[Newspoetry] When's the show???

William Gillespie gillespi at uiuc.edu
Sat Dec 16 19:53:48 CST 2000


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Sam Patterson wrote:

> Okay so I hear the artic death has descended on Chambana and I gotta be a
> part of it.  My time schedule is tight what with family and all,
>
> WHEN IS THE NEWSPOETRY RADIO SHOW???  I need to send the time to some san
> Diego folks who have promised to tune in online.
>
> here is a couple of pieces that I will read
> #82
> judgment replaces democracy at last
> the bumper sticker industry’s sudden
> boom drains the power grid
> and the oil man smiles
> with eyes to Alaska rolling
> blackouts douse Christmas lights. News
> uses movie metaphors, converts us
> into “whos” waiting for conversion
> of the Grinch, but capitalism
> has no heart to swell
>
> #83
> Supreme Court passes stale gas
> publicly onto consumers’ rump roasts
> in an explosive session today
> justice said “phhttt” and “pop.”
> and commented by saying “ahhhh.”
> the area around the courtroom
> smelled, not suddenly, of rot
> and shit.  In closing argument   [[[I know I have to change shit to
> poopy-poo when I read it on the air]]]]
> the majority said “I guess
> we ought to name it.”
>
> sam
>
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