Taylor Mali poem.

[Heidi]

Voice of America Voiceover
By Taylor Mali
www.taylormali.com

Dedicated to the guy who said that more people would hear my voice on radio
commercials and movie trailers than would ever hear me recite a single word
of my own poetry

In a world
where 90% of all the commercial voiceover work
goes to white men between the ages of 25 and 40
came a man, a white man, age 25 to 40,
with nothing but a message
as clear and distinct as his naturally trustworthy
unaccented voice.

Herpes, herpes, herpes, herpes, herpes.
It's easy to say five times fast,
but it's hard to say even once
to the people who need to hear it most:
Your children.
They want to grow up to be just like you.
So make sure they learn to appreciate
the beauty of all wheel drive.
Because kids who try marijuana before the age of 15
are seven times more likely
to recommend Trident
to their patients who own guns.
Did somebody say Burger King:
when you have it your way,
it just tastes like nationwide long distance.
Now with more moisturizer and an extra drop of retsin
for that deep down-bodied thirst.

Remember: They're rubber and you're glue,
and everything you say can and will be used against you
on an episode of Law & Order: Special Fashion Victims' Unit.
So pay less with Boom, tough-actin' Tenactin and
Zoom zoom zoom!

Corporations use advertisements
to manipulate and confuse you.
Sticks and stones can break your bones
but some words are designed to confuse you.

Read the rest, and more, here: www.taylormali.com

[Wetzelbill]

1. that's really good

[Heidi]

2. He's an amazing poet

and human bean.