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roger peter look and see
we all become masters of survival
some more dishonest honest or druthers
be kind to yourself
in any disparagement
half is yours half is mine theirs
everyone loves a teddy bear
(be leery of proprietorship
it is only comely in little children
and they
only step on your toes,
the big children go for the heart)
“the life unexamined
is not worth living”
my […]

a very fine one you’ve picked there brother John
who ties the tongue like winter holds the seed
yet aware the beating there within
with rhythm of the ages sages it only takes
three wisdoms patience of the waiting
waiting the howling calm of the wind
tick tock three o’clock all tis at the well
music train clef’s then flats
Tipperary is not […]

take my hand beloved
we’ll walk on thru this vex’ed land
full of little gods with giant posturing
where the meadowlark never sings
soul spirit lives in little things
we’re off to join other underlings
in the land of peace and plenty

John Warner John Warner
one powerful senator
opens the senate floor
with only one senator
99 having no prior notice?
brings up a bill
asks for objections
no one objects surprise surprise
John John approves the bill
and calls the session ended.
erstwhile exes
all be passes
If one says they are taking themselves too serious
isn’t it possible they are?
Can Rice be legally forced to only show […]

That depends on what “it” is.
If winning means Iraq will be a true democracy
where Sunni rights, as a minority, will be protected,
and women get equal rights,
and the Saddam trial is seen by the world
as a fair and equal judicial system,
that would be a world of good.
But
if “it” is
what worth, in other words
how much of our […]

Save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
in exchange give tax cuts for billionaires.
That glee you smile while counting the money
will never add up to bliss
Raptor rapture leads to rupture
Ask the camel who wouldn’t be seen
in a needle’s eye.

here they come
shield to shield
arms at ready
a one body almighty force
moving down the people’s street
the people sit down a massive lake
one gigantic mirror
reflecting the warriors
steeled in iron, eyes masked
but not covered
will they now strike
downward like a wayward god
no
they don’t like seeing the blood too much
modern enforcers now only inflicting pain
pepper spray, mace, phosphorus
chemicals of mass […]

he took us where he knew we never wanted to go
the 911 trick with mushroom clouds
gave us George Tenet’s split tongue
told the left his “hair was on fire” with urgency re Al Qaeda
and on the right “it’s a slam dunk” re intelligence
rights who hate life screamed
“bomb ‘em to kingdom come!”
o little bud how come you […]

When you allow “exceptions to the rule”,
we’re talking about the “rule of law”,
in this case US law concering torture
you/d allow for the breaking of that law.
Laws are enacted to create a line, which,
to cross over is to commit a crime.
No one is above the law,
so why do you, Kay Granger,
as a leader in the the […]

How did it happen Robert
so turned around in academia
“Good neighbors make good fences”
is all they heard and how they taught
so misconstrued the Mending Wall
would rob you of your laureate
but that sounds too academia racist
not all of any group is one thing or another
extremes are always in the peripheral
the lowest common denominator and the pompous
where poetry […]

Where are the schools
and who teachers
of torture technicians
or do we make it up
as we go along
adjusting till we hear
a tortured animal scream
from a human being
No torture
means no exception.
Why is there ANY debate
in the US senate
Mr. Chenney
taking unto himself absolute power
will the house of the people
allow this Dick to be
corrupt absolutely?

The Last Hours of Tookie
fully awake and knowing
moved to that place of waiting
what happens to a soul
separated from the body
by execution
do the believers in the death penalty
(99.9% purely Christians)
truly understand their desire
is an eye for an eye
and by demanding it from Tookie
they are turning their backs on Jesus
and his teachings?
When will they ever learn?
When will […]

if 7% of the “terrorists” in Iraq are outsiders
then 93% are insurrectionists
home boys in other words
this is a war between fundamentalist Muslims and non
it is time to stop arguing about the legality of this Iraq War
President Bush has placed America in the center
yet we are in the unique position
of proving the superiority of doing unto […]

it’s not that we can’t win
it’s that we cannot admit to any mistake
the world is seeing America for what it is
a democracy with freedom of speech
freedom even, and most importantly,
to speak out against our leaders
the world is seeing our leaders
making exceptions to laws of their own choosing
the trial of Saddam IS
the Mother of All Trials
if […]

call nine eleven! call nine eleven!
hello hello my friend was just bitten by a snake
calm down lady, where was he bitten
on his left cheek it is bright red with a hole in the center!
this commercial brought to you by Ivory soap 99.9% pure
now a song from the doodle do do’s doh doh
oh those little goddlings […]

your name is Polosi not Reagan
“Redeploy and leave enough troops in the region
to protect our interests.”
And what are our interests in the middle east?
If it smells like oil it is probably Israel and oil.
Yes the world owes Jewish people a refuge, an ark.
That genocide holocaust of WW II when
many knew and did not stop it
some […]

Poland now manufacturing arms for Iraq soldiers,
getting MK’s from US, maybe a military base
like Romania.
Poland now has statue of Ronald Reagan
Defense Minister of Poland allows
that secret prisons if they exist
by their nature must be kept secret
ergo it was necessary for the President of Poland
to deny their existence.
But and but
I’ve only got one light bulb for […]

US won’t ask them so let’s imagine:
A secular state
Equal rights for women
Equal access to Iraqi natural resources
not exactly what America has as in;
natural resources are controlled by private businesses
Fundamentalists want control of US judicial system
which would roll our clock back
Federalists want a constitution set in stone
as if they missed the constitutional provision
for amendments which de […]

Fundamentalists Christians call it torture
when fetuses are aborted
to Fundies abortion is an immoral war,
and they support torturing adults
to “do whatever we have to do”
to get the information we need,
and people die in war so what difference does it make
it they torture them before we kill them?”
One difference is in the timing.
Take it from an old […]

“Blessed are ye, who revile men and persecute for job security,
for theirs is the kingdom of Hades.”
elected servants of the people who
suck taxpayers blood and freedom
today’s Badatudes winner the DEA
kingpin unHornable Karen P Tandy
deep-sixing tax paid for government studies
to keep their pork bellies filled:
1972 budget - 65.2 million - employees - 2,775
2005 budget - […]