Flag Man
He lives in the square
He's got cement hair
He can't find his shoes
He's got nothing to lose
He's the Flag Man...
He's holding his staff
He's good for a laugh
He thinks he's a hunk
With his 'roid-shrunken junk
He's the Flag Man...
He's set in his bones
Like those columns and stones
Come take a peek
He's been dead for a week
He's the Flag Man...
He's got nothing to say
His whole world is gray
Flag Man
He's frozen in place
Flag Man
He can't move his face
Flag Man
He's twenty feet tall
He can't move at all
Flag Man
Flag Man
He's more perfect than us
He just missed his bus
Maybe he can flag down the next one.
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apologies to Adrian Belew, whose song "Gun Man" may have been ever so slightly ripped off here!
for One Shoot Sunday. Photograph by Walter Parada.
Oh, and....Happy Birthday to me!
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How could one read this and be unmoved?
ReplyDeleteSuch satirical wit to strip bare the male ego on a fine Sunday morning.
Loved it!
hahaha...love it...small junked man should know better than to try artificially inflating the wrong part...trying to make up with it by the size of his flag...this was fun shay!
ReplyDeletehappy happy happy birthday!
happy happy happy birthday!
happy happy happy birthday!
2U 2U 2U!!!!!
This is great fun, but there's also an underlying seriousness - as if he's using the flag to call attention and to disguise at the same time.
ReplyDeletedaaaam lol!i was hoping that you wouldn't go there but you did.i'm in tears over my bagel and juice!hell yeah!
ReplyDeleteroflmao! Too funny! Thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteHappy Bird Day to you!
Happy birthday Shay .....
ReplyDeleteI will force myself and have cake...
just for you... ooh ice cream too !!
What a fabulous bit of fun you've created here! :)
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of the most creative women alive.
ReplyDeleteFlag Man ~ quite hysterical.
So much fun! And it is your BIRTHDAY!!!!!! I hope you have a wonderful one and that Bosco gives you lots of kisses. We celebrate the day you were born, Shay. You bring so much to all of our lives. Truly.
ReplyDeleteOnly you could have written this one! I love it! Confession: When I read "He's holding his staff," I looked at the photo to see what he was actually holding! I know, I'm perverted!
ReplyDeleteWishing you an awesome bday and many, many more!
I was wondering about this prompt but now see it was a birthday present to you. What could be a better gift than an excuse to write a poem about a man flourishing his flagpole and making a stone ass of himself. ;_) Happy happy, my favorite Gemini person.
ReplyDeletewhat a riot...
ReplyDeleteand it's your birthday too :)
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday, Dear Shay !
ReplyDeleteFlag Man is riot.
Shay, I love this- very cool :)
ReplyDeleteAh...I love the witty satire in this fun poem! And I gather from the previous comments that it's your birthday today; so "Happy Birthday, Shay!" :)
ReplyDelete(I know you loved the parrots, but they were too bright for my current dark mood. I hope to bring them back soon...or maybe dolphins! )
What a fun, humorous take on the picture!! I have enjoyed reading the many sculpted words revolving around "Statue" and I believe the actual model who posed for this image will be happy to read them, too!
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy Birthday, too! Enjoy your special day!! :-)
WALTER PARADA
Hilarious!! I'm so totally jealous of your awesome talent right now. Everything I've been writing is total Mule Puke. But at least I'm writing again.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope it's been an absolutely fantabulous day. :D
Happy Birthday
ReplyDeleteTo the talented Shay
She ooo and ahhhas
Occasional guffaws
We love each word
She crafts and she turns
To the brilliant Shay
A Happy birth day!!!
Love you mi lady!
Whew! Glad I'm not late to the party. Happy Birthday, Shay. May your birthday wish come true!
ReplyDeleteI'll eat a slice of devil's food cake tonight in your honor.
Happy Birthday Shay Bosco's foodchik!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a really Happy Birthday! and lots of cake!
ReplyDelete"With his 'roid-shrunken junk"
bwa ha ha ha ha! ROTFLMFAO!
good one, Shay! ♥
dani
Enjoyed that all the way through.
ReplyDeleteFirst good laugh I've had today! So funny. Hope your birthday was a happy one ---
ReplyDeleteThis made me HOWL!
ReplyDeleteAwesome .. happiest of happy birthdays to you my friend xo
ReplyDeleteFun, smile-inducing work.
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