Heard tell of late 'bout some two hundred
sites,
Funded by Russia that mean the last rites
Of truth and thought and all things democ,
Opinion, enlightenment, facts hard as rock.
But take a look here: yours truly ain't
there!
How the heck come I don't get my fair
share?
About 9-11 haven't I squawked?
Around which Bob Parry carefully
walked.
Antiwar-dot-com gives theories wide berth,
TruthDig-dot-com gives them nothing but
dearth,
Webpages liberal and radical alike
All made The List but Phil K. got the
spike.
I've questioned the truth of Abbottabat.
Go ask Chris Hedges if he ever did that.
I've whacked the imperial
tastes of our leaders,
Decried drone
danger as well as their breeders
I've praised Assange,
given Gaddafi
his due,
Why doesn't The List list the likes of me
too?
And the punchline is this: from Vlad I get
dough,
When the rest of them get but a Russian
heave-ho.
That's right, I admit it, we've got a deal:
It's in low two figures but all the same
real,
Whenever I hand a new pome to his driver,
Mr. Putin SWIFTs me a fresh ruble fiver.
Which makes of me that rarest of lit.
birds:
A scribe in clover paying rent with his
words.
Well, if not rent at least bubble-gum,
Since like Mike Jordan I need to chew some,
To come up with lines as cutting as chrome,
That put me in league with Ron Paul and
Noam.
When Propornot folks set out to protect
The national mind, I got no respect.
Such is their thanks for risks so artistic,
So pro-Russian they border ballistic.
Check out Paul Roberts who's read to wide
thrall,
And ranked with the biggies: some guys have
it all.