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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Can you, can you taste the summer?
I do, I find it in your mouth
Now if I have a weakness it's for sweetness
And it's floating on your breath, the sweetest melody
Doo doo doo doobeedoo
Can you taste the summer?
Sure we can make it till the evenings
Cool haze is reflected off your thighs
Long days are coming up and staying up and playing
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Can you taste the summer?
Wild orcid on the wind you know
Just where it's blowing
So fresh, fromyour lips is born the melody
Doo doo doo doobeedoo
Can you taste the summer?
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Daley's Dorg 'Wattle
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"But I know a dorg that simply knocked 'em bandy! -
Do whatever you would show him, and you'd hardly need to speak;
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And I'll show you what a dorg he is at heelin'.'
"And an empty pickle-bottle was a-standin' on the shelf,
Daley takes it down and puts it on the table,
And he bets me drinks that blinded dorg would do it by himself -
And I didn't think as how as he was able!
"Well, he shows the dorg the bottle, and he points up to the fly,
And he shuts the door, and says to him - 'Now Wattle!'
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That there dorg had got that insect in the bottle."
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Blowing fast and hard on his skin.
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Blowing scary in the woods,
Blowing swiftly throw the night.
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(maborn)
[b side of columbia db 7892, 1966]
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I surely got some
The doctor prescribed some
I surely need some
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I had to have some
Sure did need some
Doctor prescribed some
Had to, had to, had to have some baby
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Oh, I just went out and got some, oh
Yeah
You would not help me when you really could
But right now baby, you cant do me no good
Cause I just got some
Had to, had to, have some
Doctor prescribed some
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Oh, I just went out and got some, oh
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But right now baby, you cant do me no good
Cause I just got some
Had to, had to, have some
Doctor prescribed some
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Had to had to have some, baby, oh
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Everybody knows that I need some
The doctor even prescribed me some
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