If You Meet a Man in the Street Who Claims to be Rupert Murdoch, Kill Him; the True Rupert Murdoch is within by CL Bledsoe

If You Meet a Man in the Street Who Claims to be Rupert Murdoch, Kill Him; the True Rupert Murdoch is within.



Fox News doesn’t love you, Delilah. Fox News doesn’t care about the time when you were twelve and your hamster ate its babies because you kept poking the cage and secretly taking them out to play with. Fox News doesn’t even know what motherhood is. Delilah, you’re so smart. Why do you listen to idiots? Listen, do you think Fox News will even bother to bury you when you become obsolete? Fox News doesn’t want you fixed: the squeaky wheel buys more grease. When you spend all your money on duct tape and amphetamines, Fox News isn’t going to be the one to hold your hair out of the toilet. Listen, I know they’ve said some things. That’s what mouthpieces do. Stop falling in love with lawyers. They are constructs. We are, all of us, constructs.


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CL Bledsoe is the author of two novels, $7.50/hr + Curses and Sunlight, three poetry collections, _____(Want/Need), Anthem, and Leap Year, and a short story collection called Naming the Animals. A poetry chapbook, Goodbye to Noise, is available online at www.righthandpointing.com/bledsoe. Another, The Man Who Killed Himself in My Bathroom, is available at http://tenpagespress.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/the-man-who-killed-himself-in-my-bathroom-by-cl-bledsoe/. His story, "Leaving the Garden," was selected as a Notable Story of 2008 for Story South's Million Writer's Award. He’s been nominated for the Pushcart Prize 5 times. He blogs at Murder Your Darlings, http://clbledsoe.blogspot.com Bledsoe has written reviews for The Hollins Critic, The Arkansas Review, American Book Review, Prick of the Spindle, The Pedestal Magazine, and elsewhere. Bledsoe lives with his wife and daughter in Maryland.