[Newspoetry] story & assignment

[Joe Futrelle]

No dubya, Dubya
can you make do?

Can you type memos
about elfare reform
and bipartisan feelings
in ashington, too?

Using the paper they
left for you, is your
speech on tax cuts for
the ealthiest one percent
going to look alright?

Could you fax the British
condolences about the
latest outbreak of
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
until they repair the severed
hotline later tonight?

Spelling is hard, and
typing is harder,
touch typing harder still;

can speechcrafter's scribblings
and Cheney's cool microcassette recorder
fill in for computers until

they come and replace them
using money from PepsiCo,
money from Shell,
money from AT&T,
money from Coke
and money from Dell,
money from Penny, J.C.?

Is it that money that buys you the right
to ignore us no matter our lack?

Does it pay to ignore us forever,
cuz soon missing dubya's aren't all
you'll need back?

--
Joe Futrelle
editor-as-though-chief
dubya dubya dubya dot newspoetry dot calm