On the twelfth day of shutdown, people blame the GOP.
Twelve days of waiting,
Eleven bills unpaid,
Ten calls ignored,
Nine furloughed workers,
Eight shelves are empty,
Seven checks are missing,
Six courts are closing,
Five broken dreams!
Four day delays,
Three missed meds,
Two jobs lost,
And a nation brought down to its knees…
Twelve “urgent memos,”
Eleven tweets deflecting,
Ten lobbyists dancing,
Nine press releases,
Eight vague denials,
Seven blame-game spirals,
Six closed museums,
Five... photo ops!
Four ghosted calls,
Three canned quotes,
Two lost pensions,
And a Congress stuck in fantasy!
On the twelfth day of shutdown, the people said to we…
Twelve kids still hungry,
Eleven vets abandoned,
Ten shelters closing,
Nine schools in limbo,
Eight moms evicted,
Seven bridges crumbling,
Six weeks of silence,
Five false hopes…
Four late paychecks,
Three cold nights,
Two dads crying,
And a future lost to apathy.
On the twelfth day of shutdown, the people said to we…
Twelve hands uniting,
Eleven candles burning,
Ten new voices rising,
Nine protests marching,
Eight songs of justice,
Seven neighbors sharing,
Six bold demands,
Five clear truths!
Four rights reclaimed,
Three new laws,
Two rebuilt dreams,
And a people standing strong and free.
Twelve emails bouncing,
Eleven snacks for dinner,
Ten apps not loading,
Nine squirrels rioting,
Eight Zooms still pending,
Seven frozen paychecks,
Six doors are locked now,
Fiiiiive VPN failuuuuuures!
Four dead plants,
Three missed calls,
Two hours sleep,
And my boss pretending all is fine!
Twelve forms for nothing,
Eleven budget meetings,
Ten auto-replies,
Nine confused contractors,
Eight “For Review” folders,
Seven memos missing,
Six managers golfing,
Fiiiiive Excel sheet criiiiimes!
Four locked doors,
Three IT glitches,
Two sad interns,
And a printer jam that’s older than me!
Twelve Slack threads spiraling,
Eleven JIRA tickets,
Ten late-stage pivots,
Nine unpaid founders,
Eight broken APIs,
Seven bugs deploying,
Six interns coding,
Fiiiiive missed stand-uuuuuups!
Four failed sprints,
Three coffee spills,
Two burnt-out leads,
And a server that’s on fire... again. 🔥