If you look for bitterness
It’s all over the news
Terrorism, war, disease and hate
But if you need a break from this
There’s an option you could choose
These silly songs are fun to fabricate

Parody by substituting words
Into someone else’s tune
Parody, to some it seems absurd
And we should send them to the moon

You can always find a schmo
As honest as the pope
Tells the tale all somberly and pained
But I don’t want some so-and-so
To hand me the straight dope
All I want is to be entertained

Parody, it’s finding better words
Sometimes challenging to do
Parody, explicit or inferred
The pacing can be tricky, too

I can write a satire
I can write an ode
I can write a travesty
That smokes “Tobacco Road”
I can make a mockery
Of the White House commode
Huh-ho, I know

If it seems that I’m obsessed
That is how it goes
Once you get that song stuck in your head
But am I cursed or am I blessed?
Clue me in, whoever knows
Perhaps I should seek therapy instead

Parody, I have to come to terms
My madness is here to stay
Parody, I have the worst earworms
And penning these keeps them at bay