The Dark Days Before People Magazine Told Us All We Need To Know About American Celebrities

The dark days before People Magazine told us all we need to know about American celebrities

Jiggery, Pokery,

Abraham Lincoln did

Marry a woman they

Called Mary Todd.

Though Abe loved all of her

Idiosyncrasies,

Many Americans

Found her quite odd.

Looking back through, history we've had some really stupid ideas about medicine

Splishity-Splashity

Keen Dr. Semmelweis

Started the practice of

Washing his hands.

Though other doctors thought

Such washing useless, his

Anti-bacterial

Methods still stand.

A few notes on the creative process

I was thinking of writing a rhyme

With metric feet read out in time.

And it's likely I'll hide

A crude joke inside,

If your thoughts are as dirty as mine.

Coming attractions: the action flick

Boom-crash-bang, Boom-crash-bang!

Beautiful people dodge

Danger and death traps; prove

Murphy's law true.

~

Witty one-liner then

Quick cut to title page.

Coming quite soon to a

Theater near you.

Why?

Because.