Look What Trash You Can Pick Up For One Dollar!

©  2012 by The Conservative Muse

Our economy's taken a terminal dive,

But one marketing sector seems truly to thrive.

It's the place where your money will buy you much more,

That establishment known as the Dollar Tree store.

If you're looking for items with class and distinction

This store is renowned for high culture's extinction.

Imagine the trinkets and junk that abound --

It's a place where that rag known as "Newsweek" was found.

'Twas last year that the firm was in bankruptcy hell,

For the price of a buck it was packaged to sell.

Not only of cash was the weekly bereft --

It appears journalistic ideals have left!

For something purporting to deal with the "news,"

The mag now articulates partisan views.

While wearing the mask of detached objectivity

It's focused to champion leftist activity.

If you doubt there exists this pro-Democrat stance

At this latest edition just take a quick glance.

There's majestic Obama, so regal and vain,

While his critics are bashed with the utmost disdain:

The mag tries to echo the leftists’ refrain

That all Barack’s critics have half of a brain.

So this mess that we’re in comes from purely bad luck?

Oh well … You get what you pay for…it’s only a buck!