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Monday, October 3, 2016
Eve of Imminent Extinction
Where over millenniums
Myriads grew and grew
Only to shrink
To two, now only one
And before you
Know it, no one
To say goodbye to
The setting sun, too.
Friday, September 30, 2016
Romantic Poet Sick to Death of the Muse
Verily I have been lax with you
Of late I know, but I swear
Over the graves of my venerable
Forebearers
I will be lax no more
—
The next time I hear you
Whistling in time to the lullaby
Of bombs dropping softly
Into laps of babes
I shall drop everything,
Drop straight to my knees
And—dare I say it?—
Pray you call no more.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Skid Row Tenement House Rotgut
So rotten the rickety flight
Of stairs you had to hold
Your breath and nose all
The way ending
Up stinking drunk
On the bum
On the ground
Floor landing up
Side down.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Downtown Sidewalk after Deluge
Scum all
Washed away—
Cement scrubbed so
Clean urchins soak
Up hopscotch
On it night and day.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Concupiscent Sirens
Oh most baffled
Of bedeviled public
Men, should you chance
To come upon a ship
Stranded miraculously
On top of a mountain, think
Out of the box, do not be
Dumbfounded, do not founder
In the maelstrom
Of male stupidity, it’s clear
As that insistent throbbing
In your dimwitted heads—
A woman’s lone pubic
Hair has dragged it there!
Monday, September 19, 2016
Food for Thought
Grit your teeth on this
Piece of homily, ‘Murica—
Just so
You can squeal
Your piggy little hearts out,
Once we have the elections
In the bag, you’ll be free
To skedaddle out
Of the poke unfettered
And amble in
To the nearest Salvation
Army melting pot.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
2016 U.S. Presidential Candidates Enunciating the Question of Poverty in America
1. Hillary Clinton:
“For once and for all
For crying out loud,
Tell me what
You want?
”
2. Donald Trump:
“For crying
Out loud, tell me
Once and for all
What—YOU WANT?!
”
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