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South Fork Poetry: Re:Repurposing

Tue, 03/03/2020 - 12:21

“Matilda The Musical to Become A Movie. Karate Kid

The Movie to Become A Musical.” — Variety 1.17.2020

 

Lolita the Novel to Become A Disneyland Attraction.

Jeffrey Epstein Suicide to Become Philip Glass Opera.

Parole Board Pleas to Become Televised ESPN Cornhole

Championship. Kardashian Derrieres to Become Macy’s

Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons. West Side Story

The Musical to Become An Oxford Union Debate.

 

I Have A Dream The Speech to Become A Shinnecock Casino.

Ritz The Paris Hotel to Become A Museum of

Al-Shabaab Antiquities. Dallas Book Depository to Become

AR-15 Shooting Range. The Qassem Suliemani Assassination to

Become Nintendo Video Game. Endangered Sheep Shot By DJT

Jr. to Become $100 US Postage Stamp.

 

Busch Gardens to Become A Bette Ford Rehab Center. Bellevue

the Hospital to Become An Artists’ Retreat. Jean-Michel

Basquiat’s The Irony of Negro Policemen

to Become A Cirque de Soleil Show. Zelensky The Phone

Call to Become A Mattel Talking Doll. Mean Girls The

Musical Based on the Movie to Become a Movie Musical.

 

Wasteland The Poem to Become 10-Part Showtime Series.

Showtime at the Apollo to Become Cape Canaveral Dinner

Theater. Whole Foods to Become A Cruise Line. COVID-19 

Pandemic to Become A World-Beat Band Featuring Bootsy

Collins. Shake Shacks to Become Electric Vehicle

Charging Stations. Elon Musk to Become A Men’s Cologne.

 

Tom Hanks to Become Nancy Pelosi In Nancy The Biopic.

Netflix to Become Cerebral Cortex Chip Implant. Iowa

Writers’ Workshop to Become An Amazon Fulfillment Center.

Amazon The Rain Forest to Become A Taliban Training Camp.

Sam Harris Podcast to Become a Justin Peck Ballet. Rikers

Island to Become WeWork Space.

 

Houston Astros Garbage Can to Become Gagosian Gallery

Installation. Isis the Flag to Become A Tommy Hilfiger T-

Shirt. Boeing 737 Max Flight Control Handle to Become Ikea

Paper Weight. L.A. Bus Shelters to Become Low Income

Housing. Paradise to Be Paved and Become A Parking Lot.

Shoo bop bop bop bop. Shoo bop bop bop.


Bruce Buschel is a writer who lives in Bridgehampton.

 

 

 

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