Poetry Audio R.I.P. DUKES OF HAZZARD

Written a few years ago—and posting this here after hearing a Bobcat Goldthwait/Dana Gould routine at Largo last night.

New poem: RIP DUKES OF HAZZARD

the South of the 70s
as filmed on the Warner Brothers backlot
with Waylon Jennings narration
and Catherine Bach wearing shorts
plus stockings to satisfy CBS censors
who didn't want America to see her
with bare legs
>
the Good Old Boy myth
with orange car named General Lee
Confederate Battle Flag on top
no one at Warner Brothers and CBS
thinking about the Civil War and what came after
just that the car's flag and name displays
were decorations
like the corporate endorsements
one sees today
on NASCAR drivers
>
Viacom pulls Bo and Luke
and Uncle Jesse and Daisy
and Boss Hogg and Roscoe and Cooter
from basic cable airwaves
while someone at Warner Brothers TV
wonders if it will be worth the cost
to spray CGI orange paint
covering up the flag
and the name of the Confederate general
or to lock the show in a vault or a salt mine
like many other now-toxic artifacts

Charlie Daniels' SIMPLE MAN: a scary song, especially in wake of Charleston murders.

Fear and urges towards "righteous" violence served up by Charlie Daniels.

Photo that goes with the song's audio shows a Bible, a pistol, bullets and the American flag.
Caption: GOD, GUNS & COUNTRY!  THAT'S WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_1H2njznEU

Peaches Geldof and her Confederate flag T-shirt.

http://gawker.com/5529871/uh-oh-peaches-i-think-you-crossed-the-line

I believe Nathanael West's famous line "Few things are sadder than the truly monstrous." from THE DAY OF THE LOCUST serves as an apt caption for the photo above.