Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Flag Man



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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26 comments:

  1. How could one read this and be unmoved?
    Such satirical wit to strip bare the male ego on a fine Sunday morning.

    Loved it!

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  2. 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!

    happy happy happy birthday!

    happy happy happy birthday!

    happy happy happy birthday!

    2U 2U 2U!!!!!

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  3. 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.

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  4. daaaam lol!i was hoping that you wouldn't go there but you did.i'm in tears over my bagel and juice!hell yeah!

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  5. roflmao! Too funny! Thank you very much!
    Happy Bird Day to you!

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  6. Happy birthday Shay .....
    I will force myself and have cake...
    just for you... ooh ice cream too !!

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  7. What a fabulous bit of fun you've created here! :)

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  8. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of the most creative women alive.

    Flag Man ~ quite hysterical.

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  9. 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.

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  10. Only 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!
    Wishing you an awesome bday and many, many more!

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  11. 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.

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  12. what a riot...
    and it's your birthday too :)

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  13. Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday, Dear Shay !

    Flag Man is riot.

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  14. Shay, I love this- very cool :)

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  15. Ah...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!" :)

    (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! )

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  16. 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!

    And Happy Birthday, too! Enjoy your special day!! :-)

    WALTER PARADA

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  17. 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.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope it's been an absolutely fantabulous day. :D

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  18. Happy Birthday
    To 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!

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  19. Whew! Glad I'm not late to the party. Happy Birthday, Shay. May your birthday wish come true!

    I'll eat a slice of devil's food cake tonight in your honor.

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  20. Happy Birthday Shay Bosco's foodchik!

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  21. Hope you had a really Happy Birthday! and lots of cake!

    "With his 'roid-shrunken junk"
    bwa ha ha ha ha! ROTFLMFAO!

    good one, Shay! ♥
    dani

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  22. Enjoyed that all the way through.

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  23. First good laugh I've had today! So funny. Hope your birthday was a happy one ---

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  24. Awesome .. happiest of happy birthdays to you my friend xo

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