dear God
December 10, 2007
help us to understand
(not that we would change
anything)
the Bush Lecture Tour:
November 28, 2007
Katrina
October 21, 2007
– destruction brought on
by men’s sins alright:
hubris
greed
denial
myopia
dereliction
disinterest
inempathy
incompetence
he is a coward
August 27, 2007
he once stopped by
and promised to resolve
my shattered bones.
he dried my tears,
placed a candle in my heart,
but not a flame.
he proclaimed,
I will never abandon you.
then he left.
he left to have sex
with violence – like John Wayne
slapping a woman.
although he showed up,
he never returned.
again and again.
To have no care of wrong or right – a villanelle
March 9, 2007
To have no care of wrong or right
have no thought but to decree,
soar and see as a hawk in flight.
Fly from dark into light
hold no sense of history
to have no care of wrong or right.
Wire your brain to plumes that fright,
know only what you need to be;
soar and see as a hawk in flight.
See the red as black and white,
kill and eat the flesh, be free
to have no care of wrong or right.
Practice not duty nor requite.
Scree hemic cries of victory.
Soar and see as a hawk in flight.
Have no pretense but your might
Take no knowledge from the tree.
To have no care of wrong or right,
soar and see as a hawk in flight.
if you run a hospital
March 6, 2007
if you run a hospital
walk around
if you run a school
walk around
if you run a family
walk around
if you are
mismanagement 101
stay in your chair
your choice
January 5, 2007
if you believe you are alone –
you are always alone
if you believe in guidance –
it is everywhere
blame it on the killer eggs
August 4, 2006
Diner Diner burning bright
sober beacon
drunken night.
Java Java steaming hot
swore I wouldn’t
drink a lot.
Eggs Eggs slimy soft
all too soon
I send aloft.
Run Run for the door
retch my innards
to the floor.
Wake Wake tormented head
sweating gin
wish I were dead.
with apologies to William Blake
qazse 
