STAFF NOTE: FROM DUET TO SOLO
The right chord was struck
And the note was true;
Busily, busily wrote we two.
(Excellent talking points we had).
On to the Director
With political clout,
He hated the note,
And my boss dropped out.
(Were the talking points that bad?)

YOUNG TALENT
When Lucy was little
She wanted to work
For the United States of A
But then she grew up to be a CEO
And that came with far better pay

HOUSE SHMOUSE
A voter from Zouse asked his
rep in the House
for a town hall
where he could then grouse.
And he said, “Well, you louse, are
you man or a mouse?”
From his breath all could tell he
was soused.
Then that voter, named Klaus,
charged again with a joust, hand in
hand with his fundraising spouse.
And she had on her blouse
some notation by Strauss,
which was shortly then doused
in sweat as she espoused
all her views for that Congressman
there from the House.

MID-YEAR EVALUATION
Said a voter to a hard working fed:
“I thought you a total slacker, my
friend.”
“So I am, so I am,” said the go-getter
caught—
“But not ‘til my mid-year review
cycle’s end.”

THE BRIEFING PAPER
so little depends
upon
a briefing
paper
drafted by the summer
intern
for a cancelled
meeting