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Tickled Blue
by Cherri Randall


So the president has this helicopter
He rides but big brother has two of them.
Imagine saying to your friends, “I’m the decoy pilot.”
If there are four tigers
There must be four pussycats –
Not three, not five, not Josey.
The middleman laughs all the way
To the sperm bank in this bipolar world
And all terrorists, no matter
How cruel or crazy or incredible
Have a fan club, someone
Somewhere, cheering them on.

 

Copyright © 2007 Cherri Randall

Cherri Randall is currently completing a PhD in Gender Studies at the University of Arkansas where she also holds an MFA in Creative Writing. She has green eyes, fiery red hair, and arms spattered with freckles. She lives with two teenaged daughters, a black bear hamster named Plato, and high hopes for the future.