Jalapeno Peppers

how many Hail Marys does it take
to birth a virgin sacrificed?
do Robertsons Christians believe 70
is 69 too many?
how many blasted-to-bits babies
buys one gallon of gasoline?
how many pennies saved starves a peasant?
if we don’t learn now is there a chance in hell?
a tie around the neck is still a noose
evil is still rooted in money
parents still […]

breath in peace
blow out war
in out
out goes our inner war
that peace may enter
not unlike birthing a baby
(strongly) huff huff huff
between contractions
peace
those are not labor pains Mother
they are muscles contracting
that cause pain with resistance
all i am saying is
it does not have to be that uncomfortable
hawkers of wars
sitting down at the […]

is it what happens in the heat of anger supplanted?
Rivera wrongfully counts down from eldest to youngest
the sorrowful deaths of the Yates children
Dr. Rivera declares
if you are methodical you can’t be crazy.
What’s not crazy about a mother killing her children
methodically or in the heat of the moment?
Evidence of “methodical” Geraldo states is the fact
“She waited […]

Reporting from the front lines:
Clapping Penguins applauding themselves
Prime Minister translated:
“we all agree…..
Defend Values of Humanity
Terrorism has no humanity”
(The Triangle with no oil)
“Iraq now has Free Media”
(made in the USA)
(Elsewhere, hospitalized due to his hunger strike,
former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein demanded
that doctors remove his feeding tube because it was
interfering with his ability to make anti-American outbursts.)
(Elsewhere, […]

behind her countenance
“boys will be boys”
what did you expect?
her son and lover
played Alpha once
blood was in the making
where will she gain confidence
their history will not be repeated?
“boys become best friends (she hopes)
after their sacrificial spill”
her eyes circle the world
around her all is violence
(once was never enough)
Pick up the drum mother
let them hear the drum of […]

“On the other hand, events of the past two weeks
have also shown some of the West’s greatest
strengths in fighting the war so many of its powerful
citizens and statesmen refuse to acknowledge.”
On the other hand, events ofer the past 4,000 years
have proven we humans have NOT learned from our
history of war which is our entire history!
“For […]

(quotation marks mark Ms. West’s blathers)
“…what a precious gift Israel would bestow on the Free World by destroying Hezbollah”
What a curse Israel bestowed on the Free World by creating Hezbollah
“American sympathy for Hezbollah profanes American dead.”
Here’s profanity: More Americans must die so the deaths of those that have already died will not be in vain […]

remember grade school teacher hit
in the back of the head with a paper airplane
and not one student would rat on another
so the entire class was collectively punished?
in the Dog Days of Summer is it
ok to make war on the Sabbath?
authoritarian monotheists do do do
i remember you you you
couldn’t keep hands off
my stars stars stars
why is […]

disambiguation
take me riding in the car car Ford Ford
The League of Nations carving out nations
Britain came to control territory which secured contiguity
between its Mesopotamian and Palestinian mandates, and
an uninterrupted overland route all the way from the borders
of Iran to the Mediterranean.
British alliance with Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud, the Wahhabi Emir,
became the founder of the kingdom of […]

when Israel won’t agree to a cease fire
until Israel has fired enough
to stop the enemy from firing
is that when you call a cease fire?
“They hate us for our freedom,”
Newt Grinich repeats.
Does the world know who arms Israel?
Does the world know who arms Hezbollah?
Do Americans know
it is not Democrat or Republican
but the Military/Industrial Complex
and born again […]

“I should much rather see reasonable agreement
with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace
than the creation of a Jewish State. Apart from practical
considerations, my awareness of the essential nature of Judaism
resists the idea of a Jewish State, with borders, an army,
and a measure of temporal power, no matter how modest.
I am afraid […]

We live in a world in which:
close to half of the world population,
or some three billion people,
live in poverty and extreme poverty;
one billion people live in slums;
another billion don’t have access to clean drinking water;
and 50,000 people, of which 30,000 are children, die every day,
of hunger, malnutrition and easily preventable diseases.

oh I’m so sorry to hear Caroline B. Glick
your vacation in the paradise in northern Israel
was so rudely interrupted by those scalawags
wanting the release of their thousands
of kidnapped kin and were so audacious
as to take two Israel soldiers captive.
And durn that UN, in Ms Glick’s words
“the UN and the EU are organizations
dedicated to ensuring the […]

“Conversion, consists of pounding
one’s own words into a man’s ears
until they start coming out of his mouth.”
- Robert Anton Wilson
If they are Israeli
they are kidnapped.
If they are Palestinian
they are captured.
If the Israeli (or Americans)
kill innocents they say “sorry”.
If Palestinians kill innocents
they are terrorists.

Jewish Wolrd Review:
“To my Arab brothers: The War with Israel Is Over
— and they won. Now let’s finally move forward….
In other words, brothers, you are down, out, and alone
in a burnt-out landscape that is shrinking by the day.”
Aljaxeera:
“Hezbollah has captured two Israeli soldiers in attacks
from Lebanon on enemy border posts, prompting Israel
to launch ground […]

(or a real life game of Go)
The USS Mustin’s deployment was
planned some time ago, the Navy said.
(Prbly not for 60 years but 60 years
did turn enemies into friends
or maybe only following orders).
Heaven to Betsy only knows
the turn around time between
Israel and Palestine
so is there is hope Sadie?
there’s Uncle Sam, maybe…bringing
Senators Libermans to their senses
of the […]

mirror mirror before my face
who you x-ray in my eyes
a walking miracle walking pain
painted blue black and red,
paupers penning poems-
is it always somewhere 3 a.m.,
half the time, 3 p.m., and
always autumn somewhere
when a poet dies?
wildflowers always die in summer
with mother in their mirrors
oh where are our dear fathers
sons gone, every one
when will they ever […]

(replied an American patriotic poet when
asked why he flew his flag upside down)
and still descending…
Three month report from Baghdad’s central morgue:
..bodies received in the past 3 months
(more eye for an eye)
in June - 1,595
in May - 1,375
in April - 1,155
a grand total of 4,125
more
dead Iraqis.
Did Ken get Lay’d by the Keeper of Secrets?
Did our Senate […]

by Carl Sandburg
You come along. . . tearing your shirt. . . yelling about Jesus.
Where do you get that stuff?
What do you know about Jesus?
Jesus […]

want explanations
here’s the point!
“No one will go unpunished!”
Where’s the hook?
in the heart and no where else
What happens when we create a by-pass
something shouts from the gut
o
I want to sing a love song
when someone’s sleeping in my head
but three is four are you there Moriarty?
tossing to and fro
saying we are all bi-polar now
drumbeats calling rain or […]