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.

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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!

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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.