The Mendacity Of Hype
Blowing in from under Daley's shadow, Cook
county, liberally
sponsored by green gas-
bags & misery's boldest broker, he
can, thru
comely pauses &
flowery syllables, swooning
rhythms, comfortable
cadence & that mellifluous gargle- 'just
because you have an individual right doesn't mean the
state or federal
Government cannot constrain that right'- yes
he can- having secured a mortgage from
Rezco as unsung Chicagoland seniors sweltered &
rotted from neglect in
summer haze- yes he
can- w/ the
policy experience & Chicago wind to
cleanse our crusty pallet of rotting apples, bitter
yams, the unpleasant after-
taste of History, from a single acorn sprout nuts enough to
engulf Mr. Lincoln's words & Mr. DuSable's legacy under
Daley's expanding
pall, leave only
change in our pockets, co-
opt hope, extend
voting rights to the graveyard & subsidize that
dose of Soma prescribed to
liberate
all Yanks of
that onerous yoke
of
sovereignty.
poem by Cretan Maineiac
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