Jalapeno Peppers

note to Mr. Fox News:
the tanks are leaving Iraq
How ya gonna make a “NO” outta dat
after your eyes have seen the dirt
y old war you lauded and still do?
there’s a New Guy in town
and you know he’s intelligent, well educated,
both worldly and bookly.
You have turned yourself into the “no no” two year old!
Shame shame on […]

i would write but i can’t hear
nobody said out here is easy
can you hear me now?
hello rock, hello water
how is it i see growing and thriving
at least for a spell,
midst all those dour faces
surely carved by wind and water.
are they dour to see all green things growing?
bless them then, in their passing
as measured is their […]

(..)
there are no could have beens
there are only wasn’t
there are no could be’s
there’s only is
there’s Buffy St. Marie’s
Universal Soldier
John Lennon and Ono
in our front store window
and ever so much and more
to be thankful for
for sure there was comprehending
numbered the days…
over here the poor
over there the suffering
not to be thankful for
happy thanksgiving
to those who see
to those […]

.
Thursdays are for marys
murph the nurse
here to watch Al Zeimer
dance with her aged mother
mary sits with her coffee
and
against her will
tells of morbidity, mortality, loss
raging against the night
golden in her humanity.
- Ken Peters

(..)
come dance with me
the jig is good.
jog is as required.
who’s blue suede shoes
are full of sand
abandoned on the beach.
porque?
waltzing
fairies and flowers
calm the winds…
blow out
breathe in.
Thor has had His say
we know His hand
it was till now
a Royal Flush.
Thursday is surely
a day for dance
will you come and play?

.
sometimes it helps to skip a beat
to pause…
after he says
“the purpose of art
is to produce something beautiful”
Guernica cries, “No!”
can Van Gogh have his ear back?
Beethoven his hearing?
can Dorothy go home now?
what will help the Angry melt
without a witchy mirror.
No more hup!
No more three four!
When we stop our wars within
We will stop our wars without
pant, pant…

.’
the cry grows louder
the crowd grows thicker
and blinder to the eyes
of somebodies all around
hello you hoo!
nary erery echo back
across the road
this morning they were pairing
this evening holding hands
i sware
there’s more savvy in those 11 year olds
than an outside heart
who feels not the slightest twitter.
oh memory,
where fore art thou?

hometown corruption is about what we know
where political party counts less
nationally
the Fox Newt bump was fatal
r.i.p.
Palin, Limbaugh et al jumpers
we the people are headed Forward
Not
up and down
jump jump
little jeepers
hope you find
yer little peepers
open wide!

Drugs and Dollars
America pays for it’s own destruction.
Oh American voters beautiful
will you vote for your own destruction today?
been fooled before
by monied people/corporation adds?
do they wanna scare you
in your weakest part,
Health Care?
Today is a vote for Life or Death.
What will they do Huey?

in general public we first say the Lugar
supporting going into Iraq
now we see him demanding President Obama
hang his presidency on stated goals for Afghanistan
in reverse this means
Bush’s presidency was hung after
8 years of war and no Osama bin Laden
there are also the eight years of the $25 million dollar reward,
of which, there was nary an […]