Perhaps… 4

August 8, 2006

We are spiritual guests on this earth
and should not join in the killing cycle.

 

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How Not to Lead

August 7, 2006

Put the maximization of profit above all ideals
call it the American dream.

Invite lobbyists to secretly make policy
declare it executive privilege.

Listen only to people who agree with you
pretend you do otherwise.

Paint all who dissent with a broad pink brush
label them traitors

Intimidate rather than dialogue
blame it on evil.

Squander a surplus.
Build a deficit.

Outsource torture.
Ignore law.

Fatten the rich.
Squeeze the poor.

Call yourself compassionate.

 

One Sunday Morning

August 6, 2006

We arrived at church,
but the the doors were locked.

A letter held on in the breeze:

My Dear Children,
I am not inside –
you will find me among the sick,
the troubled, the destitute…
Father Joe is with me.
Come join us.
Love,
God

Within the month
most of us had joined
a different church.

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

a haiku by Jack Kerouac

August 2, 2006

Perfect moonlit night
marred
by family sqabbles

– J.Kerouac

wish people dead
close your eyes
have a baby
invade

implants
brow lift
botox

click heels three times
hire assassin squad
eat more chicken

whiskey
whiskey
lots of whiskey

pout
quit
catch a plane

more whiskey
watch Oprah
write a poem

hit delete
shred it
flush it down

2005/2006

Choose Me God! Polka

July 30, 2006

farmer prays for rain

builder prays for none

each one asks the Lord

to be His chosen one

the dream chipper

July 25, 2006

Run my dreams
through the chipper
down the chute –
into the hole.

Cover this bootless
pile with
lye
rock
gravel
dirt
then seed.

I will fertilize
this forsaken treasure
into green blades
which bend beneath my shiny shoes

as I toss the children into the air
and they float down
like elm seeds.

the wife
watches
from her
windows

Put me on the train
clickity clack clickity clack
turn page check watch
wear tie
comb hair
turn page.

Run the tunnel
ride the shaft
bury me twenty stories
above the street
in a prolapsed mine
of glass and steel.

the boss
watches
from his
windows

I sit in church
staring at the butts before me
and trade my soul
for leather boots.

I think someone bigger is watching
so I remain in a pious pose –
another soul
smothered.

2004

the birthing wall

July 25, 2006

the air rushes in
bringing total consciousness
to a sudden stop

2006

item # 2:

you are a sucker for
sweeping generalizations:

all blacks
all whites
all girls
all boys
all rich
all poor

always
never

2006