Sunday, April 26, 2009

Along Came Woody

“A genuine hero” according to Jimmy Carter,
John Wayne has an airport bearing his name.
A truly ungifted actor who always looked the hero.
He presents one pole when mistaking size for substance.

His antipode can be encapsulated as a neurotic nebbish.
Woody Allen’s movie appearances always lacked two things:
Galoshes and acting.

I can see Duke and Woody as a dance team.
Duke would lead, destroying Woody’s feet
In the first thirty seconds.
Woody would complain for the next hundred years,

They are truly nightmares that keep on giving.
Speaking of the breadth of America’s possibilities.
The long and short, good-lookin and ugly,
One seeking the bottom of the bottle, the other
Looking to crawl back into the womb.

Duke was always saving the day
Woody was always losing his way.
No Yin and Yang here.

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