October 30, 2003

the faking of a quagmire


round two 

 first there was nam .......

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  “a quagmire is a very 
 bad situation 
you can’t get out  of “
  mister rodgers 


  
 is 
present day iraq 
a no exit 
american torment ?
	
is it a national 
  QUAGMIRE  

shit no 

 exit Iraq ?

hell 
 it couldn’t be easier 

 all we got to do is 
  put the troops together
  and blow 



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  	IRAQ is 
a tar baby only if you want one 



  high national officials
both 
elected and appointed 

 left and right 

 got the same line  

" we got ourselves
 a full knuckle 
  quag  on our hands " 
 

they all say it 
 not just 
 the  bounty gobblers
 among them

" we're all nation builders now "

  fuck !

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 you could figure on 
the ones
 slipping 
 their backers 
       private  Iraqets
 
but St Woodrow's kids too ?


 to the lot of them 
I say 
 horse apples !


good people 
 this Quag is a gag 

all this partisan
 back and forth 

its apache dancing

pure theatre 

looks cruel 
but its
all a big act 

whether its
hand waving 
or hand wringing

all this 
no exit 
 clash and nash 

hell it's
 a put up job 

 your fearless leaders  
 on both sides 
of the main aisle
are 
 just scrambling
 the walnut shells 

have ya  lost
  sight of the   peas yet ?
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what we have here 

  is
  just
overseas bidness 
as usual
plus
the golden goose
 taxpayers leverage 

 key upgrade here
 over standard
corporate  ops
  
the actual 
cross baring 
gets put on the tab
of us  suckers
 with taxable pay streams


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  and

folks 
 theres no way out
by votin'

Reps or Dems  
everything 
  remains the same

now we're in there

both teams
 hawk and dove 
 say
"  we got to 
keep on
 keeping on" 

 yep  
despite 
the fuss and feathers 
mr and mrs tax cow 
this IRAQ thing
 is 
just another
  true blue 
 back pocket
    consensus  

( party to party 
  relations
too close to call  )

besides 
there’s the  sheer delight 
any warm blooded soul
 must feel
when they're
 corn holing
 the  shit eaters 
  that voted
 for them 
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the woodrovians ?

" well what about 
the ladies and
street  artists
 if we pull out now
the bruts will ..."

Socratic to the core 
those dummos 

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AGAIN
 TO ALL OF THIZ
 i say

" can't leave?
 oh really 
how about this way out 

how about 
 a  simple ninety  day notice
 sent  
to any and all interested factions

stick the prospect right in their snoots
 
sure odds favor  
 a Balkans  type love fest 
once we're clear  
so what 
-----------------------------
details to 
plan A

 say

" we is out "
" out in 90 "

and come time

 just bug  off 

just fucking bug 

don't it got  
to end that way 
eventually 

IT REALLY
 DOESN’T MATTER 
  how many tax 
and credit billions 
we funnel to 
 Hellofaburben and friends 

some day 
the sunnis
 kurds 
and shiites
got to settle up
 man to man 

so i say 

give ‘em all 90
 to get ready to rumble 

and

bug the fuck flat out 
 
let the baby  blue hats 
take it from here

  let the worldwide Scandinavian 
peace conspiracy 
 pick up the chips 

if they can 


to the oft throated 
if its so easy 
what then do we do
 to make it happen 

 one answer 
   smart bomb 
the U fucking S shitting  Congress
 now so happily 
 SWIMMING IN THE  QUAG 
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as i say 

right now 
either way 

vast majorities
 up on the hill 
 can’t find an aspect 
of this fucking 
Irocky  horror show
 they don’t want to 
WALLOW in 

 fuck they’re  
  French kissing 
each other down there 

the gigs givin 
 donor boners galore

get me  
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 part two 


Christ on his fucking throne 

the razor backs 
got 
every one 
trying to grab
 an invite
to this potlatch 

 they even
 got 
the dead frank  wright 
in on it now  

 fucking nomads
 
from the fricking grave
 
 americas legendary designer 
himself 
wants us in
 to stay 

god love
 the buck dancers
and their flack teams 
 they've  
actually  
gone out
 and  dug up
 some plans 
the great one
 drew up  
way back in 58 
for no less
 a patron 
then  
the Brit installed
 fat chance 
Hashemite king 

 1958
the hashemite stooge himself
  just 
  one 
or two years
away from
royal  decapitation

you really
 should check
this out  folks

 what a spendid 
 conception 

 a totally
self sufficient
 complex

  modernity 
 in a can  

and
smack dab
betwixt
 the two history 
drenched rivers

 authentic 
 local themes 

 stepped pyramids 

  breezy   palm groves 

burbling fountains of golden aspect 

the works 

even el neato 

a two way two play 
combo 
 opera house and basketball court
 
 higher Ed(Coed  complete) 
campus
 girls  dorms
 everywhere
 like hanging gardens 

and most unforgettable
this  shrewdly
 blended
 old and new 
   market square

like as if 
 George Jetson 
hit
 the  BAZZAR scene 

yes indeed

everything
 these days 
is   going down 
in bagdad town
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what somethin'
different?

well then 
 BUSTER BROWN 

   YOU SIR
need to figure a way 
to turn
 this whole damn 
yankee   skipper of bagdad 
   feeding frenzy 
 into a blood sport

you need to figure out
how   
  those
fucking responsible
Congressers of ours
  can
be made
 to  pay a deadly price

a blood price 
 a blood 
for blood price 

if those fuckers 
 keep  
 spilling the blood of 
  our young  finest 
  like they ‘re doing
and doin it with 
let em
all  eat cock
 sang froid 

then 
 you got to find a way 
to spill
 some of their blood 
and spill it 
  all legal 
         and nice **


                   THE END




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 **   FYI

   elsewhere  yours truly
has made 
his modest proposal 
along these lines 

i called it 

THE ONE FOR  TWO HUNDRED
blood for blood  
pay back 
 GUARANTEE 

 still  seems  
most fair to my mind

most fair
 indeed 
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 for those new 
to my many 
spare time pieces of pure
 wisedom 

it goes like this
 
  for every 200 combat deaths
one  porky old
 sitting Congressional
gets to
 also 

" die  for his country"
 

picked by lot 
the winner
gets a deep six 
 lethal HOT SHOT  

 yes madam 
right there 
in the capitol building 
and 
at a joint session too 

 with  both houses
 in solemn assembly 
and
while runnin'
an  across the board
broadcast road block 

no choice 
no "wheel"
no red sox game

 you watch this 
execution
or you beat off  

we can 
bring back 
Cronkite
 to do the call 
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 by the way 

for you heads out there 

heres the skinny
on the designated
 hot shot
 
its new 
its from finland 

 they call it 

 silver  blue 

 pump
 some of this shit  in
 and its
straight  to the ceiling 
like a scalded nun

then wham  
yer back on the pallet 
 stuttering 
like a  chipmunk 
and 
BROTHER
 LET ME TELL YA 
 
 the hell burn 
is so intense 
  you’'ll be  
 screaming for 
  an axe blow
 to the neck 

 after
 say 
a minute of this 
theres 
suddenly 
this
largely  inexplicable 
moment of pure
light and  glory
 that lasts 
 till you're
 once more 
headed up the wall
brain aflame 
 torso raked 
 by a thousand 
 invisible 
  razors 

next 
and this doesn't happen to every one 

 some of ya anyway 
 will start
 doing 
this assine
freeze body
 head snapping 
 hoppy hop 
 like a zonked out woodpecker

shit is it 
a shameless
 fucking 
uncontrollable
freak dance 

 finally
 since all good things 
must end 
 as if to the ring 
of a devine  buzzer 
ya launch into
this  fantastic 
super human 
swan like 
leap 
 
landing
many many  feet away 
  flop down
face flat 
 jaw shattered 
and 
 like totally
deadsville man

 FROM VIP 
 TO  RIP 
  all
 in 200 seconds 

=======================

 silver blue coming thru 

hows about 
 try one a those
 on for size 
Senator

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  my fellow americans 
i say 
we got  to
 put some bad  juice
 into this set up 

if we expect 
these fuckers 
to respect 
the loss
 of 
blood and treasure 

some of em 
 must die 

Posted by pinky at October 30, 2003 07:44 AM
yes sir you got it right on! I didn't see how important it was at first glance, but since said time I've had a keener eye for the the hem/haw song of we gotta/we can't and it's an ugly eyefull. so I second: let's blow that popstand!

Posted by: sammo at November 6, 2003 01:45 PM

this might be some of the best writing about iraq on the internet. your style is untouchable.

Posted by: Fierce Machiavelli at November 7, 2003 09:51 AM

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