Vote For Me Now I declare You have the chance To get me into power So listen well Here is my stance My plan at this witching hour I’m dedicated And very well able To make our country great So hurry now And vote for the fable Ere smart owls shut the gate Now IContinue reading “Rapscallions Still”
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More Miscreants
Hermes Unmasked Kane helped to change the world, but Kane’s world now is history. From Orson Welles’ Film Citizen Kane So there you rule you fool Heir apparent to the whole world Potentate emperor sovereign monarch What’s in a name? Your media deeds whatever your name would be the same Those rags The things that youContinue reading “More Miscreants”
Tea Break From The Cricket
Poems Through A Glass Starkly A Word On The Yellow Press That picture above of the Yellow Kid is linked to the reason we have the current term “Yellow Press.” The cartoon character was the creation of Richard Fenton Outcault who was working in the 1890s in the United States for the extremely racistContinue reading “Tea Break From The Cricket”