Ladies and Gents, I urge you now,
turn toward the center ring,
and trust your eyes when they perceive
a deft and skillful thing.
The apex of ventriloquy
now for your wonderment,
it's Barry O., The Famous
Prompter Puppet President!
Dramatic pause and turn of phrase
of focus grouped sound bytes
all skim across the prompter's face
and Barry O. recites!
A soaring speech, a harsh rebuke,
a sad and somber tone,
a most amazing act because
the words are not his own!
His mouth it moves, his voice it speaks
with scripted savoir-faire,
leaving those less charmed to ask,
“who put the words in there?”
Axelrod? Emanuel?
'Cause when the prompter is turned off,
he can't say anything.
Just “um”s and “ah”s and stammers
as he picks each word with care,
in hopes he will not channel
Reverend Wright or William Ayers.
And when it's on he'll staunchly read
any text off the shelf
with no concern to content, heck,
he'll even thank himself.
But wizards never share their tricks,
illusionists, the same,
and con men never tip you off
to how they run the game.
So just relax, enjoy the show,
and watch as everything
Americans once held so dear
is run from circus rings.
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