The Petraeus Dish

who needs a hell
when the anguish is so great
in the flashbacks of our lives
in a nation soo chasmically divided
all sides accusations holding a piece of the truth
it was a bird
a flippin’ floppin’ toady bird
that bit the apple
that Eve gave Adam
and a Snake
that slick-slacked US to war.
was 9/11 a near death experience for US?
are we so angry we were lied to
we would rather support the lie
than admit we were duped
twice?
bases loaded
3 balls and two strikes
hear the tick tocking?
here comes the next ball…
Petraeus, the pitcher
Bush, his commander in chief
Cheney, signals the pitcher
Ryan Crocker, the catcher,
from Walla Walla,
the ambassador to the largest embassy in the world,
the catcher.

Petraeus winds up
leg up, arm back
will it be another low ball
or three strikes and yer out
at yer
ol’
ball
game?

Bush Speak, Dick’s Brain

Wha da ya mean
I cant surge thru to the end of my term
you see the Dems stopping me?
Didn’t Dick tell ’em, you know,
those things called “them the people”,
hell’s belly, even Saddam told ’em
“It will be a blood bath if we,
the US, attack them.”
(Dick always speaks King’s English)
What was the plan going in?
“We’ll low ball the troops in,
not enough to save their infrastructure,
their museum, but enough to guard the oil fields,
then, when civil war breaks out,
we will have no choice but to stay,
and we’ll get our “surge”
and we’ll keep “surging”
till all their oil is under control,
our Iraqi embassy filled with our friends,
and most important our military bases
well you heard what Osama first said
“Get out of Saudi Arabia”
so we did
so we needed a new one…
There’s no way
they’ll get
This, Emperor’s cloths!

OK, Lil Bush
time for your therapy.

Alexandria Lighthouse Library

where did all the knowledge go
long time gone no
the evolution of the human species
carries the DNA
that led to the knowledge
the writers
of the books of Alexandria
wrote
though burned
the loss
was time
not know how
the little lamb has
but one “Bah” Michael?
baa baa black sheep
won’t you please come home?
I know you are you say
home is where the heart is
and did you know
human hearts now beating
to save the Whales?
They’re still using sonar
to jumble whale talk
but in the Paradise of Hawaii
bah is alive and well
protesting the Superferrys
that are killing whales.
What do whales
have to do with Alexandria?
“It was the worst of times.”

Senator Larry Craig

it is a price his soul spirit was willing to pay
with his actions he proved
his preaching’ words were false
as he, himself didn’t practice them.
Larry Craig spoke the truth when he said
“I am not gay!”
the truth being
gays are NOT predators.
Well and of course not
before his public exposure
which changed his “guilty” plea
to “not guilty”, not even
a nice try
The news frenzy will stop when he stops
listening to sleaze lawyers
that only want to pick his pocket.

Hell, Mary, How is Rose?

breaking from the waist again
perfume departed long ago
today sex now selling
macaroni and cheese on TV
pickle heads believe all they see
how do you get an ever expanding economy?
create desires where there are none
sell it with a catchy tune, sex and prestige
rose buds dying in their bed of thorns
fly and buy ourselves to war
when rose was taken off to war in yellow ribbons
was put in a mansuit of aggression
singing
“I’m yer siesta, I’m yer girl.”
Sisters, Mothers, Daughters
asserting is not the same as aggression
Who’s that stomping on Rose’s back?

“Impeachment is a Requirement, Not an Option”*

truths that are self evident are truths of a selves majority
against a government solution
if government is of the people so too the solution
when the government’s solution
is not the people’s solution
we have a royalty making the laws
“it’s all the fault of the welfare state”
royalty creates two welfare states
welfare for them
which creates the need
for welfare for the poor
both states, rich and poor’s leaders
are lead into temptation amen
royalty hates to do their own dishes
cook, grow, harvest, sow
drive their own cars
will we the people ever unite again
abortion is only an issue when we are not at war
gay is only a problem when we are not at war
we are at war and it is a cultural war
between the top who’s God is Usury and
the bottom looking for the God of Compassion
lies the middle class
caught in the falsehoods of just what is
“self evident”
when you mix red with blue
you will not get purple until you add white
*like the caller this morning on C-SPAN declares,
“Impeachment is a Requirement, Not an Option.”

John Wayne, the Supreme Chicken Hawk

with the Ballad of the Green Beret
he song and danced us into Vietnam
Who’s left to remember
the oil embargo on Japan preceding Pearl Harbor
or that Cuba did not blow up the Maine
“Do not speak ill about the dead.”
ok, maybe John Wayne gets to watch
“Good Morning, Vietnam!” for an eternity
or choose to reincarnate

“Delta Force and CIA
Marines and SOCOM clear the way
Covert missions now in play
Special OPS like the Green Beret”

maybees John W. and Johnny Cash
are soul mates since 2 ought 3
Hollywood is not all left Bill O’Reilly
(neither is the ACLU)
it’s hard to get the masses to support a war
sing them a catchy tune that echoes in the brain
make ’em happy and proud
to march their sons and daughters
off to the killing fields of war

or were you just a devil
with blue suede shoes?

Will Bill O’Reilly Have the Guts?

it never rains in Minneapolis in the summer time
and god didn’t make little green apples
they were only picked too soon

and Bill O’Reilly show us you really care
and make your bid on Kieth Olberman’s cast
(that you too signed)
let your feet walk the talk
support our troops
support the yellow ribbon campaign
does it matter where the message came from
when our government doesn’t do the right thing
we the people must.

“till we all break down and cry”

that simple, that’s all
break down and cry
cry for the human species
hardened to harm an other
cry for love lost
on the material girl
and the material boy
cry for all the fear filled people
who gird themselves with neckties
with gated communities
the daisy turns into a mushroom cloud
little Johnny running thru the streets
on fire and bare naked
How can you be that angry
with someone you once loved?
when we all break down and cry
an ocean of tears
Will this be enough
to wash the pain away?
yes

Empire, Door #2: A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.

boots all around
boots on the ground
then along comes Poland
“A people,
united,
will never be defeated.”

let go of the pride and the fall
will not be so precipitous

the whole of human history
is one of empire building
sometimes religious sometimes secular
but ever more and ever more
falling, falling, all fall down
in Poland
in country
after country
“A people,
united,
will never be defeated.”

the people’s revolution is, often,
stolen by the man of the hour, in power.
Castro and Chavez
Learned from Their history, if they did not comply, as a
“state(s)…that owe(s) allegiance to a foreign power”
that power would use covert means
to replace them.

Musicians and politicians are screaming,
“Wake up America”
Mourners are crying,
“We know you aree awake America,
have seen the gory instead of glory
from the deeds our “leaders” have done
it is as our founding fathers warned
“A secret government”
our ’60’s revolution opened eyes
step by step it opens more…