<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Did I say&nbsp;parody-proof?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I have to admit that so far the Obama presidency is working out better than I hoped: I&#8217;m spending a lot of time in hysterics. If you can listen to this &#8220;poetry&#8221; without laughing out loud, check your pulse.</p>
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<p>This morning on KSFO Officer Vic had a version of the poem read by the Text To Speech robots he sometimes uses in commercials. I was laughing so hard it was difficult to drive. If he posts it on line I <em>will</em> link it here.</p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>:</p>
<p>She&#8217;s in danger of being <a href="http://www.elsewhere.org/hbzpoetry/" target="_blank">replaced by software</a>.</p>
<p><strong>More Update, and bumped</strong>:</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a rare poem that can be improved so much by <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/01/the-inaugural-poem-remix.html" target="_blank">rearranging the words</a>. &#8220;Someone is <a href="http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KG/Inaugural-Poem/People-Like-Us_An-Induction-Is-A-Draft-Is-A-Gust-Of-Air.mp3" target="_blank">trying to make noise,</a> somewhere.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Piling On</strong>:</p>
<p>Maybe she&#8217;s competing with the <a href="http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Vogon_Poetry" target="_blank">Vogons</a>.</p>
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