Shhh! I Really Shouldn't Be Here

Associated Press Photo/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark

Yes, I've said we'll be away; that I will not be here,

(And I really shouldn't be - I have to make that clear.

Right now I should probably be cleaning up the house

Getting ready to go on vacation with my spouse.)

But, I had to take the time to wish Big Papi well...

Didn't I just pray to you dear sports gods? What the hell?

Also have to say I think Wes Welker's gotten screwed.

(Pardon me young readers - Usually, I'm not so rude.)

Though I know the money's good if you've been franchise tagged

Thought the lack of loyalty to Wes should've been flagged.

As for Joe Paterno and his statue? Let it stay.

Put it on a swivel so it always looks away.

Across the Pond - Syria; "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat."

Photo credit/AP

 
Wish that I could say Assad has gone too far this time

And that he'll be punished for his latest, deadly crime.

Wish that little bodies were not lined up in the streets;

Shot or blown up babies hidden underneath those sheets.

True that Russia just condemned the massacre and yet,

Will they back that up with sanctions aimed at Assad? Nyet.

Everyone agrees that killing children isn't good

Even if they're living in a rebel neighborhood...

Saying only that and nothing more is not enough

But, without the full U.N., all we can do is bluff.

War's now spread to Lebanon as ethnic tensions flared;

Can't imagine other nearby nations will be spared.

Diplomats say Kofi Annan's plan is all there is.

I don't mean to tell the U.N. delegates their biz;

But, Assad's a killer shark.  The next  time that they vote

Hope they'll reconsider - think we'll need a bigger boat.