Category: poetry

with nine Republicans
and six Democrats
sitting in US Congress,
Senator Cham bliss
Senator Isak son,
how many of the nine deny
global warming?
It is an Ice Age that follows
Global Warming ergo
you don’t have one without the other
“Let the snails thirst to death,”
decry the very citizenry
that drank the oil
that Jack drilled.
But what can the six do
to stop the nine
that ate the lines
that Bush burned,
“We will have World War III
if we don’t prevent ‘others’
from obtaining the arsenal
(that the US has).”

ain’t never been worse.
them that lived
to remember Pearl Harbor thought it couldn’t
get worse.
those who use 9/11 thought
it couldn’t get better.
what did the world thought
when US elected an Actor
for President?
what will they think
when US elects a comedian?
Would Charlie Chaplain
have made a Peace President?
or Picasso
a Child Welfare President?
or Brahms
an Education President?
Who would wrap all three into one?
A comedian —
Steven Colbert.

Bol Linger see Lee
egg rolling
Mah Moud Almadine, ja?
el shamo esta center stage
la learning is seeing
self
is it money or blood dripping down the chin
both? you see?
truth is in the debate
and the refusal to debate
The Ugly American
The Iran Gay Killer
the WAR is the Refusal
of a podium, Rush O’Reilly Bill Limbaugh cheese
(all our cameras are candid now)
Shame is the task master of truth
(there’s shame enough for all)
Mother Earth is bleeding Rivers
Who listens to Her now?

it was a holy tree
hewed to the ground
used for the ugly sin of racism
ugly head of gottahavesomeone to hate
holy lives so confused
“Who is winning the human race?”
the writer penned and
“We lived each moment
like it was the first,
or the last,”
reflecting on the ’60’s revolution.
It was a revolutionary revolution
nearly bloodless
save for Kent State
Hippies don’t die they just fade away
their victories were
civil rights for blacks
women’s rights, including choice
an illegal war came to an end
even so
the people’s revolution came to an end
thru trickery
and propagandizing the unawakened
“Hold on Sloopy,
we’ll be there soon.”

come in again
are you here yet?
it’s tea time in China
roll another cigarette
the story is over
did we have a happy end?
just so many dawns before the light
a new beginning
what the sacred
who the profane
will it be the last hug best
or the hug that lasts the best?
forgive me i am playing now
memorable days
they we only gazed
as our fanciful flight flew
on wings of our own making
ilk of singing, ilk of birds
oh no, lost again
hear those dogs chatter?
arf arf arf
arf
arf arf
doggy Morse code?
have a cup of Joe Huey
here comes a wake up smile.

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.”

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.

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?

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.”

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?