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Saturday, August 28, 2010

C@LL 3-B@LLED BECK

by Bill Costley


3-balled Beck parodies Dr. King
negatively in studied contempt,
a whiteman in a naturally-blond
near-bald-cut affecting Nazismo,

determined to dramatically
rupture religion’s commitment
to social activism from what
it was in the Hebrew Bible.

No Jew he, Beck prances nazily
proud of the figure he’s cutting
curl by bleaching curl, leaving
only bald refusal & denial.

Who calls his bluff? I just did.
You can call 888-727-BECK


Bill Costley has served on the Steering Committee of the San Francisco Bay area chapter of the National Writers Union. He lives in Santa Clara, CA.
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