RHETORICAL VERSE /
FOUR (software-verifiable) SHAKESPEAREAN-FORM SONNETS
and ONE HAIKU
{ACS.063_01} ON FRIDAY 13, Montel Williams said
{ACS.063_02} on NPR that AmCan's ratings grew
{ACS.063_03} [from premiere to the second show]. His head
{ACS.063_04} should get a new "I LIE, BIG TIME" tattoo.
{ACS.063_05} More watched? No, two-thirds quit. That's not a bluff.
{ACS.063_06} There's bullshit, then there's stupid bald-faced lies.
{ACS.063_07} It's one thing to transmit selective puff
{ACS.063_08} of one fact or another to disguise ...
{ACS.063_09} ... some half-truths as the truth. But there you were
{ACS.063_10} just flat out lying through the telephone.
{ACS.063_11} As if it doesn't matter. Sorry cur!
{ACS.063_12} The nation's had enough. Who could condone ...
{ACS.063_13} ... your lying to promote this Showtime dog.
{ACS.063_14} The nation does not need more verbal smog.
{ACS.064_01} MALIA SAYS that our "young people care
{ACS.064_02} 'bout politics," it's just "they don't believe
{ACS.064_03} [much] in our current system." TELL ME FAIR
{ACS.064_04} MALIA, what the hell would it achieve ...
{ACS.064_05} ... if everyone participates in that?
{ACS.064_06} Legitimate the system. Prove its fine.
{ACS.064_07} Let all the fat cats keep on getting fat
{ACS.064_08} as a new generation sits to dine ...
{ACS.064_09} ... on their left-overs. Nothing needs to change.
{ACS.064_10} If young folks don't believe, then let that show.
{ACS.064_11} Deny that voting matters. Prearrange
{ACS.064_12} non-polling places. Then say you will go ...
{ACS.064_13} ... speak out against the bullshit: Do not vote.
{ACS.064_14} REFUSAL is a better antidote.
{ACS.065_01} KEITH BOYKIN SAYS "you don't see many blacks
{ACS.065_02} [campaign] to be the president." Implies
{ACS.065_03} that's why his play-toy run is good. Two smacks
{ACS.065_04} upside his silly head. His tones surmise ...
{ACS.065_05} ... Al Sharpton doesn't count. Or Moseley Braun.
{ACS.065_06} So it's important forty thousand watch
{ACS.065_07} Keith Boykin have a chance to make them yawn.
{ACS.065_08} His vacant stare will lift the bar a notch ...
{ACS.065_09} ... for candidates of color. (Praise the Lord
{ACS.065_10} and pass the AmCan bullshit, we can't wait
{ACS.065_11} to see this Clinton crony's ox well gored.)
{ACS.065_12} His tide will raise all blacks: this candidate.
{ACS.065_13} I needed one more sonnet, sorry, Keith.
{ACS.065_14} It's Montel's lie that garnered you these teeth.
{ACS.066_01} THE LIGHTNING'S CRASHING and the thunder rolls.
{ACS.066_02} The Lord's unhappy with this sloppy rant.
{ACS.066_03} "Yes, Montel lied. Malia's voter goals
{ACS.066_04} perpetuate the system. But, BOKE, can't ...
{ACS.066_05} ... you write some better words than these, tonight?"
{ACS.066_06} I'm tired, Lord, all the bullshit's worn me down.
{ACS.066_07} No matter where I turn, there's more to fight.
{ACS.066_08} I need more energy to even frown ...
{ACS.066_09} ... at some effective level of contempt.
{ACS.066_10} I'm writing with my eyes shut as the rain
{ACS.066_11} is washing down the world, its rhythms tempt
{ACS.066_12} me to put down my pen, shut down my brain.
{ACS.066_13} The Lord says, "BOKE, OK, tonight you rest.
{ACS.066_14} But don't forget you speak at my behest." {smile}
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HAIKU CODA
I hope there's no more
outright lying by Montel
to waste my time on.