tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88391100342983055692024-02-19T13:10:51.050-08:00Iambic Utterances and Other Wayward Words.... a writing blog by Jacqueline CzelJChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comBlogger1167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-54730768572138018222017-10-21T17:30:00.000-07:002017-10-21T17:30:02.915-07:00Eavesdropping at the Rummage Sale in SomervillePorch<br />
paint slap<br />
could be a rat tap,<br />
is and was, most definitely, a 1950s sap trap<br />
and<br />
surely no one is buying<br />
this crap<br />
or those<br />
or these<br />
"no more<br />
mouse eaten<br />
afghans,<br />
and doilies,<br />
and dolls<br />
if you please!"<br />
They're<br />
worth<br />
less than<br />
4 for a<br />
a dollar<br />
and<br />
best reduced<br />
to refuse<br />
but so is that<br />
old sofa<br />
be it a beige<br />
or biohazard<br />
green?<br />
Screen<br />
screams<br />
muffled by<br />
the mufflers<br />
of vultures<br />
and bold bargain queens<br />
who<br />
just<br />
know<br />
"Miss Rose-Mint's<br />
future"<br />
is riding,<br />
on the<br />
sale of<br />
Aluminum siding<br />
and by<br />
God-golly-gee-see<br />
"the money<br />
has already<br />
been spent"<br />
on <br />
half-life<br />
quarters,<br />
for the<br />
bowed<br />
and bent<br />
"she owes them back rent"<br />
and this<br />
house<br />
might-ta<br />
sold<br />
"if Herb,<br />
"who's got to be dead by now?<br />
hadn't cut<br />
down all<br />
the trees"<br />
leaving<br />
sink holes<br />
and<br />
stink holes<br />
perhaps<br />
likable<br />
only - if<br />
"there's a tax lien?"<br />
and the<br />
weeping<br />
basement<br />
passes inspection<br />
and<br />
"As-Is buyer<br />
rejections"<br />
cause<br />
the olive<br />
colored<br />
kitchen<br />
needs<br />
a cash<br />
injection<br />
and that<br />
old girl<br />
"always so<br />
kempt<br />
and kept"<br />
might have<br />
to sleep,<br />
for a spell,<br />
where<br />
she has<br />
never slept,<br />
"on the street."JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-75606114257535482482017-10-01T08:51:00.000-07:002017-10-01T08:51:40.425-07:00Couplets for a Deadline<div class="MsoNormal">
I spy curling leaves and monstrosities on high.</div>
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I watch a wicked wind whip a bruised sky.</div>
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Shun I shall, a fading Sun and curse a rising Moon.</div>
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Shuttered be, panes at dusk to pace a quiet room.</div>
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I question shadowy corners and long-littered lines.</div>
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Whilst strangling a desk-lamp, I swear at time.</div>
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I tilt towards tethered gadgets and try to peck,</div>
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Gritted teeth, a blank mind<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">—</span>a wallet in want of a check.</div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">9.23.17</span></div>
JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-41043198926378930662016-11-13T09:04:00.001-08:002016-11-13T09:11:51.367-08:00ORIGINS (couplets for the new chaos)<div class="MsoNormal">
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The rich - the cunning rich, make matchless wars<o:p></o:p></div>
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so come always the migrants and the poor.<o:p></o:p></div>
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An Irishman, a German, and a Russian Jew,<o:p></o:p></div>
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across fields and counties and Urals too.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The rich - the sly rich, how nobles must steal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Stable economies, a dream never real.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The French, The Czech, The Italian new,<o:p></o:p></div>
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to cross rivers and brooks and oceans blue.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The rich – rapacious rich, compelled to seize all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Their dynasties rise and governments fall.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A Grecian, A Romanian, and an Arab stew,<o:p></o:p></div>
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across arid hills and deserts gone askew.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The rich - the wily rich, nee to unbridled greed,<o:p></o:p></div>
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societies they crumble with alarming speed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Brazilian, The Chinese, Mexicans in view,<br />
forced to trek miles and build a life anew.</div>
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JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-10511713607844763572016-06-02T12:32:00.001-07:002016-06-02T12:32:35.455-07:00Glass Winged ButterflyI am truly speechless.<br />
There are no words<br />
for this.<br />
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<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-60452377442563151442016-03-21T07:12:00.001-07:002016-03-21T10:03:22.552-07:00Down At The Old Folks Home<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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“<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Ahh</span></b>,”
sighed Nana P., “We learn as we go.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some
lessons come on fast, others come slow.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
meaning may be big. The insight might be small.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Comes
wisdom, much wisdom, whenever we fall.”</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Uhm</span></b>,”
smiled Bubbe Bea, “We dream as we go.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some
visions seem right, to others say no.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
possibilities could be big. The gain may be small.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
learn, we slowly learn, we can't have it all.”</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Yes</span></b>,” laughed Granny Dee, “We grow as we go.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Seeds
vary in size but we reap what we sow.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Beauty
can be big. Many pleasures are quite small.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You'll
understand, when you're wearing this shawl.”</span></span></div>
JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-39333088754507262552016-03-21T05:47:00.000-07:002016-03-21T05:48:33.826-07:00Wild Kingdom<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>S</b></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">he
got me this here test,</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">my
girl, my begotten – for me! </span></span>
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mysterious alleles </span></span>
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and
mismatched mitochondria</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">hip,
hop, and helix around</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">my
genetic sea.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>S</b></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">he
got me this here kit,</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">my
girl, my progeny – for me! </span></span>
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She
spent more than</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a
pretty penny</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">but
I gave her life</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and DNA for free.</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>S</b></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">he
got me this here swab,</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">my
girl, my sweet cherub – for me! </span></span>
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But
I am not sure </span></span>
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
want to know </span></span>
</div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">what
kind of Hominidae</span></span></div>
<div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I
might really be.</span></span></div>
JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-62879033305105318232016-03-20T16:32:00.001-07:002016-03-20T16:32:33.580-07:00Woodland Fairy<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Snap, crackle, pop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> a wee twig, a curled branch.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shattered in these woods</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is a peace, my trance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An "Oh, shit!" and a shudder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> still my </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But buds bloom not</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in March for me,</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nor do young saplings </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> obscure what I see.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will celebrate your absence,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Poison Ivy. </span>JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-30630493797824621032016-03-20T08:22:00.000-07:002016-03-20T08:23:50.679-07:00Ain't Nobody's Tool<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">A
recent Twitter exchange made me really stop and think about the
insanity of American racism. As a history buff I can tell you that
racism is a spin-off of medieval classism. It is an economic tool
used by policy making politicians with greased palms (a newer version
of the evil sheriffs of yore), to make sure there is always an
exploitable and taxable, amount of serfs on hand to toil for the
nobility. This divide and conquer skin game replaced indentured
servitude, slavery, and peonage. It pits the lower classes against
each other and eases the ability of the wealthy to control the
populace.</span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">To
wallow in the worries and woes of racism every minute of every day,
to blame people for the sins of their great great grandfathers or
waste precious time disparaging another group is to be a tool for a
small oligarchy most of us will never meet. It is letting yourself be
a perpetuator and/or a victim of an insidious system that strikes at
everyone regardless of color. It is tiring and distracting and keeps
one from pursuing, being, seeing, and doing more which is utter
lunacy. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>In Summation: Don't be a tool! </b></span></span>
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JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-60606997304809888522016-02-21T15:30:00.001-08:002016-02-21T15:30:23.679-08:00On Writer Friends<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to trash my <b>Writer Friends</b> page for technical reasons. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The old blogolla needed a make-over and some stuff got screwed up while I was fiddling around with it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Posts featuring other writers are sure to return so check back soon.</span>JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-36644777742006047182016-02-21T06:43:00.002-08:002016-02-21T06:45:20.624-08:00I'm Working on It!<span style="color: #4c1130;">The wind, she is a bit warm. The sky, another shade of boyish blue.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;">But on this false spring day -- No play. I have lots more work to do.</span><br />
<br />
Couplets aside, I have been up to my neck in homework. MFA'ing ain't so easy but I've met some interesting writers, and read a lot a lot of interesting short stories and manuscripts. I am working on a bunch of stories and two books which doth not leave me with much time to scratch out much poetry.<br />
<br />
This here blog has, as you can see, been upgraded and content (how I loathe that callous word), is being overhauled as well. I will be sharing some new stories, listing the writers I've been working<br />
with, and sharing some publishing tidbits in the very near future.<br />
<br />
Stay tuned!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-74146894660143160122015-09-03T07:40:00.003-07:002015-09-03T07:51:37.701-07:00Below The BeltIt is only because I care,<br />
that I, with whetted words,<br />
will, (on occasion), punch you there,<br />
and pull your ego down,<br />
a notch or two<br />
because that dear friend, is what writers do.<br />
and I certainly expect<br />
the same treatment from you.JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-80254366956979997002015-09-03T06:33:00.000-07:002015-09-03T07:49:06.370-07:00Come DasherWhen half a million people come to town,<br />
the trains, and traffic, and service,<br />
and services, and services, and services slow down.<br />
and I, the salted local, at the sea of academics frown;<br />
because it ain't so easy now - trying to get around.<br />
<br />
I miss my summer morning minutes<br />
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and my few feet of personal space,<br />
but, alas my steps must quicken to surpass the scholar's pace.<br />
Beating bevies of bookworms to busses is a winter long race.JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-62990676297118318232015-08-29T10:07:00.003-07:002015-08-29T10:27:04.618-07:00When I Grow UpI am going to become<br />
an emblazoned battle-axe,<br />
a busy-body biddy,<br />
and a foul-mouthed fishwife,<br />
who speaks her mind.<br />
<br />
I am going to become,<br />
a fate, a fury, and a fussbudget,<br />
who doesn't waste any time.<br />
<br />
When I grow up,<br />
I am going to become a venemous virago,<br />
a gorgon, and an old war-horse too.<br />
And I'll make sure I'm a crotchety pain in the ass.<br />
That's just what I'll do.<br />
<br />
And I am going to boldly,<br />
just tell it like it is<br />
because when I grow up,<br />
I won't be wasting time,<br />
trying to figure out, how to live.<br />
<br />
I'm going to become,<br />
a white-haired witch,<br />
perhaps a scholarly sage.<br />
A reader of the seasons,<br />
and moving tides,<br />
and certainly more than a digital page.<br />
<br />
I am going to become,<br />
a beldam, a grand-mom, a dowager, hag or an old bag,<br />
I am going to be - as stubborn as a mule,<br />
and - Oh, the best of nags.<br />
<br />
I am going to criticize<br />
quick fix cooking,<br />
and the ways of the waist whittling world,<br />
and predict if children in still flat bellies,<br />
are indeed - a boy or a girl.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
When I grow up,<br />
I am going to become,<br />
a most discerning crone.<br />
And I am going to be able to hear<br />
brewing tempests and my children's sorrows<br />
in that distance on the phone.<br />
<br />
I will be somewhat weathered,<br />
and withered - but very, very wise,<br />
and I will detect the follies of youth,<br />
with my laugh-lined eyes.<br />
<br />
When I grow up,<br />
I will become a crazy old bat, a cantankerous crab, or an eccentric old bird,<br />
and I will no longer worry about purpose, or gold.<br />
I will become the Totem - blessing the family fold.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Word Geeks - If you check an English dictionary or thesaurus, you will find that the words used to describe </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">mature or aged women, especially the very old ones, are quite derogatory and even cruel. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The kindest term is grandmother, which is only 600 years old.</span></div>
JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-64000979426353379562015-08-29T05:26:00.000-07:002015-08-29T05:26:27.217-07:00In Wild AmericaI am not a tiny sprout - a seedling anymore,<br />
nor am I a withered vine,<br />
I am old enough to know,<br />
this garden isn't fine.<br />
<br />
I have never lived - in a decade,<br />
in which there wasn't a winner-less war<br />
and politicians didn't perennially peddle<br />
some sunny age of yore.<br />
<br />
I am not a stumbling sucker<br />
reaching for the slatted fence,<br />
nor am I a sapling - unaware of the grand economy<br />
that's been built around defense.<br />
<br />
I am not a small germ - trying hard to break through.<br />
I can spy sponsored lobbyists<br />
slithering across the morning dew.<br />
<br />
I am not a struggling shoot - peaking through dry soil,<br />
that's been strip mined of minerals,<br />
and drilled, and tested for its oil.<br />
<br />
I am not a tender slip - trying to hold my own,<br />
I know lawmakers will rig the vote,<br />
and seize,<br />
many - a right - a life - a home.<br />
<br />
No, I am not a grain - bent on germination,<br />
a newly watered kernel,<br />
with a youth's wild imagination.<br />
I am old enough to know - unchecked weeds will strangle,<br />
the rest of the vegetation.<br />
<br />
<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-67023568378927607272015-08-28T05:11:00.001-07:002015-08-28T05:11:53.483-07:00Meteor Showers on My MonitorThere are too many.<br />
Too many fresh faces,<br />
too many fly by night<br />
rock stars and movie stars,<br />
and athletes living<br />
in too many places,<br />
and I can't keep up with<br />
nano second, filtered paces,<br />
the scandals,<br />
vamps and vandals<br />
and purveyors of<br />
public disgraces;<br />
Care not I,<br />
for sub second celebrities<br />
whose names<br />
mean naught,<br />
nothing,<br />
and utter nonsense,<br />
because they can't fix my roof,<br />
or mend my fence,<br />
offer any meaning,<br />
and come flickering<br />
onto sidebars - at my expense.<br />
They're often half naked<br />
and more often<br />
than not - half baked,<br />
their chins and cheeks<br />
are full botox<br />
and their breasts<br />
are always fake.<br />
Oh, yea - I see<br />
many a false prophet,<br />
bad actors and<br />
pretty product launchers,<br />
modelling snake charmers<br />
and fantasy peddlers<br />
leaning back on<br />
photoshopped haunches.<br />
Here and there for<br />
no more than 1 minute,<br />
and surely gone by 2.<br />
garbage, clashing ions<br />
in the atmosphere -<br />
what's a web user to do?JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-66349418931299189892015-08-28T04:05:00.000-07:002015-08-28T04:05:47.204-07:00A Border WarGlysophate.<br />
Glysophate.<br />
Where do you go?<br />
Into ground waters, beds and borders,<br />
and the garden I grow?<br />
<br />
There neighbor.<br />
There neighbor.<br />
Why do you spray?<br />
Are you going to wet<br />
already weakened, weeds today?<br />
<br />
Glysophate.<br />
Glysophate.<br />
Where do you go?<br />
Into my beets and pole beans,<br />
and many seeds I throw?<br />
<br />
There neighbor.<br />
There neighbor.<br />
What do you say?<br />
Would you consider taking,<br />
a chemical break today?<br />
<br />
Glysophate.<br />
Glysophate.<br />
Where do you go?<br />
Into the hedges, and sedges,<br />
and wildflowers, I refuse to mow.<br />
<br />
There neighbor.<br />
There neighbor.<br />
When did you stray?<br />
And fail to fine God<br />
in a fern, feathered fray?<br />
<br />
Glysophate.<br />
Glysophate.<br />
Where do you go?<br />
I see the eventual<br />
infertility you sow.<br />
<br />
There neighbor.<br />
There neighbor.<br />
When will you pray?<br />
Carcinomas and the clematis<br />
might bloom today?<br />
<br />
Glysophate.<br />
Glysophate.<br />
Where do you go?<br />
Did you seep into my,<br />
perfect lawn, obsessed foe.JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-1616432239967444112015-08-20T04:08:00.000-07:002015-08-20T04:08:55.727-07:00Employing Exodus 20:13She won't eat those ribs, these hamburgers or chopped barbecue.<br />
No - She ain't all high fallutin' or finicky - She just ain't like you.<br />
<br />
She don't douse chitlins in Red's hot sauce or white vinegar anymore,<br />
and she buys that stuffed called <i>tofu</i>, down at the health food store.<br />
<br />
She don't burn bacon in iron skillets or char glazed chicken on the grill.<br />
She ain't all prissy privileged - Your great grandbaby just don't kill.JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-67707562838833293412015-08-20T03:34:00.000-07:002015-08-20T03:34:55.048-07:00An After Dinner DiscourseIf all the Muslims melted<br />
and Jews suddenly dissipated;<br />
you must ask yourself,<br />
who among Christians will be hated?<br />
<br />
If all the Latinos dissolved<br />
and Asians quickly vanished;<br />
you must ask yourself,<br />
who will politicians try to banish?<br />
<br />
If all Native Americans ceased to breathe,<br />
and Blacks simply faded away;<br />
you must ask yourself,<br />
who will the cops murder today?<br />
<br />
If all the Lesbians disintegrated<br />
and Queers abruptly dispersed,<br />
you must ask yourself,<br />
who will fundamentalists curse?<br />
<br />
If all the Conservatives disappeared<br />
and the Liberals ceased to be;<br />
you must ask yourself,<br />
Who would vote for thee?<br />
<br />
If all of the poor people perished<br />
and middle class swiftly died;<br />
you must ask yourself,<br />
who will the wealthy cast aside?<br />
<br />
If all the prison slaves withered<br />
and migrant field workers waned;<br />
you must ask yourself,<br />
who, in their stead will be chained?JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-1149230596221437842015-08-20T02:58:00.000-07:002015-08-20T02:58:18.771-07:00When Company ComesMorning light.<br />
Morning light.<br />
<br />
Morning light,<br />
so f____ing bright.<br />
<br />
A sneaky sun rises.<br />
A drunk moon sets.<br />
Empty bottles sparkle.<br />
Heads pound with regrets.<br />
<br />
Chirping birds.<br />
Chirping birds.<br />
<br />
Chirping birds,<br />
so God-damned absurd.<br />
<br />
Red cardinals trill.<br />
Blue jays squawk.<br />
The must of a cigar lingers.<br />
It's way too early to talk.<br />
<br />
Gurgling pot.<br />
Gurgling pot.<br />
<br />
Gurgling pot,<br />
so hellaciously hot.<br />
<br />
An elixir drips.<br />
A bottle of aspirin rattles.<br />
We quietly whet weapons<br />
for this evening's battles.JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-33775979184975183052015-08-02T06:36:00.001-07:002015-08-02T06:36:23.235-07:00Ode to An Immigrant GrocerOh, I can tell<br />
by the skittish look in your eyes,<br />
and the trembling of your camel-colored hands;<br />
you are going to hate me too.<br />
<br />
Your clumsiness clearly indicates<br />
that you have never actually met;<br />
a Black, a Latino, an Asian, a Catholic, or even an American Jew. <br />
<br />
But you are going to ease on into<br />
a movie marketed American-ness<br />
by doing what only the worst kinds of WASPS do.<br />
<br />
You are going to listen to old wives tales,<br />
vote for vitriol, and adopt the<br />
more un-American points of view.<br />
<br />
Because like the millions of immigrants<br />
who have landed on these blood-stained shores before you;<br />
You are going to try, real hard, to hide the fact<br />
that you are brand spanking, novice new.<br />
<br />
You are going to assimilate through abhorrence,<br />
so no one suspects you.JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-74717068417431521012015-07-24T08:25:00.002-07:002015-07-24T08:39:46.432-07:00When I Run for President<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i style="color: #520001; font-family: Times-Roman, serif; line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">When I run for President,</span></i></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
become a great panderer, </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">a
slanderer, and a lobbyist too,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
I'll kowtow; to him, </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">to
her, to them and you.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
wear cowboy boots out west,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
imported suits out East. </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
play golf down south,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
talk to hippies about peace.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
certainly raise a lot of dough,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">by
chewing my cud, </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">at
private, black tie fundraisers,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">very,
very slow. </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
debate a timely topic or two,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
preach from the bully pulpit,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
convert a few</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">before
I'm through.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
make promises, (I know) I can't keep</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
pray hawkish members </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">of
the watchful media </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">are
stupid or asleep.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
whine about women </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
their working wombs,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">and make secret deals </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif; line-height: 100%;">with </span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 100%;">the good 'ol boys, in back rooms. </span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
blubber about the economy</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
wave my puppet hands, </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
blame the nation's problems</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">on
</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">ne'er
do wells</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
in the land.</span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">I'll
prattle on </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">about
taxes,</span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">and
the state of </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">education.</span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">I'll
</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">extol
the virtues </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">of
</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">war,</span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
the need for deportation.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
polish my down-home</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">Christian facade,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 100%;">so
I won't be pegged a</span><span style="line-height: 100%;"> paynim</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">from
the land of Nod.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
salute first responders</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">and
</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">the
</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">officers
in blue,</span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and I'll tell veterans I went to war, </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">when
it might not be true.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
gerrymander county lines,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and
recount every vote,</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">while
shmooshing with minorities</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">in
my technicolor coat.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #520001;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>When
I run for President,</i></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I'll
rave about family values</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">and often praise the middle class.</span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">When
I run for President, </span></span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style: normal;">I
will kiss a lot of ass.</span></span></span></div>
JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-33365148549475434052015-07-23T08:03:00.000-07:002015-07-23T08:05:57.602-07:00Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla in Cubicle #666A split screen - A visual scream.<br />
<br />
Some kind of retinally,<br />
responsive double time.<br />
The hell it is!<br />
It's pantomime.<br />
<br />
And I'm breathing fire,<br />
'cause I'm going efffing blind!<br />
<br />
He said, the new doodads<br />
and doohickeys,<br />
and new clickety-clack keyboards<br />
are quite tricky.<br />
... but my old be-fuddlers<br />
worked just fine.<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
He told me flatly,</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
my work station's been re-calibrated. </div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
I suspect it's been assaulted, </div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
tinkered with, and possibly,</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
.... quite possibly... demodulated???</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
How I wish...</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Fira Mono', 'Source Code Pro', monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><html><br /> <title> This A-Hole </title><br /> <body><br /> <p>...from Information Services, would leave my shit alone!...</p><br /> </body><br /></html> </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<br /></div>
Because I know<br />
my system has just been Borged!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Fira Mono', 'Source Code Pro', monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Fira Mono', 'Source Code Pro', monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;">...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Fira Mono', 'Source Code Pro', monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;">ASSIMILATED...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Fira Mono', 'Source Code Pro', monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span>
> reassigned<br />
> shared<br />
> reconfigured<br />
and re-rated<br />
> password protected<br />
> tagged<br />
> tapped<br />
and bated<br />
<br />
and he's got the nerve,<br />
got the nerve<br />
to tell me in a<br />
strange voice<br />
that sounds<br />
a lot like Stephen Hawking's,<br />
my system has been<br />
updated - "<i>upgraded."</i>JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-32213373825095594292015-07-23T04:55:00.003-07:002015-07-23T08:12:31.160-07:00MatinsCome, comes<br />
the summer sun<br />
and sets a crooked moon,<br />
and at 6:30 a.m.<br />
I have got to leave<br />
this room.<br />
<br />
Come, comes<br />
another workday,<br />
and walk away<br />
do dawn embellished dreams<br />
because my sinew<br />
and muscles<br />
are needed on the scene.<br />
<br />
Come, comes<br />
warm drops of water<br />
to wash away<br />
midnight musk.<br />
I scent myself anew<br />
for the 9:00 a.m. to dusk.<br />
<br />
Come, comes<br />
a motor hummming<br />
and chameleon stop lights<br />
along the way.<br />
"Late. Don't make me late."<br />
I begin to pray.JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-44556407167683915302015-07-23T04:15:00.001-07:002015-07-23T04:15:21.711-07:00Murder in the MorningTwo flies.<br />
New flies.<br />
I swear I see fruit flies.<br />
Or are they<br />
nasty little gnats?<br />
<br />
Could be black flies<br />
or horse flies<br />
or blue bottles<br />
with big eyes.<br />
I can't really tell.<br />
<br />
They're winging<br />
and clinging<br />
to tall green trash cans<br />
that really smell.<br />
<br />
These flies,<br />
or those flies,<br />
I've got to make sure<br />
each maggot dies.<br />
<br />
My hose will<br />
blast 'em to hell.<br />
<br />JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839110034298305569.post-41745450351990642862015-07-22T20:36:00.001-07:002015-07-22T20:36:41.044-07:00Rise of the RumormongersSomeone said, she strong Southern roots,<br />
even though she stomped around in Northern boots.<br />
<br />
Another said, she was never good enough,<br />
and her words where often odd, big or rough.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
Someone said, she had wild Western ways,<br />
even though she lived in the East all of her days.<br />
<br />
Another said, she would often fail or falter,<br />
and got spurned by her lover at some church altar.<br />
<br />
Someone said, she was never quite right,<br />
even though the plain truth was always in sight.<br />
<br />
Another said, she would always need a crutch,<br />
and wondered why she didn't come around much.JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00114257252352473823noreply@blogger.com