Don't forget to listen to a reading of the poem and discover the backstory behind the topics toward the end!
Run to the confessional
if you so dare –
Belt Hail Mary’s
upon unlistening ears!
You steal the
sweet soul of
painstaking
thought ‒
That artists
on the fiery
forge of creation
So skillfully in
ink, wrought ‒
It does not take
a referee to
cry foul
On your
ill-gotten
goal!
Play the pet to
a master’s
hand ‒
You are no man’s
best friend.
An actor, a pretender –
labels are too kind,
to a fool whose dim
head
Glows
falsely in
spotlight.
Such a halo will
turn into a tightly
woven noose,
Constricting your façade
as the screws start
to loose.
Oh sure ‒
Just try to find
solace in stolen
headlines,
As the journalist
eating up your words ‒
Will be cut short
by the red flashing light.
Time’s up! Your exposure
their next feast on
Which to dine.
Jozy Altidore - Goodness there have been a lot of sports topics lately! Altidore is a soccer player on the US national team. If you noticed the other trending topic GOAL USA, you can probably guess why he is trending.
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| TRENDING TOPICS JUNE 07, 2011 5:30 PM PDT |
if you so dare –
Belt Hail Mary’s
upon unlistening ears!
You steal the
sweet soul of
painstaking
thought ‒
That artists
on the fiery
forge of creation
So skillfully in
ink, wrought ‒
It does not take
a referee to
cry foul
On your
ill-gotten
goal!
Play the pet to
a master’s
hand ‒
You are no man’s
best friend.
An actor, a pretender –
labels are too kind,
to a fool whose dim
head
Glows
falsely in
spotlight.
Such a halo will
turn into a tightly
woven noose,
Constricting your façade
as the screws start
to loose.
Oh sure ‒
Just try to find
solace in stolen
headlines,
As the journalist
eating up your words ‒
Will be cut short
by the red flashing light.
Time’s up! Your exposure
their next feast on
Which to dine.
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Background Info:
Here's the backstory behind some of the topics so you can understand certain references in the poem...
Jozy Altidore - Goodness there have been a lot of sports topics lately! Altidore is a soccer player on the US national team. If you noticed the other trending topic GOAL USA, you can probably guess why he is trending.
Grecia Colmenares - She is a Venezuelan-Argentine actress who has played a variety of soap opera roles all her life.
Gabriel Cezar - There is sparse information available on this topic but from what I gather, he is most significantly hated for plagiarism. This topic is what inspired the majority of the piece.
Ana Paula Padrão - Padrão is a Brazilian news journalist who frequently covers international news stories and has hopped between anchoring several programs.
Gabriel Cezar - There is sparse information available on this topic but from what I gather, he is most significantly hated for plagiarism. This topic is what inspired the majority of the piece.
Ana Paula Padrão - Padrão is a Brazilian news journalist who frequently covers international news stories and has hopped between anchoring several programs.
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