[Newspoetry] a news poem
Julie P. Price
Julie at advancenet.net
Wed Oct 24 02:36:23 CDT 2001
Memo to News Media: Make Words Work for YOU!
(This week: "Kabul")
Original pronunciation - "Kah-boole'."
Sounds sort of tough, *very* middle Eastern.
Also sounds like "kaboom" which could evoke guilt
in patriotic Americans who wish to kill all the evil people
but none of the good ones.
New pronunciation - "Kobble."
Sounds stupid. Like "gobble." Not so tough.
Brings to mind, of course, turkeys.
And we all know how ignorant they are.
I mean, they'll go out in a rain storm and look skyward
to investigate and then drown in their own flooded craws.
Next week's word: "Islamabad" (This one is too easy!)
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