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Thread #117228 Message #2523202
Posted By: Charley Noble
23-Dec-08 - 03:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Shoe Throwing Ode
Subject: Lyr Add: Shoe Throwing Ode
I can't resist posting this poetic response to the now infamous shoe-throwing protest in Iraq:
ODE TO MUNTADHAR al-ZAIDI
(Tune: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear)
1st verse by Jeanne Norris
2nd and 3rd verses by Vicki Ryder
It came within a conference drear,
That glorious gesture bold...
From a hero bending near the floor
To silence lies being told.
Peace on the earth ! A shoe for George
From a throw with a glorious zing.
The world in solemn stillness watched
To see the second fling!
The first was for George, that lying dog,
Who shou-ld be pu-t in jail.
The second for all of the orphaned ones
Whose deaths we now bewail.
We all give thanks to that brave young man,
Muntadhar al-Zaidi's his name.
He did what all of us longed to do...
We just wish he had better aim!
Al-Zaidi spoke for all of us
With gesture that some have called rude,
But George had it coming, now don't you think?
For all of the people he's screwed.
So thanks, al-Zaidi, for throwing your shoes,
We're just sorry that Georgie ducked.
We're grateful you threw both your shoes at George
For all of the people he's.... [spoken] tortured and murdered and starved and lied to and jailed and bombed and....
Cheerily,
Charley Noble