Politics and holy stains
Off the Slate
“There’s bad news today
from both Iraq and Afghanistan,
where it seems that recent military successes
aren’t translating into political progress.”
getting troops out of Iraq
will not be an American defeat
no, no “cut and run”
it will be a George Bush American Foreign Policy defeat.
And it would be a win
for America’s republican democratic process
to end this illegal
ill begotten Iraq War(.)
”
Elephant in the Room,”
announces Goldberg, Jonah of
National Review On Line, is
“the line between US and Mexico.”
Yo Respondo:
that line is not
unlike the wide wide ocean
our forefathers crossed
seeking a new life!
of course he was not referring to himself
as a Republican elephant
further he prrotrudes,
“Immigration is
the 4th (or 3rd) estate in the 2008 election.”
full meaning
to freeze us in horrific fear:
“They’re taking our job!.”
“They’re lowering our property values!”
“They’re bringing in diseases, gangs etc!”
Tell me Red Robin
which candidate
this election
do they most want us to fear?
for Christ’s sake does anybody care
in Burma
(why did they rename it Myanmar?)
why are Buddhist Monks being tortured
what and why
oh power power power
how seductive thou art!
Why are the Christians not protesting?
Why are not the Jews lamenting?
From heaven to hell
we go flipping flopping
From shore to forest
we go marching warring
Heys you in your box
it’s johnny-jump up time
(psst!
do something)
when everything was good
and everything was clean
was it the luck-of-drawn
quartering nothing
4.5 billion years ago
we were all one
each one an energy of four
a one all mighty to behold
a four almighty to be bold
learning all those edgy things
thus gave us room to soar
with only partial information
of how to fly we flew
speed warping wide expanding
universe colidings
step on my blue suede shoes if you miss
but spare these talking toes
foot in mouth howling moon
too close becomes a scream
to far becomes an empty howl
head banging warning
“Here comes another explosion!”
my dear other
you speak i chime
in all the wonders of the word
when everything was clean
and everything was good
in the days of our years there was folly
adventure and unconsciousness
between the blessings and the curses
date rape toys and devil music
wars are psychological now
death thru derth and sundry.
the faith is in the dream
the dream is in the making
our bloodless civil war
rages
on the superhighway
of information.
the whole world is watching
this unique time in human history
with two sides to every story
from bottom up there is glory
from top down there is gory
from inside out they are starving
from outside in they are feasting.
it is a tired
but true story
empires coming and going
religions coming and going
civil wars and not so civil wars.
there is hope, eh, Michael?
there Is hope, Huey.
AT&T is cursed today
for collecting ALL of our communications
will AT&T be blessed tomorrow?
given all this information
there can be no doubt
75% of Americans are conscious now
America’s dirty laundry is on the line
as is personal dirt and international dirt
the world, still, is turning
will America realize her dream
or become one more Empire
falling?
of course he’s in the foxhole
we’re tired of losing chickens
and granny’s gown thread bare
the Senate would make water boarding illegal
while accepting the militarist’s manual
of interrogating techniques
all our undies hangin’ in a row
WE ALL KNOW
torture bares little if any
useful truths
ERGO WE ALL SHOULD KNOW
there is an alternative intent
TO TORTURE TILL WE BREAK THE MAN
and get the news releases fox in hen house wants
to support THEIR LIES of planned terrorist attacks
or a falsely confessed terrorist
sly foxes
all a’flitter with trickery
salivating the ultimate
“WORLD POWER”
but land over sea is
is the warning
“go, do as you will,
but harm no one”
inquired the kid in grownup skin
all donned up
in Halloween surprise
the devil up his sleeve
will they stop making mouse traps
because the rich don’t need them anymore with
phone in hand calling exterminator
who would rather shell there shekels
than view the carnage
or dispose of the bodies
no they don’t run after the farmer’s wife
it’s just fun to squeal
there’ll be houses and cars
and stuff with no owners
even if they let the rampart rift
possibly destroying all life
as we know it
“Goodbye Mt. Calvary
soo long pigs of the trough
it’s a short mile to Tipperary
and
the gangs
all
here!”
how arrogant is that to claim
to know the Mind of God
written in stony righteousness
in a two sided debate
when one realizes they are losing
attacks the other side
with damnation of their soul
then washes their hands
by asking for mercy
for the one the he himself condemned
even before God
could open Her mouth.
How long can the nose grow
to protect the lie of innocence
to be the one with permission
to throw stones?
is what grows out of repression
of natural sexual attraction
ExtenZe.com
see all the lovely flowers
become sterile
see all the lovely stamens
become dysfunctional
women become articifically inseminated
men pop pills to become functional
when love is aldalterated
it becomes war
what is illicit becomes desired
both in homos and hetros
when normal bodily functions
becomes gross in polite society
they become fodder
for blue collar humor and shame
for the elderly and the very young
when compassion becomes sterlized
humans become addicted to drama
then personal wars and international wars
become the desired daily diet
“If war does not become extinct,
humans will become extinct.”
– Buckminster Fuller
when they are over they will be over
when enough masters remember
the past of being a slave
and all our revolution leaders
who cop’ted newly acquired power
into dictatorship
(how close are we Mike
to a democratically elected
president dictator?)
As a species
we know our history
of gory (not glory) war
hang down yer head Tom Dooley
now look back upon the splendor
as a species we’ve created
it took both master and slave
to create the Great Pyramids et al
the product awes us
but not the production
Our master/slave days will be done, Michael
when equal means what it means
not “some more equal than others.”