Folk singer Tom Paxton refers to them as "short shelf-life songs" -- bits of doggerel referencing current events, but relegated to mere curiosity status years after the fact. (My personal favorite Paxton SSLS deals with President Carter and a swimming rabbit.) Actor John Lithgow has done the same thing with the ousted 45th President and his various tantrums, peccadillos, felonies, and overall government-by-tantrum.
Lithgow takes on such subjects as the rapid turnover on Trump's staff, the Border Wall, hookers, foreign intrigue, and nepotism. He helpfully provides notes at the end of most of the verses, reminding us (sic transit gloria mundi) who these players were -- some of them flitting across the public stage so briefly that we've already granted them wll-deserved oblivion.
Written before the 2020 elections, this slim collection probably won't be around too long, but it's amusing enough for a quick read.
Lithgow takes on such subjects as the rapid turnover on Trump's staff, the Border Wall, hookers, foreign intrigue, and nepotism. He helpfully provides notes at the end of most of the verses, reminding us (sic transit gloria mundi) who these players were -- some of them flitting across the public stage so briefly that we've already granted them wll-deserved oblivion.
Written before the 2020 elections, this slim collection probably won't be around too long, but it's amusing enough for a quick read.
