With my sincerest apologies to Dr. Seuss and King Yertle the Turtle:

In the far away land of the brave and the free
Barry the POTUS was the king of DC
A nice little town with a House that was White
And a Capitol dome where lawmakers would fight.
Lawmakers had lobbyists get what they need
And they were all happy, quite happy indeed.

They were until Barry, the POTUS of all
Decided the Kingdom he ruled was too small.
"I'm ruler", said Barry, "of all of DC,
but that's not enough for a ruler to be.
In my office of ovals I sit and I stew,
wondering what Billy Clinton would do.
I play hoops and I golf and it's wonderful stuff
But I am the POTUS, it isn't enough.
The POTUS is king of far more than DC
The POTUS is king of all he can see."

So Barry the POTUS lifted his hand
And Barry the POTUS gave a command.
He ordered Pelosi and Reid to his side.
And stood on their shoulders and guess what he spied.
He saw land out of DC with people galore
And he said "That is what I want - I want more"

"All mine" Barry cried "Oh the things I now rule
I'm the king of the Banks! I'm the king of the schools
I'm the king of GM and of Chrysler and Ford,
Not Ford, that's okay because Ford makes me bored.
I'm the king of the doctors, the king of the Fed,
I'm the king of the states that are blue and are red.
I'm the king of something called green energy
Which resembles my robes because it's so hard to see
I'm Barry the POTUS, oh marvelous me!
For I am the ruler of all that I see."

And all through the morning he stood there up high
Saying over and over "A great king am I"
Until long about June then he heard a slight rumble
which almost made Barry the POTUS to stumble.
He looked down from the shoulders of Pelosi and Reid
To see what was causing the ruckus indeed.

And he saw in the country, in a place that was red
A vast multitude of unwashed and unfed.
They clung to religion and guns and were mad.
Reid said to Pelosi "I think this is bad"
But Barry the POTUS remained standing tall
Unaware that the s*** would soon hit the wall.

One stepped forward to address the great king,
One of the many who was still struggling.
He was no leader, just one of the people,
who separated himself from the herds of the sheeple.

" We have some concerns that you don't seem to hear,
So Barry the POTUS, will you give us your ear?
Unemployment is high, so is the price of gas
The price of everything really, and it's gone up real fast.
There's a couple of wars, oops now there are three
All these things that there are that you don't seem to see.

We really don't want your nice health care reform
Or to listen about how the globe's getting warm.
We've got families to feed, and houses that we've lost.
And we're tired, so tired of just being bossed."

And Barry the POTUS looked down from his perch
As Reid and Pelosi both started to lurch.
"SILENCE!" Barry the POTUS commanded
"I know what is best and I will demand it.
I have the experts and I have the czars
You need my health law and to buy hybrid cars.
I am Barry the POTUS, I rule all that I see,
and that includes you and the party of tea."

And those who were sheep just nodded their heads
And went about doing the things Barry said.
Then one of the people, then two and then three,
Then quite a few more joined with them you see.
While Barry the POTUS continued on ruling
Trotting the globe giving other kings schooling.

Again out of the red, the people they came
To call upon Barry the POTUS by name
"Your Majesty, please we don't like to complain.
But outside of DC we are feeling great pain.
We know in your White House you see many great sights
But outside the Beltway, we too should have rights."

Barry the POTUS yelled "Hush up with your whining!
Stop complaining about the laws I am signing.
I'm Barry the POTUS, king of all that I see,
And no one, but no one knows better than me"

They did not approve of the words Barry spoke
They guessed that his teleprompter was broke.
They gathered together to speak with one voice
To show the great Barry that they had a choice.

"You may have experts and your agencies,
But we don't do Kings, we do Presidencies.
The people who rule us are by our selection,
You'll come to know that at our next election."

Then one, then another and then several more
Combined all their voices into a great roar.
When Barry looked down, well it couldn't be plainer.
Pelosi was gone and instead there was Boehner.

Then Boehner the Speaker spoke to Barry the POTUS.
"The people have spoken, we suggest that you notice.
If not you remain standing on Mr. Reid,
But he is looking a little weak-kneed."

That's where we stand in this tale of the king,
who is really a POTUS which is not the same thing.
In his office of ovals Barry sits and he stews,
wondering what Billy Clinton would do.

RLB