"Cereal Aisle Racist"  Parental Advisory genre: Poetry
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	This is it. The most controversial poem I've ever written. It wasn't supposed to be that way. It was supposed to be a humorous dissection of racism in America, something we can all get behind. Things don't always turn out how you want.
	CD: Icy Cold Refreshment   Label: NNT Records Credits: The Klute; David Tabor records and edits
	Story Behind the Song Ah. This poem was thought up in the dairy section of the Fry's Supermarket at the corner of Southern and Rural in Tempe, AZ. I saw the grinning Sugar Bear staring at me from the box. I picked it up, and on the back there was one of those maze games - something like "Get the Sugar Bear to Granny Goodwitch's house". She's there - terrified, barricaded in some sort of superfortress of a house because the Sugar Bear is trying to break in and steal her cereal. It fell into place. This was recorded in Albuquerque, NM at the R & B Club on Beer and Poetry Night. The piece was NOT well received. I knew that going in, and felt the need to twist the knife just a little more so. The piece is a little rushed, I think. Might be because I heard the noises of knives being sharpened. The end applause is from the Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 World Series Celebration. This replaces the angry silence at that happened in Albuquerque.

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