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If you want to love Jesus

December 11, 2008

He looks like this:

street beggar.jpg

Not this:

Posted in Christian, Christianity, cult of personality, dogma, DOMINIONISM, hero worship, homeless, hunger, Jesus, Miscellaneous, poor, poverty, POWER, Religious Right, spirit, starvation, values, violence, wealth | 3 Comments »

how to pay for Dom Perignon

June 2, 2008

before you place
money in hand –
blow off the dead
like dust

Posted in aristocracy, aristoscale, class warfare, death, dying, elitism, establishment, greed, homeless, human relations, humanscale, hunger, maximization of luxury, Miscellaneous, poem, Poetry, politics, poor, population, poverty, starvation, tyranny, wealth, wealthy, writing | 5 Comments »
Tags: champagne, Dom Perignon

a new year thought

January 1, 2008

Peace
and Prosperity
for the Poor

(for a change)

Posted in boomers, children, family, food, Haiku and Senryu, homeless, human relations, humanscale, hunger, indigenous peoples, infinity, life, love, Martin Luther King, Miscellaneous, mismanagement 101, peace, peaceful, Poetry, poor, poverty, POWER, Senryu, spiritual, starvation, status quo, values, war, wealth, You can't have it both ways | 3 Comments »
Tags: new year, prosperity

Pray for Peace

December 28, 2007

The dogs of war continue to rule this world. Your place and mine. Their opportunity is hostility and ignorance. Their game is manipulation. Terror is a tool – the fear of hell, ridicule, beating, bombing, jail, locusts, the list goes on and on. Each place has its own special box of terror.

Posted in 9/11, anger, Armageddon, Armageddonists, authority, brainwashing, censorship, cheney, China, crime, cult of personality, death, dogs of war, EvilDoers, fear, free rape, homeless, maximization of luxury, Miscellaneous, Poetry, politics, poverty, psychology, Religious Right, security, television, terrorism, torture, tyranny, violence, war, writing | 4 Comments »
Tags: assassination, Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan

When I Become Santa

December 14, 2007

We move operations south
to Newark, Watts, Bronx
East LA and ten thousand
other empty places.

We begin to make toys for souls.

Peaceful and playful
thoughtful and joyous toys.

Now
unafraid and knowing –
we will walk this earth
giving gifts.

Posted in children, Christian, Christmas, class, class warfare, commerce, commercialism, existence, fascism, fear, globalization, homeless, human relations, humanscale, hunger, Jesus, joy, Miscellaneous, peace, PlayStation, Poetry, politics, pollution, poor, pop culture, poverty, Qazse, religion, spiritual, status quo, television, terrorism, torture, tyranny, values, video games, violence, war, wealth, writing | 6 Comments »
Tags: Christmas, gift ideas, gifts, Santa

leave me alone for Christmas

December 10, 2007

Like in a glass-sided beehive,
the poor and dying press
against the window of my mind.

I cover the glass with candy canes
and Santas.

Posted in alcohol, Christmas, class warfare, homeless, human relations, hunger, luxury, maximization of luxury, maximization of profit, Miscellaneous, Poetry, poverty, privilege, starvation, status quo, violence, war, wealth, writing | 3 Comments »
Tags: charity, holidays

dear God

December 10, 2007

help us to understand
(not that we would change
anything)

Posted in Allah, class warfare, consumer trainee, cult of personality, environment, existence, globalization, God, government, History, homeless, hubris, human relations, hunger, Iraq, Iraqathon, Katrina, light pollution, love, luxury, maximization of luxury, maximization of profit, Miscellaneous, mismanagement 101, Poetry, politics, pollution, poor, poverty, religion, sex saturation, starvation, status quo, terrorism, values, violence, war, writing | Leave a Comment »

Aristoscale vs humanscale – a participatory poem by Christine, Jak, Qazse, and Z-freek

December 9, 2007

what if
we stopped
building mansions

what if
we began
to build ourselves.

our home
in our hearts
freedom

our home
in each other
humanity

our home
in love compassion
reality

Posted in aristocracy, aristoscale, China, class, class warfare, commerce, dogs of war, dope slap, economics, existence, globalization, homeless, human relations, humanscale, hunger, Iraqathon, Limbaugh, love, Martin Luther King, maximization of luxury, maximization of profit, McDonald's, Miscellaneous, Poetry, pollution, poor, poverty, starvation, status quo, Sudan, terrorism, values, violence, war, wealth, worship, You can't have it both ways | 6 Comments »
Tags: birth control, christmas gifts, compassion, condoms, ghetto, slums, soweto

on the outside looking in

December 6, 2007

You never look
at me.
I often look
at you.

You have
those things
I am told
bring happiness.

I have
those things
I am told
bring shame.

I look into
the restaurant –

you spend
my week’s wages
in a night

so elegant
so white

table cloths
and candles
fine wines
and waiters.

I could go on
and on,

but I have been ordered
to move along…

Posted in aristocracy, Christmas, class, homeless, hunger, maximization of luxury, Miscellaneous, Poetry, privilege, wealth, writing | 9 Comments »

Heroes

November 20, 2007

Every no-name human who has to live
in the frightening shit holes of this world.

Every person who struggles by their side.

All those who stand up to tyranny
in the face of beatings and death.

Posted in addiction, crime, death, dogs of war, dying, existence, fascism, fear, homeless, human relations, hunger, life, maximization of luxury, maximization of profit, Miscellaneous, Poetry, population, poverty, torture, whistle blowers | 2 Comments »
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