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MICHAEL PINGARRON
The Rabid Radio Talk Show Crowd
I listen to rabid radio
where hosts hoist someone from hell
and throws them back after hours
of ridicule
anyone who wears the funny coat of headlines
is eligible
listeners throw water on them
hoping they’ll turn to dust like the witch
in a well known movie
some call up for target practice
shooting AK47 insults at them and
slinging hatred like shovels of shit
to make the stink stronger
living in the last century
they’re riding white stallions and slaughtering
Indians for a gory national glory
believing that someone named God applauds
they await awards granted wishes of damnation
[Originally
published in NHS 2001, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs01/pingarron.html.]