PhillySound: new poetry

(RE: the last post) -- Kenny Goldsmith just emailed a poem saying, "Check out this gem where Porter cites Nancy Reagan."

--TD

Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam

Now that Classic Coke 

     is back

And Old Coke and New Coke

     have gone

And fresh horse meat

     is scarce

I've taken to eating cob

     webs for their high 

     protien content

And the slipping feeling

     they give my gullet 

     as they go down





II





Now that Nancy Reagan

     is in charge

And both Maimie and Beth

     have gone

And hairpins are quite passé

I've taken to playing polo

     for its horsey risk

and the fun of falling off

     as I charge about





III





Now that the price of silver

     has dropped

And the dollar is falling fast

And McDonald's has hit

     four billion

I've taken to painting

     chairs a very pal

          green

Thinking I'm making a 

     contribution to husbandry

Bern Porter
June 6, 1988
Belfast, ME