BEASTLY TALES

THE FIRING SQUAD PART 2

You may recall from the previous episode,
That the presiding officer was about to explode,
As El Presidente sucked on his big cigar,
His last request, but it didn’t go far.
El Presidente suddenly collapsed, yes fast,
And this was before the firing squad’s blast,
“I told you smoking wasn’t good for your health,”
“And you so rich, with so much wealth.”
“Now you are ill, this will never do,”
“If you are ill, we can’t shoot you.”

So off to the hospital, El Presidente went,
He was more accustomed to sending, than being sent.
“Why didn’t you shoot him, he was such a rotter?”
The doctor asked the presiding snotter.
“We can’t shoot a man when he is sick,”
“It would be a very cruel trick.”
“So make him well, you know the plot,”
“If he is well he can then be shot.”

“We are not uncivilized in this regard,”
“But we’d like to get him to the firing squad yard.”
“You never know in a Banana Republic, do you?”
“If we delay too long there could be a new coup.”
“As for the patient, he smokes cigars huge,”
“Bad for his health, unless just a subterfuge.”

The presiding officer wanted to, the COUP DE GRACE give,
But instead, another COUP D’ETAT sieve,
Occurred to make matters more complicated,
Yes, El Presidente was reinstated!
And there he should stay, for a month or two,
Until, maybe, there will be another coup.