SPORTS POESY

A Fallen Philadelphia Icon

A sports radio host with an abrasive schtick

Shock Jock. Photo from the author’s WordPress AI Photo Generator.

What a dope.
Nice job, genius.
I’m not surprised
that all your listeners
are calling you a clown.

What goes around,
comes around —
hate begets hate,
sleaze tarnishes
the gold.

You started the radio station
but your obnoxious comments
and your lack of discretion
eventually did you in —
your career disqualified
for committing
too many fouls.

You said you never had a bad day
in your life,
and claim to tell it like it is,
a lover, not a fighter,
but oh, what trouble
you got into
sending a bouquet of flowers
to a female caller.

You’ve had your moment
in the sun,
you’ve roasted fans
like Don Rickels on steroids,
lambasted,
plastered,
and ripped many a…