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Paratabloids: Poems Inspired by Headlines From the Weekly World News [MultiFormat]
eBook by Michael Arnzen
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eBook Category: Humor/Horror Bram Stoker Award Finalist
eBook Description:  A collection of tragicomic poems, inspired by actual headlines from the Weekly World News. Introduction by Ed Bryant.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: 2002
Fictionwise Release Date: October 2002
7 Reader Ratings:
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: eReader (PDB) [32 KB]
, ePub (EPUB) [37 KB]
, Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [19 KB]
, Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [104 KB]
, Palm Doc (PDB) [17 KB]
, Microsoft Reader (LIT) [68 KB]
, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [92 KB]
, hiebook (KML) [82 KB]
, Sony Reader (LRF) [54 KB]
, iSilo (PDB) [15 KB]
, Mobipocket (PRC) [19 KB]
, Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [47 KB]
, OEBFF Format (IMP) [33 KB]
Words: 4505
Reading time: 12-18 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Microsoft Reader ISBN: 1590624440
 
"Wickedly clever ... not for the small-minded or humorless. [Arnzen writes] competent, textured poetry with a cheeky twist, presented soundly without being giddy over its own cleverness. Enjoy, sickos!"--Denizine
"These poems are sharper than Ginsu knives as they peer with Slice-O-Maticked perspicacity and dark humor into our world. Insane, intelligent, and insightful, Paratabloids is hilarious and very, very human."--Dark Echo "Arnzen is clearly a gentlemen who actually lives in this world. His eyes are open, if with a somewhat jaundiced stare, and he pays attention to what's going on around him. And if he wants to use the supermarket tabloids as a magnificent metaphor, then so be it. He's got the wit and the talent to make it work. I wouldn't mind some Arnzen greeting cards!"--Ed Bryant
KIDS WATCH IN HORROR AS CLOWN CHOKES TO DEATH ON BALLOON!At first they chuckled
when Snappy's rubber
made that farting sound
the smell of elephant shit
while he blew
but when he sucked
it down his throat
jamming up his pipes
and hunched over
gagging on green
the children whispered
hushed and pointed
wondering if Snappy
was still trying to be funny
bulging his red-yellow eyes
his grease-face grinning
while he fishmouthed
and pointed at his neck
with the BANG pistol
like a failed suicide
like a clown blowing balloons
squeak-talking mute with helium
as cartoon thought bubbles
float up into the big top
and just keep on floating
reaching the bored teenagers
stuck atop the ferris wheel
who pop them with hairpins
hating the circus
for the very first time.
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