the war in Afghanistan

4 presidents lose to the Taliban

Power companies w/o good storm plan

Now poles & lines in Ida's trash can

1,725 more 'mericans TrumpVirus dead

280,000 headed soon to ventilator bed

Not exactly the most august of times

A world poisoned by lying slimes

And, Ida spins on dumping big rain

We're next to feel her stormy pain

It looks so calm out there now

By this time tomorrow, POW!!

Wind gusts, rain, perhaps a tornado

Seems to be the wrap to the Ida show

As Julian & Kate spin, far in the sea

Larry looms off Africa, waiting to be

The next wild storm

Early September norm

Quakes shimmy along the plates

Releasing the pressure, rock gyrates

Eastern Mediterranean, near Lake Bakal

Around the Ring, we got shakes for all

Scotia plate just can't get comfortable

S. American push then Antarctic pull

Way, way off, 93,000,000 miles away

Spot AR2860 is still seething to play

Will it spin away before we get a blast

It's looking wild, better turn away fast

In clear skies, planets along ecliptic arc

E to W: Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, just past dark

Moon, a waning crescent to finish week

Next week, in the west you should seek

Another surprise storm thru yesterday

But, heat & humidity make storms play

Next couple of days, gonna be wet

Then, finally, a hint of Fall we get

September is coming

Earth keeps a'strumming

Our north end, just tilting away

Losing 2 minutes of light a day

Enjoy what ever comes your way

That's it from this Holladay

Today On Earth

What a handsome dog!!

 

September - On & Off Earth

 As usual, when the column is done, it goes here!!!

September 2021 - On & Off Earth

As September kicks off(HS football is back!), we are still enjoying the long daylight of summer, 13 hours on the 1st, but will lose more than two minutes of light each day as our tilted orbit moves us steadily into Fall’s growing darkness. Fall begins at 3:21pm EDT on the 22nd, the Fall Equinox, the moment when our nearby star is directly over our planet’s equator.

Spring and summer’s long hours of direct sunlight have been heating the waters of the northern oceans for 5 months and they are hot! Earth has a simple mechanism to move that heat poleward, hurricanes. Hurricane Ida exploded into a Category 4 monster fueled by that heat in the bath-like waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane season peaks annually around the 10th and while Julian currently spins harmlessly well out in the Atlantic, soon to be named Kate and Larry are exploiting that excess ocean heat and fueling up now. Stay prepared and hurricane aware, we appear headed for another wild ride.

Less daylight means more darkness, couple that with, hopefully, cooler temperatures and September offers fine evening sky viewing. Venus remains the brilliant beacon in the west after sunset and is just below and left of a thin crescent moon on the 9th. As the sky gets darker, look for earthshine lighting the dark side of the moon; sunlight reflected off Earth to the moon and back to your eyes.

A thicker crescent moon is just above the red supergiant, Antares (Mars, red, rival star), the heart of Scorpio on the 12th. Moving farther along the ecliptic, the arcing plane of our solar system, the still waxing, now gibbous moon passes beneath Saturn on the 16th and brighter Jupiter the next night. The Full Harvest Moon is on the 20th. The sun moves along the ecliptic from Leo into Virgo on the 17th. Hope for, occasionally, clear skies!

This September, on the 11th, we mark the 20th anniversary of a very bad day in the USA, a sad day, really, for the entire world. Just like for “our” earthquake, my everlasting memory of 9/11 began in my classroom, when I first heard the still tentative news of planes flying into the twin towers. It was hours later until I saw the actual images of the terrorist attacks, still, also etched in my memory forever.

Since that tragic day, a new generation has been born, 1.5 billion more humans, with no memory, just stories of 9/11, who are, unfortunately, now creating their own memories of the events long ago, as the lingering aftermath of that terrible day remains headline news.

Even more tragic, with a readily available, safe and effective vaccine, more Americans will die from COVID-19 today than on this same day last year; more every three days than terrorists killed on September 11, 2001.

The rules on Earth remain the same; to deal with the daily, unending change every creature must adapt, migrate or risk death. Those who continue to ignore those simple rules do so at their own peril, but today, they increase the risks for the rest of us, too. Be smart, stay safe out there, Today On Earth

Stormy Times...cont.

Storms are roiling everywhere

1.15" here, Cat. 4 Ida down there

Coming ashore with 150+ winds

Storm surges with no real ends

Afghanistan, as always, a mess

TrumpVirus death, not seeing less

Get a vaccine, put on a mask

To avoid death, seems not a big task

But, worldwide medieval mentality

Is not doing well with 2021 reality

Earth just spins, on & on

Unconcerned more deniers, gone

CME is headed Earth's way

Our big star having its say

Finally a day with no big quakes

Few normal shimmies, that we'll take

16 years ago, WOOO, Katrina anniversary

Still, reality checks we do not see

Using less oil & gas

Naaa, we still give that a pass

Better power use & production

Naaa, solar by way of forest reduction

Cuz we all know it's short term greed

Forget about long term need

Earth will not care, forget, or remember

What we do come September

Stay safe out there

Today On Earth

Unconcerned

A Bee on a Sunflower!

Swampy Here, Ida There, TrumpVirus Dead, Everywhere!!

Whoa..1,756 more Americans dead

Soon be water in most Cajun beds

191,000 new cases, most unvaccinated

"Guess I'm a dumbass, shouldn't 'a waited"

Still ronnie & greg, deny & deny

As hundreds more of their voters die

Maybe dead can vote, is the new plan

But, only if you're a dead.. republican

All the while, in Gulf, Ida grows

Cat 4 at landfall, away mo' delta goes

Between dams, nutria, water & oil

Nothing to slow a big storm set on boil

Here High pressure, cookin' & in charge

Maybe Ida's remnants will do a dislodge

Meanwhile, off on our nearby star

CME blast about to felt way a'far

Like on Earth, sunspot AR2860 is big

Of its solar wind, we're getting a swig

Nice timing, should arrive with Ida

But, on Earth, really no place to hide-a

Earthquakes, yep, we got those, too

In Morocco, S. Sandwich & in Peru

Course Indonesia & Chile & Afghanistan

Usual plate boundary earthquake plan

Time to go, dog needs to walk

'Bout enough of this blogging talk

You know the rules

Mostly steer clear of unvaxed fool

Today On Earth

Chicken of the Woods

Takes a sharp downward turn..

Ant eaten..

IdaWhoa, Floriduuh..

In Floriduuh, ain't no mask mandate

"Got my rights & I ain't gonna wait

But, say what doc, I'm gonna die

All cuz I bought donnie's lie"

I suggest reality, least give it a try

To all 901 dead, we wave byebye

Over 2,200 deaths in the USA

Now Ida's coming their way

First to Havana, then to NOLA soon

Least a little help from near 3/4 moon

So, tides won't be quite as high

When storm surges do draw nigh

Gulf, as fuel, it's oh so warm

Adding to Ida's tornado swarm

Here we sit in swamp like heat

Jet stream still with northern retreat

Looking like it might be September

Before any coolness we'll remember

Showers unlikely, just humidity

Moisture from Ida, we'll wait & see

Scotia plate still got the shakes

Alaska shaky from ice as it breaks

Cali/Nevada border, rock movin' round

Mostly no issues from shiftin' ground

Might be an issue, solar wind on Monday

Big CME blast heading Earth's way

But, real problem: stupidity & denial

As 187,000 go into TrumpVirus trial

Cops & fireman whining about rights

Seem ok with death in their sights

Gonna get your pay from our tax

Deal with a mandate, get the vax!

It would sure suck, a positive test

No help from gun or bullet proof vest

Today On Earth

Dumbassess....

No longer looking so good

Chicken of the Wood

Ditto...With Volcanoes

Even as we turn another page

Heat & humidity, all the rage

New storm stirring, Ida next on list

Likely Gulf coast will not be missed

Already along that coast

Dumbass deniers getting last toast

CUZ

TrumpVirus taking suckers out

Deny & die, ain't no doubt

Unvaxed dying, 1,470 mo' yesterday

More of donnie's voters, going away

We know Earth could care less

But, we know, it's a bit of a mess

🌋

Volcanoes, we got 'em on Earth

Off Japan, a new island birth

Aleutians belching, Kamchatka, too

Indonesia, Guatemala blasting thru

Ecuador, Iceland & the Philippines

Hawai'i shaky but lava still unseen

Scotia plate still got the shakes

Earth just doing whatever it takes

To get the heat that's inside, out!

So, every day another quake bout

China(who cares) & Honduras

5.5 in Indonesia, likely no fuss

US fires now in Minnesota, too

Smokey's No Burn, now with the screw

Put 'em all out is not working well

Now when they burn, all turns to hell

We humans not as clever as we think

Current reality, better when you drink

Remember, it's Thirstday, have 1 or 2

Might help with heat & humidity, too

Planets still lovely in the evening sky

Moon, a little later if you want to spy

Sun is a bit spotty but no big blast

History reminds all can change fast

So, remain hydrated & near the AC

August still the beast it can be

Today On Earth

Another turtle, another mushroom snack

Standard August: Heat, Humidity, TrumpVirus Death!

Heat & humidity seems here to stay

As another 1,406 TDS* go away

Too stupid to get the vaccine??

Your face, likely, no longer seen

I was just stared down by a hummer

Feeder full of yellow jackets, bummer

All good now, she's sucking new syrup down

Sadly, soon jackets'll be back around

All across the south, droppin' like flies

No vax, viral evolution, no surprise

Still drifting, aimless, lying all the while

Without a paddle, floating on Da Nile

Earth still quite restless, lots of quakes

Shifting, shimming along tectonic breaks

But, nothing at 6 & mostly around the ring

Pacific subduction has that plate shrinking

Here we sit under a high pressure dome

Carib & Atlantic storms looking to roam

Next will be Ida, stirring in Caribbean Sea

Then Julian & Kate, bet there's more than 3

Cuz oceans, like air, is cooking hot

Some deny it, but that's what we got

Like donnie & xi, both big on denial

Really like to see both on murder trial

Very unlikely with spineless chinese

Or TDS* buying donnie's every wheeze

Still unconcerned, Earth & Sun

A planet & star, both on a long run

Night sky's been quite lovely of late

Moon, Jupiter, Saturn looking great

With Venus beaming higher in the west

Venus at sunset, viewing is best

For the nice ecliptic surprise

Wait 'til a bit past moon rise

Which will be a bit before 10

So best, before late news is when!!

OMG!! It is noon

Sleep late, gets here soon

Gotta go, find a big dog

After golf day break from a blog

Tomorrow, volcano news

And, more of my twisted views

Seeeeeeya

Today On Earth

Happy Belated Birthday, cousin Patrick

Looking good at 1

*TrumpDickSucker...a sad lot..

Ten Years Ago...Shaky Times

August 23, 2011 @ 1:51pm life in Louisa, and on the east coast, changed. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake, SURPRISE, started our world a'shaking and for about 15 seconds we were just hanging on(most will say it was much longer...). That ended a 10 year run in that "new" building. Alternating days at the middle school, 3 1/2 years of "pods"/trailers and a new high school the ultimate outcome of that event. DeeCee was rocked and broken but here at the epicenter, it was much worse,

My old dog, Hershey, had been gone for 18 day and the guilt of that decision ended at 1:51 that day. My tirehouse sustained minor damage, it was tweaked westward, but most Roundabout/Yanceyville neighbors were far less lucky. Chimneys, walls, whole houses cracked and broke in the violent shaking.

Over the last 10 years I have never spoken to anyone that was on the east coast that day that didn't share their quake memory; we will all keep those memories even into senility.

Folks in Tennessee will remember this past Saturday when 10-17" of rain fell in a short time and reminded them all that they live on a flood plain. In a state known for denial of science and reality, likely deities will be evoked but climate change, evolution and the TrumpVirus will all continue to be another commie hoax and denied...jesus still shows no sign of intervention or help in looking for victims.

The northeast is still in the memory making process as the stalled remnants of Henri continue to dump major rain on the region. I'd be a little shocked if the rescheduled golf tourney is not pushed back another day; that storm ain't going no where.

Scotia plate shakes on, another 7.2 quake down that way today with the rest of the 5+ quakes on Earth coming from down in the Southern Ocean. The cesspool/rubble pile that is Haiti with another 4.5 aftershock today, not helping in life or cleanup(recovery long over) but is another reality reminder; it ain't voodoo, it's Earth.

Full Sturgeon moon last night formed a nice line with Jupiter (bright) and Saturn (much dimmer) although it was so muggy & buggy I did not go out for a peak (I did catch it Saturday night with the moon 'tween the two). The sun has a blast of solar wind headed our way; a Wednesday arrival could disrupt our electric Earth and a blast from near the sun's south pole, a little unusual coming from there.

A pretty typical late August week of hot & muggy is our forecast but with little chance of storms (so, there will likely be storms..).

TrumpVirus deniers continue to deny..and die but since pandemic is "over" numbers are not updated for most states on the weekend...my guess: Texass and Flowrita will still lead the way in cases, deaths and denial. Seeeeeeya, unvaxed mo-rons!!

So, at 1:51 this afternoon, think back to where you were 10 years ago, cuz I know you remember...

TODAY ON EARTH!!

My kitchen..after the quake..

Henri At Full Moon...Woooo!!

Will surfers resist the urge

To go out & ride the storm surge?

Cuz Henri is coming ashore

Will it wash into Wall Street's door?

So, with flooding here, fires there

I'd say it's safe to declare

Earth's in charge everywhere

And, as mentioned, it don't care

About Long Island or Afghanistan

Or parenting without a clue or plan

About dumbasses, won't wear a mask

Or get a shot, such a simple task

But, on falsebook rage & blame

In obese denial without shame

Still down Scotia way another 6.8

But, want a tsunami, have to wait

Want a solar blast, won't be long

More sunspots are coming along

Just like quakes in the Sooner state

Where they still think fracking's great

Actually, world's fairly shaky today

Plate tectonics, here to stay

Full Sturgeon moon, was at 8:02

Spring tides, rising through

On we orbit, on we spin

Down dixie way, Delta for the win

Still unvaxed, not long to wait

'Fore you'll need to ventilate

I'd say we'd miss you, know I won't

Should trust science, but ya don't

But, about that phone in your hand

The essence of science, on demand

Or believe your lies & superstition

Just keeps you a bad position

Maybe Henri will make ya see

Planet don't care about you or me

Today On Earth

When rains fall

Mushrooms sprawl

Henri & Grace, In Ya Face..

In the bath tub warmth, Gulf of Mexico

Wasn't but one way Grace would go

Bigger, faster; landfall at Cat. 3

That's what Mexico got to see

Wooooooooo

Next on the list it is Henri

Headed up New England way

But, first, trash VA & NC beaches

Still we don't listen as Earth teaches

For shame...

Just around visible edge of the sun

CME's are blasting, having some fun

That blast is not headed our way

But, new spot's flares are coming to play

Radio silence..

200,000 new TrumpVirus cases

1,532 with ventilators now off faces

Cuz those unvaxed deniers are now dead

As onward spreads the lies & dread

Da Nile, w/o paddle

Still chaos, Haiti & Afghanistan

Too many babies born without a plan

For own country, Afghans won't fight

Haiti: voodoo, corruption, total blight

But, always quick to beg for help..

Read their reviews, not good on yelp..

Reality..

Earth still does not care

And, no response to a single prayer

It's like no gods are even there

Yet, believe & pay con men declare

Amen...

We could have a day without rain

But, no mushroom will complain

In the woods, fungus

Everywhere among us

And, something dug up a nest of bees

Unconcerned with stinging pleas

WOW

Raccoon, possum, fox, bear??

When in the forest, I remain aware..

Today On Earth

Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Gold?

Sweet Home Mine, Colorado

Spectacular!!

Turtle Love...

Turtles are getting busy, reptile love...

Bringing a smile

With reptile style..

Today On Earth

Volcanoes, Quakes, No Humidity Breaks

The Aleutians, Kamchatka & Japan

Have the volcanic subduction plan

They dominate the week's world list

But, Indonesia, Iceland shouldn't be missed

Scotia plate still got the shakes

Haitian nerves rattled by 4.9 afterquake

Still lot so whining by the residents

In a country where they kill presidents

No shocking news from Afghanistan

Just allah's sexist thugs, the taliban

Headed back to the 13th century

Seem so proud, want all to see

We're still shocked, some many died

Only win when country is occupied

That's how we took this continent away

Euros came over and decided to stay

But, no 'mericans moving to Kabul or Iraq

Nor Vietnam or Korea for new home stock

But, like Russia did in Crimea

Retired thugs in, Ukrainians, we'll seeeeya

We got enough bombs to blow world away

But, you only win a war, when ya stay!

Here in the land of viral denial

Another 1,128 faced ultimate trial

And, cuz, they did not get a shot

Another day of life, they don't got

Texas still leading the surge

Yet, still resisting the masking urge

Wish we'd miss ya, but we won't

Shouldn't believed donnies lies, but ya don't

I believe it's humid, gross, you bet!

Step outside, ya gonna sweat

Gonna do it anyway

Walk the woods, every day

Take a dog for his creek dip

Ahhhh, into the pool, he does slip

Then a walk, then a nap

Then a big head in my lap

As Grace trashes the Yucatan

Henri has a beach erosion plan

Earth really isn't trying to win

It just does, again & again.. & again

Today On Earth

Who can resist rubbing that belly:)

Sultry..Like A Hurricane

Poor Fred, never quite a hurricane

Still plenty of devastation & pain

Now in our sultry air, we got mo' rain

And total window condensation, insane!

Also, insane, another 993 'mericans dead

Death seems worse than vaccine dread

Still TDS* mo-rons believe Punk'n Head

Sucking his lies, DaNile, 'nough said..

Scotia plate has still got the shakes

Lots more mag. 5+ earthquakes

Earth will do whatever it takes

To give itself pressure relief breaks

Not sure what I'm trying to do

With these rhymes all a'skew

Rain seems done, but wet thru & thru

And, got a big dog, need to go poo

Our sun remains mostly quiet

Recent nova, now need scope to spy it

Grace about to give Yucatan a hit

Afghanistan sure went quickly to shit

Sun is now out, rain's gone away

Time to venture into a breezy day

Gold finches on feeders all a'sway

That's about it, On Earth Today

Continued Chicken of the Woods development

*TrumpDickSucker 

Reality Rears It's Head..Many Dead!!

Fred, Grace & Henri

Afghanistan & Haiti

TrumpDelta variant all the rage

Another day, Earth's turns a new page

But, if looking for consistency

Look no further than the GOP

Ignore their part, quick to blame

Lies & denial, no hint of shame

While donnie the douche, 2 months ago

Bragging how he said it's time to go

Now it's all on Biden's head

While across the south, 1000's dead

Anti-vaxer bodies continue to pile

Spewing ridiculous lies, all the while

Earth does not care, today nor tomorrow

About your lies, about your sorrow

Afghanistan & Haiti, here's what ya got

Top 2 choices as a world enema spot

Both deny their problems are their own

But for aid & money, quick to phone

Yet both continue to pray & pray

But, allah, voodoo no help on the way

All, as onward the Scotia plate does drift

Pressure release, still rocks on shift

Austria, Croatia & Italy quakes?

Semi-strange place for the shakes..

Fred is headed up our way

More rain & flooding, some will pay

Grace washed Haiti, on to the Yucatan

Earth reacting to the wastes of man

As we languish in deep humidity

Out west, 100's of fires burn free

LasVegas may have to cut the lights

As Lake Mead's water sink from sights

TrumpVirus update, 1/4 MILLION new cases

Most, dumbass fox watching faces

Just yesterday, another unvaxed 1,016 dead

Mo-rons believing donnie: Punk'n Head

Pretty obvious, there's no sympathy

Coming from Earth..or from me

Easy solution to keep you from harm

Roll up you sleeve, get a shot in the arm

Time to get out, 'fore more rain arrives

Stay home or a mask, I wants to survive

Cuz here on Earth, need to follow the rules

Adapt Migrate or Die, denials for fools

Today

Every Day

On Earth

Same shroom, 2 days later

Fred, Grace, & Soon, Henri

As, the Scotia plate takes another 6.9 hit

At least, no tsunami coming from it

Haiti, now, well over 1,000 dead

Voodoo ain't working, try reality instead

Building crappy houses in a quake zone

Gonna fall down, Earth's bad to da bone

If we'd sent contraception 10 years ago

Today, been a lot less death they'd show

Grace will soon add to their misery

Washing debris out into the sea

And, Fred's knocking on Florida's door

Surf Up, on Gulf's panhandle shore

Soon to be Henri, on a Bermuda tour

Round the island, how long, it's unsure

Hurricane season rising to the peak

Planning & shelter, get ready to seek

Just north of a front, it's cool & damp

Add in Fred, not a good week to camp

But, even as our mushrooms grow

Much of world, it's fire's onward, HO!

Ice still melts, upward methane bubbles

For a livable Earth, nothing but troubles

But, no change gonna come from the top

Big oil pumping ain't gonna stop

Only way to clean up this mess

Fewer babies and using less

Stop buying useless plastic crap

But, it's tough to do, that's the trap

Everywhere, it's use & throw away

So, issues will keep tumbling our way

Out in space, our sun roils on

Tilted planet 2 minutes more daylight gone

Round & round & round & round

Making nary a single sound

As unvaxed morons continue to die

Without even giving reality a try

GOP governors just lie & deny

Seem OK with voters passing on, bye!!

Time for men to give up the reins

End greedy military industrial pains

In real time, I see little chance

Sure don't help, bringing guns to the dance..

Today On Earth

Chicken of the woods..

Another Hard Day On The Planet..

Still dealing with W's lack of a plan

Soon back to 14th century, Afghanistan

President of country, already gone

Taliban, just rolling, killing along

Just death, wasted money, again & again

Could have just bought all their heroin

GOP, as usual, so quick to blame

After playing their war/money game

While we judge, there's more death here

Unvaxed, dumbass TDS*, reason is clear

Gulf about to get cleanup it needs

Fred's coming to wash out the weeds

Armpit Haiti, got Grace on the way

She'll wash more of the quake trash away

Earth spins on, unconcerned of our plight

More extremes soon coming into sight

Bigger storms, longer droughts, more fire

Still unplanned breeding, so more will expire

8 billion can't live like in the USA

Population reduction is the only way

And, really not hard to do

Wait, plan kids, have only 2

With social media, youth have the tool

To quickly spread word, don't be a fool

Free contraception, to put on the lids

More sex'd be good, but need fewer kids

Throw in Global Warming reality

If same old, status quo, all that we see

By 2021, will any humans still be

Living on Earth...🌎

Here it's still wet but finally cool

Constant change, Earth's only rule

Stay safe, be smart

Still masking & staying apart

Today On Earth

When the rains fall

These rascals crawl

*TrumpDickSuckers

OUR WARMING WORLD..

OUR WARMER WORLD

A warming world, what more to say

It’s male power and greed, stands in the way

For 60+ years we’ve known the score

Climate change is knocking on the door

Yet, driven on by corporate greed

Religious fervor to overbreed

All while ignoring our most basic needs

Our livable Earth quickly recedes

Still men continue to blame and deny

Me thinks, it’s time to give women a try

Cuz our spinning Earth, our shining sun

About we humans, they care none

Both planet and our star, it is clear

In a million years, will both be here

Reality on Earth, nothing but change

A daily chaotic, constant, rearrange

Often slow, but suddenly, Ohh so fast

The future always a new twist on the past

But, men still playing the bad guy role

Long overdue, women back in control

Yet, still, very few will confess

That we have created all of this mess

First coal, then oil, gas, now plastic

So there’s waste, profit’s are fantastic

But, I, too, drove a car here today

Burning that gas all along the way

I try to reduce, reuse, do my part

Still as a whole, where do we start

Well, since they’ve no plan, I have no doubt

We need to vote the old white men out

You know the ones, they got no shame

Lies and denial, but quick to blame

You know the ones, they got no plan

Easy to spot, they’re republican

We try to pass laws so they won’t pollute

They pass laws to pile up the loot

What will they do, and this ain’t funny

When they find out, you can’t eat money

Tough times ahead, really already here

We men have blown it, that is quite clear

So..

Ladies, thanks for stepping up to the plate

We need change now, there’s no time to wait

UN’s Red Flag’s about 30 years too late

Sadly, we delay longer at humanities fate

But, women, I trust, you bringers of life

While men, war mongers, bringers of strife

So, if we humans want to keep living large

We desperately need to put women in charge 

Seems pretty clear, what we need to do

Elect Blakely Lockhart, on November 2

We’ve a really lame delegate, John McGuire

For Dominion and big biz, his vote’s for hire

Just sings the same song

“Can hold my breath really long”

But, come November we really need to fire

Our lame, slacker delegate John McGuire

Come November, his term needs to expire

Against women and schools

But, more guns for fools

Need to lose this worthless reality denier

There once was a delegate, John McGuire

Power, seemed all he wished to acquire

As a republican

He had no real plan

Come November, his term needs to expire!