I was sorta expecting Michael Jackson’s estate to ask me to recite a poem about him at his memorial service, or at least at one of his autopsies.
But they haven’t so far. Maybe I’ll be a part of the DVD extras they’ll put on the DVD of the movie that’s out now. Too soon to tell.
I didn’t actually write the poem myself, but I was responsible for popularizing it in the first grade. I’m not bragging about this, but back then I bet every first grader and most second graders at my school heard the poem. And I’m the one they heard it from!
I’m not sure who actually wrote it, but here it is:
I pledge allegiance to the flag
Michael Jackson is a fag
Pepsi-cola burned him up
So now he’s drinking 7-up
I don’t claim that it’s a great poem. I’m not sure what the flag has to do with it, and technically you’re really just rhyming the word “up” with itself.
But remember – for first graders this passed for biting social satire. It was pretty much the “Howl” for poetry fans who were still too young to use real scissors
Ps – I also was the one who popularized
Trick or treat
Smell my butt
Take us out
To Pizza Hut
