BAREFACED BARRY by Dennis Doph
touchdown jesus. 14
Here is the cautionary tale
of Barefaced Barry, tall and frail
Bred in the loins of a big Kansas blond
out in Kenya; beyond the usual beyond
Beyond what most Kansans would regard as neutral
But more specifically, Kama Sutral.
so Blondie took her Bun back to Hono-lu
Because that was the Decent Thing to Do
Because she needed Barry for her soul
Because she was still on a Mommy Roll
Before inhibitions could silence or seize her
She was back on the Track to Indonesier.
Where, for the lack of a larger Thing
She accepted the embrance of a man named Ng
And with two bronze babes to ponder or barter
She was the blondest sackjob in Jakarta!
Returned to Hono-Lu just a little distressed
Two bronze babes at her maternal breast
Our Kansas gal was not prepared to tank
With her Mommy running the local bank.
Barry grew up like a big-eyed Topeka mensch
Though the source of his DNA made him kind of blench
And all through elementary at O-a-hu
Here's the kind of mishegas he went through
Oh, Barry! You're so handsome and invariably kind
Though to not know you're black you'd have to be blind
No one would be tempted to put you in the chopper
...the most popular boy in the Oahu Palapa
You could rule Above and you could rule Beneath
with one dazzling flash of those perfect teeth!
So Barefaced Barry forged through Hawaiian surf
Taking advantage of Grandma's banking turf
Knowing which hands to shake ... and how to twist 'em
To make hay of the Hawaiian educational system
The on to a life which would make most men tired
Of being pulsatingly, universally admired!
Our handsome boy went on to Harvard Law
Universal admiration stuffed in his craw
How can a young man be rebuked or rebuffed
When with dog-like admiration he's been stuffed?
Pursued hot Michelle with vigor and vim
Knowing she was just a tad darker than him.
Barefaced Barry in his time of need
Using hot Michelle as his racing steed
Neither one of 'em was exactly lying doggo
Pursuing public works in the bowels of Chicago
Even Blago said Barry was one handsome brute
...or was that Michelle? Anyway. Barry was CUTE.
Barry upped and upped as they say in the sack
Put his political career on a very fast track
Used their law connections to put 'em in the know
And his racial profile to soften the blow.
In Chicago being Cute was no kind of sin
And his timing was perfect: Black was IN.
Zoomed to the center of lionization
Became the toast of the Illinois Nation.
When the Dems needed a Keynoter for Big John K
Barry was more than ready to save the day.
Got involved in a political Cute-a-thon
With Mrs. H.R. Clinton, Godzilla vs. Megalon
If Barry was Pepper Mrs. C was Cream of Tartar
Politically hip and a whole lot smarter.
But when Hill got out on that political limb
She didn't realize she wasn't quite as cute as Him.
He broke the Glass Cieling and we cried in our beers
Over these two politically naive little dears
for he'd learned, under soft Honolulu skies
That one must invariably compromise.
So we've been through 18 months of storms and thunders
Compromised out of shape by these gutless wonders.
and I'm compelled to smirk (as I shake that long brown hand)
Why the Fuck, Barry, are you so infuriatingly BLAND?
Aw, Barefaced Barry, your Mai Tai is spiked
with the heady sensation of being universally liked.
You can stuff your feet back into your Adidas Sneaker
Because you're not universally liked in Topeka!
Your promises to gays you have tied to a kite
and the only solution for Afghanistan is: PLEBISCITE.
Barefaced Barry, swallow this bitter pill
And turn the reins over to Harridan Hill!
Labels: Plebiscite, Tied to a kite