{"id":192,"date":"2023-04-24T23:42:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T23:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/18-2\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2023-04-29T22:55:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T22:55:26","slug":"earl-mcswagger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/poetry\/earl-mcswagger\/","title":{"rendered":"Earl McSwagger"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Chris Skiles<\/h5>\n<p>Earl McSwagger<br \/>\nDecides<br \/>\nto come out of<br \/>\ncelibacy<br \/>\nAfter<br \/>\n6 years<br \/>\nSo he goes<br \/>\nOn a date<br \/>\nAt some fine restaurant,<br \/>\nCandle lit<br \/>\nPuts his hand<br \/>\nOver hers, says<br \/>\n\u201cNobody could ever be you,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*Looks into her eyes*<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly you could ever be nobody.\u201d<br \/>\nThen the wine<br \/>\nThrust in the face<br \/>\nSuch a disgrace<br \/>\nShe leaves<br \/>\nBut pays beforehand<br \/>\nBecause Earl McSwagger<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t pay.<\/p>\n<p>Earl McSwagger<br \/>\nNever goes to Wal-Mart<br \/>\nHe\u2019s concerned WW3 will break out<br \/>\nIn the parking lot<br \/>\n(And about this he has no doubt)<br \/>\nAfter they said<br \/>\nHe stole something<br \/>\nTook him to court<br \/>\nbut found nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Earl McSwagger<br \/>\nCrestfallen, disappointed in<br \/>\nhimself, decides to join<br \/>\nA monastery.<br \/>\nHe wouldn&#8217;t let them<br \/>\nCut off his balls, though<br \/>\nHe had already arranged<br \/>\nThey would go in a museum<br \/>\nSo anyone could go see \u2018em<br \/>\nNext to Napoleon\u2019s<br \/>\nFor realism?<\/p>\n<p>Earl McSwagger<br \/>\nGets kicked out of the monastery<br \/>\nBut before that<br \/>\nHe had a pretty, pretty scary<br \/>\nRun in with the LSD<br \/>\nThey put in his wine<br \/>\nBefore he left.<br \/>\nHe quickly got over it though<br \/>\n(He had magic in a breadloaf)<br \/>\nAnd heads to South America<br \/>\nTo be a mercenary<br \/>\nHad to bring his copy of<br \/>\n<em>Carrie<\/em>, though<br \/>\nIn case the fighting got boring.<\/p>\n<p>He ran into Dr. Sol<br \/>\nWho by now had sold his soul<br \/>\n(He sold it to a jealous Dementor for a small fortune)<br \/>\nTo time travel with<br \/>\nThe Beatles<br \/>\nTo you know the place that is not real.<\/p>\n<p>Earl McSwagger<br \/>\nPuts ketchup and mustard gas<br \/>\nOn his hotdogs.<br \/>\nHe can just boil water<br \/>\nBy looking at the legs of frogs<br \/>\nSeeing through the lid of the stove;<br \/>\nHe makes his living now<br \/>\nBy burning mold<br \/>\nWith his laser vision.<\/p>\n<p>Finally he went to pest control<br \/>\nAnd found their natural frequency<br \/>\nHe almost succeeded but got charged with<br \/>\nTax delinquency;<br \/>\nThe pests gladly offered their bodies<br \/>\nTo be put down and sold<br \/>\nSo Earl could go back to cleaning<br \/>\nAll the filthy mold.<\/p>\n<p>He knew another bug man<br \/>\nWho all but betrayed him<br \/>\nTold false stories<br \/>\nAnd would have slayed him<br \/>\n(if killing Earl McSwagger was possible)<\/p>\n<p>Earl McSwagger<br \/>\nGot called one day<br \/>\nby the monastery (long distance);<br \/>\nthey were making hay<br \/>\nAnd wanted Earl to help out;<br \/>\nHe didn\u2019t, though;<br \/>\nHe saw the storm clouds<\/p>\n<p>And headed back to Alaska<br \/>\nTo sit by his fire and drink;<br \/>\nThat is enough of his life story<br \/>\nFor now I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Skiles Earl McSwagger Decides to come out of celibacy After 6 years So he goes On a date At some fine restaurant, Candle lit Puts his hand Over hers, says \u201cNobody could ever be you,\u201d *Looks into her eyes* \u201cOnly you could ever be nobody.\u201d Then the wine Thrust in the face Such a <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/18-2\/poetry\/earl-mcswagger\/\">Read 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