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finding an old poem
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature Asked by: jimandy-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
05 Apr 2003 15:36 PST
Expires: 05 May 2003 16:36 PDT Question ID: 186574 |
I would like the text of a parody of "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" called "The Lovesong of J. Edgar Hoover". It was published in the late sixties or early seventies in Mad Magazine or the National Lampoon, I believe. I remember a line or two: "I grow old, I grow old/Some whom I sent up for life have been parolled" and "I should have been a pair of rugged cuffs/Closing upon the wrists of Eldridge C." |
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Re: finding an old poem
From: robertskelton-ga on 05 Apr 2003 18:10 PST |
It was in National Lampoon, 1972 The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover, By Sean Kelly; Illustration by Michael Gross http://www.marksverylarge.com/issues/7208.html National Lampoon. This Side of Parodies New York: Warner, 1974. Sophisticated parodies, including "The Polaroid Print of Dorian Gray" by Michael O'Donoghue and "The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover" by Sean Kelly. Students obviously will need to be familiar with the works being parodied. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/humorbib.htm The poem begins with: We'd better go quietly, you and I. When the evening is smeared against the sky Like a witness before a House committee; We'd better tail each other through the streets The undercover beats Of stakeout nights and Mafia hotels And restaurants that front for Mob cartels: Streets that follow like a DA's argument Establishing intent To overwhelm you with a leading question... Oh, let's go and bust a traitor We'll pick up the warrants later The agents call and call again Talking of Daniel Berrigan http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&threadm=5kgru7%24hg8%40news.duke.edu&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fnum%3D30%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26newwindow%3D1%26q%3D%2522%2BJ.%2BEdgar%2BHoover%2522%2B%2522sean%2Bkelly%2522%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwg The poem ends with: I grow old...I grow old... Some who I sent up for life have been paroled. Are my agents wearing sideburns? Who dared to say impeach? I shall give communion breakfasts my Commie-menace speech. I have heard canaries singing, each to each. I don't think any more will sing for me. I have seen them burning draft cards in the park Burning the files of bureaus and committees, The wind is black with burning flags and cities. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22+J.+Edgar+Hoover%22+%22sean+kelly%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&selm=atesta-0709962110020001%40dial43.concom.com&rnum=1 If you can get hold of The National Lampoon Treasury of Humor, it's in it: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671708333/qid=1049594859/sr=1-27/ref=sr_1_27/002-5711873-5123200?v=glance&s=books |
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