ZIMBABWE'S NEW DOLLAR

Yes, that's what we're told,
Currency devalued ten billion fold!
It's buying power already smaller,
Zimbabwe's brand new dollar
Is worth ten billion of the old.

VICTORIA'S BLOOMERS

Her underpants of queenly girth
Nine K bucks now are worth.
Wherever she is at,
Victoria would find in that
No cause for any mirth.

MARCELLUS SHALE GAS

Marcellus shale natural gas
(500 trillion cubic feet it may surpass)
And deep well drilling,
Which is not at all appealing,
Are big topics in County Pocahontas.

DRINK EEL

If by the summer's heat
You feel you've been beat,
Much better you will feel
Once you drink some eel.
It really is a treat.

Eel has every vitamin
That is good for men.
So drink a swig of eel
As part of your meal
At least now and then.

TWO-ARM TRANSPLANT

After about
Six years without,
A man who farms
Has new arms.
Happy is he, no doubt.

CHIMNEY FALL

Crickets and jiminey!
Hundred eighty feet down a chimney!
Broke both legs in the fall.
But, since that was all,
She came out swimmingly.

BRUCE IVINS

Army scientist Bruce Ivins
Is no longer among the livin.'
He opted to face suicide
Rather than the charge of homicide
Over anthrax letters given.