You should have known, Bill, it would all go wrong
‘Cause you snapped when Monica snapped her thong
We assumed that you lied
When they brought you to trial
But it turned out to be Starr
Whom we grew to revile
Most of us felt that he hadn’t oughter
Force Marsha to testify against her daughter
Livingston stepped down when it was hinted
That he was going to be Larry Flynted
Henry Hyde, claimed in his confession
That the affair in his forties was a youthful transgression
House Managers waxed eloquent as they got into gear
They quoted the Bible and William Shakespeare
What do I tell my children (was Bono’s zinger)
They were probably at home watching Jerry Springer
Dr. Laura moralized and lived to regret
Those pictures of her on the Internet
Larry King interviewed Paula Jones
Katherine Wiley and the rest their clones
Who was the benefactor do you suppose
Who paid for Paula Jones’ new nose?
There were some in the media who did resort
To repeating quotes from The Drudge Report
When Tripp said “I’m you.” I looked ’round to see
I couldn’t resist “Are you talkin’ to me?”
Some called us Americans morally broke
Most considered their assessment a hypocritical joke
We people objected to this personal intrusion
And so the trial limped to a foregone conclusion!
Geraldine Forer Spagnoli