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Barbie Bush Talking Doll | Poem

Barbie Bush Talking Doll

doll
moves her head a little
from left to right and back again
blue eyes never blinking
ooh vee ooh vee ooh (lips moving)
the Queen decrees the slave will take the heat
by refusing to take an oath
this earns her the "right" to now be officially hereafter called
Dr. Rice
meanwhile
back at the Comic News Conference
Bubba King
kills 'em with jokes about not finding
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
   meanwhile back to the real world
Dick Lois Clarke
raises his right hand and swears to tell the truth nothing but the truth
a vow made before the peoples of the world via satellite
and before any reality of a deity by any name
and he is stoned by the "high priests"
meanwhile
Condoleezza Rice
a member of the great black race, the lost tribe of Israel, perhaps
knows NOT to vow to tell the TRUTH and then lie
meanwhile
Bubba and Barbie
congratulate themselves at the bargain
giving a doctor her Dr's name - that she had  - already earned
bless you Condi for playing your role
that allow the characters to play theirs
have hope
every dynasty has a final curtain all
our histories tell us so
 

- Pen Chant

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