Friday, April 11, 2025

Ed Wood vs. Ezra Pound

I'd rather watch a movie by Ed Wood
than read any of Ezra Pound's verse.
Film critics may say Ed's films are no good,
but I think Pound's poems are infinitely worse.

Tor Johnson was a better sidekick than Papiols,
though he wasn't what you'd call a jongleur.
He was not meant to play the degrading role
of minstrel to a bloodthirsty warmonger. 

Your "Cantos" aren't nearly as entertaining
as Bela Lugosi fighting an octopus in a swamp;
in fact, I find them quite tedious and draining,
overflowing with pretentiousness and pomp.

Find someone else to listen to your views on race.
I'll be watching "Plan 9 from Outer Space"! - Jeff Barnes

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