Jalapeno Peppers

got politics?
expecting redemption?
the US House gives us a 3 hour debate
knowing the vote is already known
the greatest play acting on earth
both democrats and republicans
being allowed to vote against and for the bale out
pre agreeing neither party need be the fall guy
ergo neither to credit or blame
the most expensive lottery ticket
being sold to every man, woman, […]

if Obama is not Real
expect in 2012 (among other things)
a 3rd party presidential victory
along with victory for every Independent running
Wall Street bail out?
why is welfare for the very richest good
and welfare for the very poorest bad?
“Trickle Down” advocates still believe
if the rich get richer the poor will get richer
how did that work out? or
how did
“brother […]

o are thou still tonight
silent sleep the angels keep
where is beateljuice?
the root of all evil is still money verdad?
the evil of paying the pauper’s dishonest dollars
did they dream you would not revolt
like all revolters of the past
when all their harvested wheat was taken as tax
leaving nothing left to eat?
Go on down to Georgia
make that fiddle […]

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NO
there won’t be segregation in the soup line
when the NASCAR tanks run empty
and the moms run with the moose
that dirty little secret no one tells the pollster
will eat the craw that crowed it
in little red circles ringing collars
when voting the status quo
blind hate lives in the mirror
and no where else.

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knowing how the masses will react
when their gas addiction is threatened
“the city is out of gas”
is one method of mind control
first the mob then Marshall law
(remember the practice threat
of postponing a national election?)
now they’ve cameras on every street, corner, store,
building entrance (exits to boot)
“Play it now”…Nashville, play it now!
“Cracklin’ Rosie get on […]

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unless you’re in the million $ club
you are not better off now than you were 4 - 8 yrs ago
is your fear/hatred of the black man so irrational
that you would vote for 4 more years of the same?
is there not enough sanity or schooling left to remember
the great depression?
what does it do to your heart […]

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laughing out loud
The oil companies are
maxed out with refineries
and have no plans to build new ones.
there are plenty of places off shore now
which are ready for drilling
and no one is drilling because
The oil companies are
maxed out with refineries
and have no plans to build new ones.
I repeat myself
and there is no business case for drilling
hoopla says […]

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When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom’d,
And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night,
I mourn’d—and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.
O ever-returning spring! trinity sure to me you bring;
Lilac blooming perennial, and drooping star in the west,
And thought of him I love.
[…]

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from Mexico to Iraq
foreign policy never changed
we the people did
becoming comfortable with commodities
poverty level for US is $50 per day
for “3rd” world, $1 per day
or how we got from here to here?
1st world = US, 2nd world = Russia,
3rd world = “don’t look Ethel!”
the return of the snake that eats its own tail
becomes that which […]

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oh Ben u were wright
it oughta a ben a turkey
the sacrificial bird of our thanksgiving
now it’s a moose in every pot
and a cluck cluck to heroes
down the moon and up the sun
shiver shiver already
predicting another Black Monday
is it still mon day bubba?
will the moonshine as brightly
in October in November
thar’s a bran newTenneessee Waltz did ya […]

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who put “In God We Trust” on American money
put the hex on we the people
allowing the who
to fight yet another Christian War
under the guise of spreading democracy
44 years past they were swearing
“I’ve gotta get out of here alive”
same song, second verse
a little bit louder and a little bit worse
“Shoot me […]

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breaking commitment is karma creating
directly related to breaking pain
a little whelp gits a little whump
tell yer self what a big wig gits.
she sit near shaking
miraculous seeming sudden happenings
promising relief
after two months of stress
comes the knight
half black/half white
stay tuned for Chapter III.
Nor this Pig, nor my Pig
nor yours…
no fly by
save birds and fishes
flocking together
over and […]

wells as long as they have followers
who believe great human catastrophes
are punishments sent by their God
and they keep wiping the blood on their pants
having learned water is not enough
when they elect leaders knowing
the Known War President
will be replaced by a
“Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran”
because they have Sarah Palin
who will adopt all the rape victims babies
more fodder […]

I cannot hear the peace
In the roar of
the drums
I cannot see the peace
in the brightness of
the bombs
I cannot taste the peace
in the bitterness of
the hatred
My heart cannot feel the peace
in the rough textures of
the street
And I cannot smell the peace
amid the tears of
the gas
such rocky souls we are
when children gather to throw
rocks at
tanks

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my will be done
thy will be done
the cradle
Mex-Tex-New Mex
the baby
jus’ learnin’ to speak
my fell into thy puddle
thy fell into my flap
some words are wings
some words are stones
what is not perception?