While I'm learning...

Just saying "Hi!" My Dragon has arrived...yeowza...and I'm in training. It will take a little while, but I'm getting there.

About the hand...I can't wave anymore, my hands flop over, so...the above has been printed out life size, my friend, Lolly, will affix it to a stick for me and, drum roll, a wave!

And for those of you who have urged me to dig back into my archives, I thought the following seemed appropriate, given the general attitude towards our government these sad and troubling days.

CAPITOL HILL

As elections draw near and it's all rhetoric

My thoughts often dwell on the world politic

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I think of the folks up on capitol hill

And know what they're passing is seldom a Bill

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Fast words and loud speeches, all promise and sass

Ring false for it seems that they're just passing gas

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And when they foul up or run out of blind luck

How swift they've become at passing the buck

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When caught in dark closets their affairs bear no shame

The issue is sidestepped by a quick pass of blame

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When dressed in their finest they shmooze at a bash

While with deft slight of hand they're maneuvering cash

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Come the day designated I'm right there to vote

But my faith in the outcome is becoming remote