NationStates Jolt Archive

Find a news article and write a poem about it. It can be a ballad/narrative or just free verse or even haiku. Post a link if possible. An example below is from a news article about a man who stole pee from a probation office.

Tale of the Urine Thief

Gather round children
I'll banish your grief
It's time for the tale
Of the great urine thief

Back in the year of two thousand and six,
The government was up to its usual tricks
They came round the city, and gathered our pee
There was no more of urine, for you or for me

Each bladder they purged
Every drop took with care
The toilets were empty
And restrooms were bare

Then one man had a plan
To get back our waste
Not at all did he dally
He hurried with haste

"I'll sneak in the prison"
He said with a grin
"And bring back our urine,
They won't know I've been in"

He silently snuck
Till he sighted the pee
Bags upon bags
Were all he could see

He snatched them all up
Just as quick as before
He would give them all back
From the rich to the poor

The pee was returned
We shouted with glee
" God Bless you Pee Thief!
A great man is ye!"

So now when you go
To piss, whiz, and pee
Remember the Pee Thief
A great man was he