Saturday, October 07, 2006

The Marching Orders

If the Walls could Talk...at the N&O
On March 25...WHAT DID THEY KNOW...????

The Marching Orders...
Remember this story's dynamite.
We'll only print the facts.
Now if the neighbors say the guys are creeps,
Those certainly are facts.
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Yes, we like the "swagger" word.
Yes, print the public urination.
Our readers have a right to know
This crucial information.
.
Now, that stuff the Shy One said about Kim,
There's just no documentation.
We can't accuse that sweet young thing
Without verifying information.
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And stuff about the Shy One's life,
No need to drag that up.
Mention the Naval service.
My God! Folks eat that up!
.
Say she only danced this once,
A "performance obligation."
(We use those words at the N&O
In these “special situations.")
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Take all good things you hear of her,
Make our readers weep.
Meanwhile print up the Wanted Poster,
Scare those damn players off the street!
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Use "victim", "victim" every time,
Just weigh the public psyche down.
Get Ruth to write a righteous piece,
In time for the Panthers parade in town!
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Make her so pure and them so vile,
The public won't be sated.
They'll buy our paper, we'll trump this up,
Those boys will be so hated!
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And while writing about Nifong,
Do not forget to mention
“Gush! Gush! He is so confident!”
Let's get him lots of admiration!
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And never, never, will we tell
The "real stuff" that…well, marred our "visions."
The public has NO need to know
What THEY KNOW are ...just OUR decisions!
Joan Foster
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Because they tell us only what they feel we need to know...this poetic instruction is, of course...imaginary.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.heraldsun.com/state/6-776437.html

Anonymous said...

scary next to last sentence in the article.