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This poem came out of the August 5, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by Shirley Barrette.


"Politics, Cartoon Physics, and the Elasticity Factor"


The Tea Party gets their truths
from the ACME Corporation,
wrapped in giant rubber bands.

Somehow nothing ever works
quite the way they expected,
and they're always surprised when
things snap back and hit them in the face,

but then, they don't have much grasp
of physics, cartoon or otherwise, and
this isn't really a super-genius of an organization.

* * *

Notes:

The ACME Corporation is a staple of Warner Brothers cartoons.  They sell Giant Rubber Bands in a variety of sizes.

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Date: 2014-08-09 03:39 am (UTC)
alexseanchai: Katsuki Yuuri wearing a blue jacket and his glasses and holding a poodle, in front of the asexual pride flag with a rainbow heart inset. (Default)
From: [personal profile] alexseanchai
HEEEEEE

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Date: 2014-08-09 05:00 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] stardreamer
*snerk* I may borrow that first line in RL conversations.

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Date: 2014-08-09 07:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] brushwolf
I am not really certain whether I like attacking them by name, much as I hate them.

Also, I don't see anything snapping back to hit them in their faces. As far as I can tell, they're winning.

i don't have to like them

Date: 2014-08-10 06:02 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] dialecticdreamer
to think that they actually have a point about the grabby, greedy Federal government. It keeps taking more and MORE power from citizens, from the states... under the very THINNEST of excuses. Anybody who calls attention to the problem is part of the political landscape. My personal opinions about tinfoil hats notwithstanding.

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Date: 2014-08-09 05:25 am (UTC)
ext_3294: Tux (Default)
From: [identity profile] technoshaman.livejournal.com
"Karma is the tendency for the Universe to snap back, wash after wash." -- [livejournal.com profile] vidicon, maaaaaany moons ago.

:D

Re: *laugh*

Date: 2014-08-09 05:31 am (UTC)
ext_3294: Tux (Default)
From: [identity profile] technoshaman.livejournal.com
There's a reason that expression has stuck with me lo these 25 years... :)

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Date: 2014-08-09 09:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fayanora.livejournal.com
Wile Tea Party, stupor genius.

*laugh*

Date: 2014-08-09 09:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com
I love that line. That is brilliant.

Re: *laugh*

Date: 2014-08-09 09:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fayanora.livejournal.com
Thanks! :-)

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Date: 2014-08-10 12:35 am (UTC)
ext_12246: (yay)
From: [identity profile] thnidu.livejournal.com
Luvit! May I quote and/or link?

Thank you!

Date: 2014-08-10 06:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com
I'm happy to hear that. By all means, link to it. If you do, let me know, because it will unlock a new verse in the perk poem.

Re: Thank you!

Date: 2014-08-10 09:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com
Yay! The linkback poem is now complete.

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