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The Prez Who Swatted a Fly

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The first Murphy book to come out during the Obama Administration, this volume examines health care, Michael Jackson, the remantization of the private sector, continued feasting on Blacks, and of course, fly-swatting (and more still).  (11 poems, 1 short story; Self-published, 2009)

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CONTENTS: The Prez Who Swatted a Fly; We've Only Just Begun; A.P.B. for a Health Care Epidemic; The Initiation of Hillary; The King of Pop Pop Pop; The Songstress of Saturday Afternoon at the Movies; Don't Let Van Jones Get You Down; The Professor, the Policeman, and the President; Mistaken Identity Mayhem; A.I.G. on the Face; Private "I;" The Sourpuss Politico Throws an Egg.
ISBN 978-1-4507-0697-1
$5.00

THE PREZ WHO SWATTED A FLY

 

We all know a Prez

Who swatted a fly.

And we should know why

He swatted that fly.

It was playing a Rush!

 

He swatted that Rush

To flatten a Newt,

He flattened a Newt

To neuter a---well,

Cheney,

Who grumbles and grouses

Like he was still boss.

Yes, that was our man

Who swatted that fly,

And now we know why

He swatted that fly.

 

It was that

Or swallow it

And we know what became

Of the last one to do that.

Of course.

 

© 2009 Garrett Murphy

 

PRIVATE “I”

 

Here we go,

For only the multi-multi zillionth time ever,

We bring you the great discovery

of

Privatization!!!

 

Yes,

Privatization,

The world’s greatest discovery of all time!

Better than the wheel!

Better than learning to read!

Than altruism,

Than the discovery of fire!

Than the entry into space!

And especially

And even

Democracy itself!

 

Privatization enables

YOU!

To acquire all you can own,

For your exclusively optional use.

Your booty is not just in good hands,

It’s in

YOUR

Good hands.

 

So three cheers for the ability to privatize!

Sing praises for the ability to possess!

And should others object,

well, it IS your property.

You can toss them out on the

 slightest of whims.

(or better yet,

not even allow them in

in the first place!)

Your private sector!

It’s yours and yours alone

To decide who goes in and who goes out

      (or not at all).

The next best thing to your very own kingdom!

And it can be built into oh mighty an empire!

 

And remember,

Just remember,

Woolworth’s was also a private domain.

 

© 2007 Garrett Murphy