rating the Idol
by Hezekiah Allen Taylor

Paula, dear Paula
how we miss your gyrations
the sweet bouncy tintinnabulation
of your '80s success

if you were going to pick a boy toy
with which to relive those popular years --
like that video you did with Keanu
when I was young and he was newly Ted --
couldn't you pick someone
more appealing, less emaciated
with better hair?

I'm just saying: choose wisely.
Take that advice from little ol' me
and the final Indiana Jones movie.

Harrison and I would never steer you wrong.

Francine's Version -- Hezekiah's Version
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