it was ok for mommiee and daddy to spank us
so we learned aggression is ok under some circumstances
criminals and controllers have the same imprint
criminals go to jail
because they have not learned to control aggression
controllers control their aggression controlling others
controllers, depending on the number of people
under their control is equal to
how powerful they feel
the root of
“power corrupts absolutely”
beginning at age two
ending when we learn
we need
somebodies
to lean
on.
Evolution is always
becoming more aware than our parents
sometimes these times become
as if one thousands years lived in one day.
Other times
there is
Eureka!
Category: poetry
kilowatts therms gasoline
too much rain in California
too much fire in Oklahoma
and thirteen miners in West Virginia
this January 2006
trapped underground
July 2002 nine miners
trapped 77 hours
with the all of America
a long long time to hold our breath
how much waste & greed does it take
before we all pass out?
Wire Taps and “Chatter”
“The fact that somebody leaked this program
causes great harm to the United States,” Bush said.
“There is an enemy out there. They read newspapers.”
May 20, 2003
“Senior U.S. officials said the chatter
suggests a significant attack inside
the United States might be in the works.”
(full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/05/20/terror.main/)
The “terrorists” have long known thru “senior officials”
their wires and phones and computers have been breached
now they know via “leaked…cause great harm…”
was Not to “the United States” the great harm
was to King George Bush por que
now we the people know we also too
are being spied upon via
cookies library cards et al.
What do you want from Washington this year?
Washington Journal C-SPAN 1006
first two callers of the year:
equally highly emotional
with their opposing held truths
rich man praising Bush with holy fervor
poor man bashing Bush with holy terror
a few reports of welfare fraud sets the rich man’s hair on fire
the few reports of now billionaires sets the poor man’s hair on fire
the Left and the Right’s powers held in One Disembodied Body
Thy name of this body is Corporation
Dis Embodied Corporation given equal rights of we the people
How did this happen?
ask George Orwell
failing that ask John Wheat Gibson
The information highway is near complete
with contradictory facts to sate every ideologue
Question of the morning:
What do you want from Washington this year?
Answer:
For those who who live there who took oaths
of, in de facto, service to we the people,
recall the essence of the tale
of an honest Mr. Smith who Goes To Washington,
give back the dishonorably acquired riches to the people
and take back their honor.
In plainer words:
It’s time to roast the Pork.
Ma Ha Gony Nicotine
roger peter look and see
we all become masters of survival
some more dishonest honest or druthers
be kind to yourself
in any disparagement
half is yours half is mine theirs
everyone loves a teddy bear
(be leery of proprietorship
it is only comely in little children
and they
only step on your toes,
the big children go for the heart)
“the life unexamined
is not worth living”
my beloved
Mother of the Night and Day
are your best friends
paraphernalia manipulation creation
is only loopingly plausible
little big horn is aplenty
stars are born and die
the burden onerous
our personal past is our guide to future
stations a time of down
by the old mill stream
o the joy
to awake to the smell
of heavenly bread!
The Muse Withholding
a very fine one you’ve picked there brother John
who ties the tongue like winter holds the seed
yet aware the beating there within
with rhythm of the ages sages it only takes
three wisdoms patience of the waiting
waiting the howling calm of the wind
tick tock three o’clock all tis at the well
music train clef’s then flats
Tipperary is not too much further now
and Tripoli has doubled in the past
cards are shuffled waiting for the deal
what is dreaming who is now awake
remember then
“It’s best to not take one’s self too seriously.”
of course my subject is my losing or more succinct
never truly knowing surely perhaps
once shedding discipline it is remarkable
the search for that which is most valued
changing muses in the stumbling along
of course lives are fraught with imperfection
full of denials and rejection
i try and i try but i
still hold remnants of the Vatican Rag
the “I’m not worthy will never be”
worthy of what and to whom i say
you priestly priest who scolds me not to think
or the false hearted friend who condemns my habit
while indulging his because it is manly
the fingers in the dark find f and g
paused like the eyes in candle light
to the silence between the in and out
will there be a 4:44 o’clock
between the tock find either you or i
after the tick is :41
most likely there will be a next tear drop to fall
she’s here :42
the walking stick is handy in the parlor
:43 one howling wind returns
. . . . . . … .. .. . . . . . . . .
4:44 a.m.
Yuletide Dreams
take my hand beloved
we’ll walk on thru this vex’ed land
full of little gods with giant posturing
where the meadowlark never sings
soul spirit lives in little things
we’re off to join other underlings
in the land of peace and plenty
If we win in Iraq will the Bushites sacrifices have been worth it?
That depends on what “it” is.
If winning means Iraq will be a true democracy
where Sunni rights, as a minority, will be protected,
and women get equal rights,
and the Saddam trial is seen by the world
as a fair and equal judicial system,
that would be a world of good.
But
if “it” is
what worth, in other words
how much of our American democratic principles did we sacrifice
9/11 did strike fear into the hearts of Americans
a national 911 call so to say
and how many lying lies have we the people been told
to increase that fear as if
the 45 minutes to a real mushroom cloud was not enough fear
then that fear was proved falsified intelligent information
to the biggest lethal crooks in the world today are those who falsify “facts”
how trite and false the sound of “as a matter of fact” as if
calling something a fact makes it a fact
“Sloganeering from the Right and the Left does not enhance any debate”
How is Israel like America today?
Both are in a quagmire,
otherwise known as a stalemate.
Both leaders of these countries still believe
if they “just stay the course” they will win.
How long, O America, O Jerusalem,
is it 58 years now?
It is not Bolivians fault Americans want Cocaine
instead of the medicinal benefits of Coca.
The best of America is Beautiful
but she is no longer a teenager
one might say, middle age, the question is
will she still represent liberty in old age?
Winter Solstice Happy or Not!
Save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
in exchange give tax cuts for billionaires.
That glee you smile while counting the money
will never add up to bliss
Raptor rapture leads to rupture
Ask the camel who wouldn’t be seen
in a needle’s eye.
Homoo Sapiens
he took us where he knew we never wanted to go
the 911 trick with mushroom clouds
gave us George Tenet’s split tongue
told the left his “hair was on fire” with urgency re Al Qaeda
and on the right “it’s a slam dunk” re intelligence
rights who hate life screamed
“bomb ’em to kingdom come!”
o little bud how come you never opened?
our Cowboy learns a tad little
of going forth without pride but
ok yeah right won somewhat
we all do not need to be told we are there
what is is
show your back packers you do believe
whomsoever the designer
life is intelligent we are it is true
homo sapiens and only a tad
of understanding a foreign language
or as our parents once were wont to say
“look it up in the dictionary”
the downfall of automatic spell checkers is
there is no contact with the definition
Francis de Budah asks
“For whom do you write?”
myself, my family, my extended family, my neighbors
and life
which is love
which would never never be heard saying
“bomb ’em to kingdom come”
most on the right would not either
it is their fringes that are dangerous
as is equally the fringes on the left
follow the money
fringes that live like billionaires are
what got us from there to here
now is a good time to fly a true democracy
we the people do have power over our elected officials
greed’s temptation trickles all the way down from the top
elected officials DO pay attention to polls
denying attention when they do not like the numbers
and citing them when they do
we are more united than they allow us to believe
we homos who became sapiens need not leave behind the flower’s bloom
it is the war tenor in the voice that sounds more like fear unchecked
the ring of panic would displace the tinkling sacramental bell
when called to speak we can speak with civility
there is no other way to have an honest debate
evolution, if intelligent, would choose intelligent leaders
the devil himself/herself is/can be most charismatic