the jokes in Reader's digest

The barbarians who travel with a packed tooth brush and a Blackberry
try to awaken their team spirit in order to rearrange the infrastructure.
a bit of a mental snake pit,
they say hail to the chief and are full of merit,
Some would say fill of shit.
But the mendacity they practice works up a sweat and
hides it.

I hate to get personal when it comes to someone's belief
But knowing just a little of what they believe ,
I wish I were on the Great Barrier Reef
or even eating clams on a local beach
out of cell phone reach.

I once went to city council meeting
Didn't get much of a greeting
I didn't have the capacity to blend into the agenda
But I met a girl there named Brenda
She wants to be the president of the United States
And be as rich as Bill Gates.
I told her I was trying to figure out Finnegan's Wake
and still eat my cake.
She speaks point by power point
I got the impression her favorite position is to hold you at gun point.

I got out of there with my mental notes
What I wrote down was indecipherable.
They got my goat but not my vote.
They recorded it and I promised myself I'd watch it on cable
I knew I'd need a new label.

One time I was in New York City.
I had no money
and my shoes didn't quite fit me.
I was impressed
It was when I realized the devil never blushed
and I stopped reading the jokes in Reader's digest.