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the new morality

...The New Morality

Trump has spoken, we get up from our chairs and salute, actually not. 
The fact is, we are tired of this endless war
That is economically viable for many, an industry of death
...

Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy

...Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy

Which lame excuse I exclaimed,
when my dear old mom asked
rather told me in her scolding voice
to tidy up my bedroom,
cuz this...

Soul-Trapping Mirrors

...amid muck and mire of a storm swamp 
~ shadows dance below chartreuse skies
mirrors labyrinth stifles our souls quest;

holding reflections of lovelorn dreams,
maxims and myths that fall may wre...

The Cold Embrace of Death

...
I love the cold as I lay beneath my
feather doodah, or chill-out
in my warm down-filled wind cheater.

I love to run through fields of ice and snow
with steam expelling from my mouth
with eve...

April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

...April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Elysian fields long since embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad shy of 
fif...

The downplayed hazard of swallowing vitamins a -z

...The downplayed hazard of swallowing vitamins a -z

Ofttimes, I nearly find myself choking,
and frantically beck-kin ing
for immediate intervention in vain,
and my time is a piece of wax
falling...

more gift cards

...More gift cards

What is it with people and the money they dream of I’m not a money person, cash in hand is ok 
Perhaps a small account is enough for everyday use to repair a puncture.
A family f...

Stretching outer limits of incredulity beyond realm of logic

...Stretching outer limits of incredulity beyond realm of logic

In an attempt to recount how life came about on planet Earth,
thence subsequently spanning across the webbed wide world
birthed cocka...

Still Life: Seventh-Grade Art Teacher Gets High Marks

...
I'm a woman now. I have means to be  
mean and get away with it.  
 
He died—too fast for my liking.  
I’d already hired a detective, 
ready to face it—  
or at least harass the details of th...

Rather than crank up the heat

...Rather than crank up the heat...

and ratchet up global warming
like bubbling vegetable stew
with tsk... tsk... heard
courtesy Greta Thunberg,
who would utter "how dare you..."

I bundle with...

I owe appreciative courtesy to alternative press

...I owe appreciative courtesy to alternative press...

for enlightening my senses
to the evocative, reciprocative
and suffocative
auditory and visual material
publicized in The Nation
magazine J...

The following fictitious scenario I evoke

...The following fictitious scenario I evoke

Analogous to fire breathing 
puffed up imaginary dragon
(in a land called Honah Lee)
ye might rightly think
what the deuce
haunting spectre ace of sp...

Memory's Souvenirs

...
I laud precious memories when cold nights prevail.
Those that fan love's flames against Winter winds
for in those images my lonely heart beats again,
if only an interlude where grief holds n...

I would pull the sun down from the skies

...Given armor to stave off the burning, I would pull the sun down from the skies 
Falling away from heavens light is showing me you are numb to this blistering pain; without feeling it, you and I will...

Extra Extra Read all about it

..."Extra! Extra! Read all about it!"

Not a crock of ... but bull heave me,
you heard (read) right here from me
the horse's mouth,
who never neigh says,
cuz Trump (unexpectedly)
nixed presidenti...

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