Someone else’s dam has burst Someone else’s children are shooting Someone else’s war is escalating Someone else’s soup is burning Someone else’s misery is measureless Someone else’s eyes are sad Someone else’s words have fallen on deaf ears Someone else’s success has surpassed all expectations Someone else’s ‘s garden is going to waste Someone else’s …
My dream is out
Somebody poked a hole in my dream and found me They didn’t even have a wand They were just trying to get out of the big dream Of the f__ked-up world And blundered into mine With their war-like mentality Their hamburger breath And their angry hurt red eyes of blame and fear and hate And …
Russian conscript
He said It’s time to be willing To die for the motherland And stamped my papers But I want my daughter to live in peace! Men are born to fight, he said Don’t be a wimp Then he got gloomy and looked at the floor I thought of my friends Who electrocuted toads I thought …
Waking from the dream of causality
I was reading about Italy’s weather turmoil in the midst of southern Europe’s continuing hellish heat wave and unprecedented storms and then I read this: “The minister for civil protection, Nello Musumeci, wrote on Facebook: “This is one of the hardest days in Italy’s history . . . Climate change has hit our nation and …
Ask a poet
God blesses America. The United States thinks it is omnipotent. But Americans themselves are impotent. They have no control over what their leaders think or do. Have you noticed that the United States does cyber espionage While everyone else hacks? If you want to understand the United states You should listen to a 72 year …
Fight Day
So, fight day is coming soon. Who wants to fight? Does everyone who wants to fight Have someone to fight with? There is a sign up sheet in the hall. North Korea will fight with South Korea (and the United States), China could fight with Taiwan (and the United States). Pakistan could fight with India …
A short history of America and the world
Between the turn of the screw And the twist of the knife Between the Twist of the twister And Dylan’s simple twist of fate There sometimes arise opportunities To own the life that was given us by our mothers To make headway against The semi generated wind of the highway of the one-way life. Against …
Connecting dots
Dot one The United States is at war With itself. (It is also at war with Russia By proxy in Ukraine. It is also at war in Congress. It is at war in townships And states From sea to shining sea.) Maybe in its heart too. Maybe in its soul. Do you get what I’m …
The used book store
When I stepped into that old used bookstore With the entrance just two feet behind me I knew there was no turning back Until I chose a book or a book chose me. The proprietor was perfectly cloaked By his energy field To the point of only reluctantly appearing When he saw me at the …
How watching “Till” was like striking a gong
Yesterday I had a thought That resounded like a gong. It vibrated through my bones. And there was a halo around it. Overnight it became a story, A story of how I can still save myself From being steam-rolled by the status quo. It was a movie that struck this gong. The movie was “Till”. …
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