Political Number Poems

My friend Murphy is annoyed by her neighbors.
At first it was just the one who steps over the foul line in basketball.
All the time.
Which I...

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You can acknowledge the emptiness at the core of your being
or go crazy when the world goes crazy.
The numbers of us overwhelm, 
an impending tsunami,...

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"Mein Kampf" held the clue for you and Europe
You hoped Hitler would destroy Soviet Russia, then itself

Game Theory, realpolitik, so-called political scientists say, "realism"
O how...

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THE NUMBER FOUR

     Two plus two or two into two.
     Giving you the easiest clue,
  ...

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I've got a pile of **** mags
I keep them in my shed
When I look at them I get excited 
They're an ******** collection

I like to...

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Good to listen to others:
let’s face it, they want
to be heard—why they speak--
even if we have all the answers
imagined
since questions and answers
are more numerous than
the...

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Looking Out For Number One
7-7-2016
Tom

Progressive politicians will tell you,
To get votes throw each dog a bone.
Some are the size of a SNAP card,
While others are...

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Number of Man
(Webster’s Ninth)

Money trail reveals factor
To assemble humans follow layout
Swat down charges with linguistic racket
Sticks more effective than carrot dangle
Arguments sustained by pundits' jangle
Beached...

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Donald John!

Didn't your mother teach you?
We do not aim our scissors
at our allies
when they ask us
to share our dangerously cutting weapons.

We also do not run...

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The USA is Number 1
Selling arms all over the globe
We earn our wealth fuelling conflict
Who needs a Congressional probe?

The rest of this world is nasty
So...

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Suddenly!

Suddenly when brushing my teeth
walking the dog,
bending down
to pick up trash,
it hits me
all over again,
"He's! the President."

It sneaks up on me sometimes
when dozing,
or gazing
lazily
out the...

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Cousin Donald Comes to Town ...

Elroy was all cock-a-hoop cos
cousin Donald was a-comin'
a visiting & they were so darn
chuffed & tremblin' in anticipation
that friday night...

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space ship hits Trump’s wall
goodwill trip ends in pieces -
"tea party" justice

alternate ending...

aliens handled

Long Tooth
September 1, 2016...

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Dragon made the papers for that very unfortunate Church event, toots sweet.
Then Dragon, suddenly, decided to finger-paint billboards, all over the town.
He’d discovered painting was...

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