Thursday, May 21, 2009

I Have No Mouth And I Must Vomit

Since the Cavs handed that goddamn game to the Magic, I'm not in a good mood and before any smartass comes here and says that it's only a game and that there are more important things to worry about, conveniently forgetting that I have as much control over the actions of those inexorably potatoing on the couches of power as I do over bricklaying backcourts because I lost my telekinesis back in Albuquerque, let me preempt such an expression by telling you, in the manner of the man currently running America's political discourse, to go fuck yourself.

Luckily for you, gentle reader, this morning a colleague pointed me towards something else born in the blackest pit of the flesh-gnawingest abyss besides gift giving to undeserving basketball teams, a worthy balm against my pain, the truly awful verse of Tom Zart Most Published Poet On The Web©. Look, if you wanna get Jesusified in a non-child raping way I'm damn glad to hear it as long as I don't have to experience such creative banality -- does anyone (of you) remember laughter Milton? Or Dante? Or Donne? -- but fuck, this is just terrible, the poetical equivalent of Thomas Kinkade Painter of Light©. Thus, I present, for your edification in all things offensive to discerning taste, God's Most Humble Poet, Patent Pending.

"And I thought your stuff was bad."

No shit. Despite the tingly-skin magic of RUSH LMBAL POEM, the effervescent joy of CHARLTON HESTON, my favorite line has to be the opener from FORMIDABLE FOE (Dr. Zaius, you may want to grab a fork):

America is the birthday cake of earth
While you all discuss the pros and cons of cannibalism with frosting, I'm going to patiently wait for the expected cease and desist letter from some slick-haired Megachurch-O-Matic lawyer for unauthorized use of copyrighted material.

Lemme show you how it's done, son.

Oh, Tom Zart, your rhymes are like a wheel-less cart!
Your art is a poison dart to my heart,
Words with the stench of a pork n' beans fart.
I'd love to start a pie chart of just how tart
Your crap is when compared to sweet sweet verse!
'Tis time your lines depart in a shiny black hearse,
While I say with heathen breath, upchucking,
The power of Christ compels you to stop sucking!

26 comments:

okjimm said...

Wowsers&stuff! It's only a game

okjimm said...

There are more important things to worry about

okjimm said...

Fart and pie chart are gosh darn good rimes at times

okjimm said...

I wanna get Jesusified, too, bi I gotzta know if it's one of them 12 step programs or do I just take a pill?

Laura said...

What a lovely poem!

Your words bring me to tears,
While rewarding all my fears..
But until the smoke clears...
They are like a dart to my heart..
your pork n' beans fart...

In case you're wondering... no I'm not a published poet but I'll give a big ol High Five and shout AMEN!

If you come to the back door of my house I'll be handing out the elephant tusks there... See ya!
(((Hugs)))
Laura

Unknown said...

I am sorry but Okjimm has me busting a gut over here on the left coast Randal.

But you know that I know your pain on the issue of the Cav's taking a powder in the entire second half last night.

Fuckers better wake up and smell the coffee..and it ain't Starbucks! ;p

Sherry Peyton said...

This is what losing a freakin bb game does to ya? Well fuck you back, and keep your farts at home. We smell the sweet sweet air of rarified Iowa here. Buggery cheek!

Randal Graves said...

okjimm, actually, I woke up this morning thinking about solving the world's problems, but decided that the world deserves 'em.

You should try the patch!

sunshine, oh sure, elephant tusks are all well and good, but if you can get me one of Cheney's fangs, then I'll really be impressed!

dusty, Starbucks is bitter and crappy, kind of like our second half performance!

sherry, with all those farm animals out Iowa way, I'm sure the whiff of soon-to-be-compost is never far off. Fucking Cavs!

Life As I Know It Now said...

sorry your team lost last night
:(

Joe said...

Thank you for bringing the poetry Tom Zart into my life (I was particularly moved by "American Policemen at War"), but thank you more for providing your poetic commentary to put it in its proper perspective.

that girl said...

wow.
you said it was bad. I didn't realize it would be THAT bad.

Ubermilf said...

Usually I mock you or make some sort of snotty comment, but... I can't bring myself to do it, knowing what you've suffered.

I know that Tom Zart has hurt you in places I can only imagine. I hope you feel better soon.

dguzman said...

What do you expect from your crappy Cleveland team?

okjimm said...

OH WOW!! There's a Jesus patch?? If I wear it ...I don't have to genuflect anymore??

okjimm said...

.... And I'm looking for a word that rhymes with pancreas...can you help?

Randal Graves said...

liberality, if they don't win the next one, well, I don't know.

bubs, when you're out and about busting the criminal element, do any of them - clowns, for example - use Satan's tools, and if so, is the ratchet the tool of choice?

thatgirl, almost makes me want to stop using rhyme.

übermilf, I don't want to talk about it, alright?

dguzman, didn't the Mark Cubans lose in the semis?

okjimm, only if you wear it on your knee.

Are there any? Here we go:

Villainous scourge of Dido, Aeneas!
You have broken Carthage's pancreas!

Tom Harper said...

"I have no mouth and I must vomit."

I hate when that happens.

Mary Ellen said...

Did you say something about cake? Triple layer fudge with chocolate butter cream frosting?

If not...fuck it.

Tengrain said...

Graves, you swine!

Poetry is like sculpture to me: let the prose do it (God, I crack myself up).

Regards,

Tengrain

Non Je Ne Regrette Rien said...

okay. what's not to love about odes to boxing and misspelled credit card xmas rhymes? oh yeah. right. everything.

obviously your colleague is not your friend. and I bet they're not a Cavs fan, either.

Randal Graves said...

tom, I was about to say too bad we can't seal up Cheney's 'cause the idea of him vomiting after the fact is funny, but his words are also funny.

I'm so torn.

nunly, some cake sure would go nice with this coffee. What the hell happened to your Sox yesterday? Bwahahahahaha!

tengrain, I have no mouth and I must groan.

JNRR, you just might be right. Death to all of my coworkers!

Mary Ellen said...

Oh man, that Sox game! It was so crazy that we all were laughing hysterically at those bozo's. The Twinkie fans around us didn't even have the chance to rub it in because they couldn't beat the stuff we were saying about the Sox. I got a free beer from a Twinkie because he liked what I yelled out when Ozzie went to the mound to "calm Colon down". I won't repeat what I said here...have to keep up my nunly persona.

Anonymous said...

It really is only game. It becomes more than that when the Cavs (or Indians or Browns or Blue Jackets...shit or even the Todelo Mud Hens) start loving you back.

Randal Graves said...

nunly, now I must insist you tell us.

spartacus, as long as they keep it platonic. This ain't the Lingerie Bowl.

Commander Zaius said...

The one good thing about "RUSH LMBAL POEM" is that if that fat bastard Limbaugh hears about it his head will explode due to it reaching absolute egotistical maximum. Its a physical law of nature, like gravity.

Freida Bee said...

Your poem is the best, and I am oh so honoured to indeedilokily share a birthday with our good poet, Sir Priss-a-Lot.