Who the Hell Cares, and What is Wrong With You

The dinner’s front and center, second day.
I do confess, it’s really hard to care
That any in the news are unaware
Of any decent reason to delay
A headline that is shocked about a joke
The president had made within a speech
To entertain reporters, when in reach
Are stories that within us would invoke
An earnest worry, anger, or a fear
That something must be done about a thing
We find within the headlines.  There’s Beijing,
Sarkozy, Putin, Clinton, but it’s clear
We’d rather be irrelevant, without
A lighter side, to throw Barack in doubt.