Category: poetry

John Peter Principle Roberts

Two years on the judge job
and he gets promoted to
Chief Supreme Justice
with thirteen agonizing month
plus a few days
before we the people can vote
will the 100 million eligible non-voters
awaken now
now while Katrina is still too much with us
tom dingery continues
drop yer boots on the ground cowboy
hug another willing victim
baby boy King George
got a new toy swimming pool
filled with oil
nakedly he splashes about
“See what I did daddy?
I took out Saddam for you
gave evangelicals a Bork clone!”
“Oh give me oil lots of oil
yellow ribbons in my hair.”
And the yellow rose of Texas
dies upon the thorns.

Condi Rice and Katrina

“I don’t believe for a minute
the rescue efforts are racist.”

Meaning: if I let myself
believe what I see with my eyes
I would hafta quit my job.

The rescue effort might not be racist
the evacuation before the storm
if not purely racist
was surely classist.

Not accepting aid to victims of Katrina?

“As of Friday, the White House had not accepted any offers…”

Where did a US president get the power to refuse offers of aid to victims of a national disaster and the power to keep the offers out of the news for 6 days?

Day Seven and a Sunday. How many of the rural poor still have no food, no clean water?

The State Department said offers of help had been received from more than 50 countries, including:

Australia, Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.

It’s time for another WPA Mr. President – hire those among the poorest who were affected that are willing and able rather than your giant contractor firends who are already gouging dollars out of the rebuilding efforts in Iraq.

Every day is Monday till the suffering is done.
No hump day.
No Saturday night live.
No Sunday morning brunch.
No forgetting.
The whole world is watching
along with a few celestial beings.

The Goddess of Peace

It is grace that brought us thus far
without class or race discrimination
it is the generosity called tonight on MSNBC
the Red Cross the recipients
the bunglers of 9/11 accountability
we know the givingness of the volunteers
it is the leader now again
need to hear the Soul of New Orleans
and all of Katrina victims.
It is grace that will bring us home.

Rubbing Dubya: Sheen, Sharpton and Sheehan

“Bush has said he appreciates Sheehan’s right to protest
and sympathizes with her, but his aides have said there
are no plans to change his schedule to meet with her.” – CNN

aside: “I get the good lines, you peons get the bad.”

It was Sunday down Prairie Chapel Road
Martin Sheen, the president we all could embrace
meet with Cindy Sheehan as did Rev. Al Sharpton
honoring the fallen dead what can poor Dubya do
he has not the nobility to clarify his “noble cause”.

As August slips away into September
The Burning Bush body count grows
(he only counts American dead)
Reporters: 37
Contractors: 94
Afghanistan troops: 288
Iraq troops: 1,873
Total Bush body count: 2,302
Total body parts: un reported
Coalition troop deaths: un counted
as Oil for Food turns into Oil for Blood.

Olive Branches to Bush Apologists:

tell me how does it feel
to hear your leader lecture like an angry father
threatening pointed voice little boy fear
knowing the belt buckle learning to lie
angry at the lies washed white
does the stench linger?

Prairie Chapel Road, Crawford, Texas
lined on the left and lined on the right
going or coming voices sobbing
anger is the birth of violence
turn around don’t drown.

“Let them eat cake,” the Queen proclaimed.
“Let US eat oil,” King George squeaked.

The road to violence is fiery hell
The road to peace is peace.
Lead US not into the temptation
of controlling Earth
But deliver US from our evil ways.
Amen.

United we stand, divided we fall

Courage America, Kucinich, Dennis calls
Sheehan’s mother meets Pruett’s mother
let them walk and talk to and fro
grief is grief let the people go
children are dying and crying
along with mothers and fathers and elders
the cut is as deep as the soul
the pain of birth is reward
needless loss of life is loss to all life
innocent sacrificed lives are sacred
honor them
build a bridge.

Just One More Turning Point, between Iraq and a Hard Spot

Look! It’s a constitution deadline!
No! It’s a’past the deadline they got an extension.
CNN Reports: It only is required it be written,
not that it be a constitution!

Look! the neoCons’ media is crying
about human rights abuses in Iran,
in their prisons, and political dissidents

No! the liberal left is mum why?
They fear the neoCons want another war
well there was the replacing elected Mossadeqa with the Shaw
the release of hostages that got Reagan elected
the Iran/Contra ensuing
Project New America: to remain the only superpower forever
proclaims Iran an axes of evil
“They’ll fall like dominoes”
with US guns pointed north,south,east, west from Iraq
in the heart of the middle east in the original Eden
(when it comes to greed, once is never enough
to be thrown out of)

God bless America
bring her back to her basics
lead not our leaders into temptation
of domination of the whole world and everything in it
deliver us from evil foxes in the hen house
now before they bring about
more death and destruction. Amen.

p.s. please send us a solvent
for woolly eyed Bush apologists