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gfarber

(251 posts)
6. Corner That Rat
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 02:08 PM
Monday


There once was Jeffrey Epstein in a bind,
Whose messages, now freshly mined,
Said “Corner that rat—
He’ll bomb this or that,
And take half the globe down in kind.”

He texted in twenty-eighteen,
Of a leader unstable, unclean,
“Psychotic,” he’d say,
“If blocked in his way,
He’ll strike to create a war scene.”

Of Donald Trump he wrote with a sneer,
“When pressured, his judgment’s unclear;
If going down hard,
He’ll torch the whole yard,
And rally the crowd through their fear.”

“Corner a rat? Bad design.
It lashes with claws every time.
Best shift the terrain,
Start a foreign campaign,
And call it defending the line.”

So bombs might on Iran rain,
To pivot from scandal and pain;
A grand overseas fight
Makes critics take flight,
And buries domestic disdain.

Now ships in the gulf lie in smoke,
And tempers grow tight at the yoke;
With troops sent to fall,
No vote taken at all,
While Congress is left out the spoke.

Some soldiers laid under the sod,
More civilians scarred by the prod;
The region’s aflame,
Yet shrugs meet the blame—
“As death goes, that’s just how it’s trod.”

Epstein no prophet became,
Just versed in how ego plays game;
When pride’s under threat,
It doubles the bet,
And sets half the world up in flame.

© 2026 Glen Farber. All Rights Reserved.
K&R 2naSalit Monday #1
He sure knew his BFF well. Dave Bowman Monday #2
Epstein said PatSeg Monday #8
And JE committed suicide - sure, right. yellow dahlia Monday #26
Yeah, the more we're learning from the Epstein files, PatSeg Monday #31
The dots just keep connecting themselves. yellow dahlia Monday #32
I know PatSeg Monday #34
;-{) Goonch Monday #3
Good find! calimary Monday #21
Nice malaise Monday #29
Kick dalton99a Monday #4
He was spot on, but then again, Wednesdays Monday #5
Corner That Rat gfarber Monday #6
You should publish a book! crud Monday #10
Amazing creativity..bravo! BattleRow Monday #16
These just get better and better, gfarber! calimary Monday #22
You are skilled in the eerie and poetic. yellow dahlia Monday #27
It's AI generated, fwiw. n/t demmiblue Monday #33
Focus the blame on Republicans, their operatives and the rightwing media who pushed this monster onto us. chowder66 Monday #7
Absolutely, this disaster is 100% a GOP republican sin sanatanadharma Monday #11
We all knew this! bluestarone Monday #9
Operation Epstein Fury mdbl Monday #12
KnR... MiHale Monday #13
it seems that epstein barbtries Monday #14
This should be getting much more coverage malaise Monday #15
Truth! yellow dahlia Monday #28
Knows him well. Both criminals, justice is coming? Evolve Dammit Monday #17
Jeezus. Impeach him. Joinfortmill Monday #18
Cornered And More Dangerous 2na fisherman Monday #19
K&R Bayard Monday #20
This is starting to get really scary. calimary Monday #23
I heard four troops now killed. colorado_ufo Monday #24
Now six Rebl2 Monday #25
Three aircraft's shot down and I think one of our ships got hit but operational Deuxcents Monday #30
I believe one succumbed to injuries and two more found in the rubble Unwind Your Mind Monday #35
Yep. Now six. calimary Monday #37
Steve Bannon? Hmmm.... progressoid Monday #36
Well dammit, he should be! calimary Monday #38
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