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Do you have a way with the written word? More to the point, can you write cloying prose about minorities and the disenfranchised that the City is slowly eradicating? You can? Well, maybe you are San Francisco's next poet laureate! Mayor Gavin Newsom and the Poet Laureate Nominating Committee need someone to succeed housing "social activist" and poet Jack Hirschman. And if you win the sash and crown, according to the Merc, you duties will be "r delivering an inaugural address on the state of the poetry, participating in community-based poetry events, working on poetry events in cooperation with the San Francisco Public Library, and conducting a reading at Litquake." Nomination forms can be found here. Good luck! (SJ Merc)
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How much does this pay?
one new black beret for each day of the week.
@brock: HA!!
do they accept dirty limericks?
Here's my "award winning" poetry, now pay me!
Newsom sucks.
Ed Jew sucks.
Muni sucks.
Muni's union sucks.
311's operators sucks.
Plastic bag and styrofoam bans sucks.
Cigarettes at Walgreens ban sucks.
Most city government programs blows.
We don't need any more poetry written about San Francisco. John Cooper Clarke inadvertently wrote our city's anthem over thirty years ago:
the fucking cops are fucking keen
to fucking keep it fucking clean
the fucking chief's a fucking swine
who fucking draws a fucking line
at fucking fun and fucking games
the fucking kids he fucking blames
are nowehere to be fucking found
anywhere in chicken town
the fucking scene is fucking sad
the fucking news is fucking bad
the fucking weed is fucking turf
the fucking speed is fucking surf
the fucking folks are fucking daft
don't make me fucking laugh
it fucking hurts to look around
everywhere in chicken town
the fucking train is fucking late
you fucking wait you fucking wait
you're fucking lost and fucking found
stuck in fucking chicken town
the fucking view is fucking vile
for fucking miles and fucking miles
the fucking babies fucking cry
the fucking flowers fucking die
the fucking food is fucking muck
the fucking drains are fucking fucked
the colour scheme is fucking brown
everywhere in chicken town
the fucking pubs are fucking dull
the fucking clubs are fucking full
of fucking girls and fucking guys
with fucking murder in their eyes
a fucking bloke is fucking stabbed
waiting for a fucking cab
you fucking stay at fucking home
the fucking neighbors fucking moan
keep the fucking racket down
this is fucking chicken town
the fucking train is fucking late
you fucking wait you fucking wait
you're fucking lost and fucking found
stuck in fucking chicken town
the fucking pies are fucking old
the fucking chips are fucking cold
the fucking beer is fucking flat
the fucking flats have fucking rats
the fucking clocks are fucking wrong
the fucking days are fucking long
it fucking gets you fucking down
evidently chicken town
fizzandpop, I can just hear Christopher Eccleston reciting that one.. sigh.
Brock, you fucking cracked me up! Love it!
Why the sarcasm quotes for "social activist" Jack Hirschman?
no sarcasm. just copy/paste from wiki page link.
So long as Janice Mirikitani doesn't come anywhere close to the position again, all will be well. Her poetry made the Vogons seem quite bearable by comparison.