Buddy Knows First
April 3, 2026
He leaps
from the couch
to growl at the sky.
Then looks back at me –
as if goodbye.
Soon roll the winds
straight from hell
all we can do
is bark and yell.
The Earth now an Ember
our spirits release,
another failed planet,
another failed “peace”.
In a flash.
Is Your Candidate an Armageddonist?
January 1, 2012
Belief in the The Apocalypse of John
asserts peace is unattainable
until the “second coming” of Christ.
That until there is a worldwide conflagration;
until a Christ lead theocracy emerges –
peace is impossible.
How can an Armageddonist work for peace
without furthering
theocracy,
the self fulfilling
prophesy?
Discovering Tyrants
July 5, 2008
In the days of antennae
atop wooden consoles –
we pulled in whatever
was out there.
Much of it,
old war footage:
tanks in mud
men on stretchers
cannon flashing
Zeros falling
and Der Fuhrer
pounding his fist
in truculent German
to adoring masses.
I would wonder:
what is he saying?
why is he so pissed?
why would people like him?
(Just as a non anglophone might think
when first seeing and hearing a Limbaugh)
“class warfare” accuses Rush disapprovingly
July 4, 2008
Our country was born of
contempt for privilege.
Yet today we are besmirched
for having those same
patriotic opinions.
qazse 