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
Velcro – Unzipped
July 15, 2006
why a following
and not faith?
why signs
and no horizons?
why flesh
but no sight?
why not faith
and no following?
why not horizons
with no signs?
why not sight
but not flesh?
2006
I have slowly,
not always smoothly,
not always with confidence,
inched myself out onto this limb.
It
is
far
safer
near
the
trunk.
2004
Ask Mister Helpful
July 5, 2006
Question:
Dear Mister Helpful,
I love to eat at McDonalds because it is cool and the food is really really good. But every time I eat there I feel sick about 45 minutes later. What should I do?
Signed, Nauseous in Nashua
Answer:
Dear Nauseous,
Try eating 45 minutes earlier.
I’m lovin’ it,
Mr. H.
The marketing
geekdom
will not rest
until every
inch of earth and sky
is covered
with corporate logos
like a NAS CAR:
This oak tree
is sponsored
by Viagra
Miller Lite
and Little Debbie
That cloud
by Marlboro
Nicoderm
and STP
This stream
by Jim Beam…
Chocolate Coal Chips
May 16, 2006
The spoon is
a bulldozer –
the ice cream
West Virginia.
I scrape for chips
of chocolate.
No one seems able
to stop me.
A Mom Like You
May 13, 2006
The world needs
more moms
like you.
A mother to speak softly
about how special
a child is.
A mom to look up to
and feel sure about.
I wish I could send you
to those
who need a mom
like you;
to embrace them
in fragrant warmth
while you sing away
the loneliness.
Eternity smiles
May 5, 2006
On a cold still night
moon lights the room.
I hold her upon my lap
a warm tiny bundle.
Her dark eyes
search this space
as we rock in time
with the universe…
Poverty: A Quick Study
April 7, 2006
The wealthy Democrat and the rich Republican have more in common than the wealthy Democrat and the middle class Democrat. Never delude yourself otherwise. Politics is all about the preservation of the status quo. The status quo translates to golf club memberships, private school tuition, new BMWs for the kids, Colorado ski trips, vacation home with boat in New Hampshire, SUVs the size of Rhode Island, shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Talbots, and on and on and on. There is little difference between a Democrat’s mansion and a Republican one. It is all rhetoric. It is like the World Wrestling Federation with suits. At the end of the show, the wrestlers leave together all richer while the fans leave together all poorer and most stupider.
Check out http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp
A well researched compilation of statistics and theories on the causes of poverty.
For example:
The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined.
Three Richest People in the world in 2005 according to Forbes business magazine (in billions)
1. Bill Gates, United States,$46.5, Microsoft
2. Warren Buffett, United States, $44, Berkshire Hathaway
3. Lakshmi Mittal, India, $25, steel
That’s a total of 115.5 billion.
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