How to be a great teacher of self absorption

December 21, 2007

Put yourself on the cover
of every issue.
Name it after you.

Live in a mansion
with fourteen bathrooms
and only two asses.

Build an exclusive school
amidst great need –
create clones of yourself.

Go orgasmic over
shiny things
as if they bring happiness.

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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.

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antiku

November 25, 2007

last year
at no particular time
I watched tv

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EWTN watch

November 5, 2007

Heard on Nov. 3, 2007:

“Only Christ can unite a very sick and sinful human race.”

(Oh, by the way, speaking of sick and sinful – look at the cost of this merchandise at their website)

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If only otherwise…

September 11, 2007

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We heard oral sex
ten thousand times
more
than terrorism.

We saw her face
ten thousand times
more
than the evildoer.

 

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I heard “oral sex”

August 19, 2007

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I heard “oral sex”
ten thousand times more
than “terrorism”.

I saw her face
ten thousand times more
than bin Laden’s.

If only it had been otherwise…

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CNNxiety

June 6, 2007

anxious images
over and over again …
entertainment

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Upon Discovering a Tyrant (in revision)

June 5, 2007

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atop wooden consoles
we pulled in whatever
was out there

footage of tanks
in hopeless mud
cannons flashing
through the night

our rugged life,
at the television
we would stare

zeros twisting
down in flames
der fuhrer pounding
with indignant might

in truculent german
to adoring masses
who would cheer

as he screamed
we versus them
follow the dream
the deutsches reich

I would wonder
what is he saying?
why is he so angry?

why are people
cheering
goose stepping
haling heiling

singing crying
like fools
smiling?

(just as a non
anglophone might think
when first hearing Limbaugh)

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screwing common people

May 30, 2007

common people
want peace
and harmony

those who divide us
are manipulators
and misfits
power brokers
and fist lovers

how do we cope?
drugs and tv
earning and spending

through escape
we join them

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changing in place

May 20, 2007

new package
new bottles
new make
new models

new fashion
new faces
new gadget
new places

old game
new looks
old fish
new hooks

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