how democracy died…

small infected cut
not visible to the eye
but soon it’s poison
entered the body’s blood stream
shutting down vital organs

expanding your repertoire…

must be something wrong
since you’ve got only one song
i’m taken the fifth
is the song you keep singing
might want to learn jailhouse rock

 

 

trump trunk sale…

this is the sale
you’ve
been waiting for
gonna have
some
nice stuff
lots of
silverware
and
plates
fine antiques
used
by
our
founding fathers
and
boxes
upon
boxes
of
top secret documents
for
you’re
viewing
pleasure
we’ve been
assured
that none
of
these
classified files
have ever
been seen
by
human eyes
secrets
that could make
you
a martyr
in
any number
of
foreign nations
so
don’t delay
head on down
to
florida
and
sort
through
these one of a kind
items
all sales
are
final
and
cash only
foreign agents
are
welcomed

will no one stay awake with me…

freedom’s drought has come
hordes of locusts are feeding
on our children’s flesh

deadly fungal infections….

CDC/GOV IMAGE

as i was passing
the newsstand
on my way
to work
the brown bag prophet
was reading
a discarded
morning paper
he
said
the cdc
has just notified
the public
that
a deadly fungus
has been
infecting people
mostly
the sickest
of
the sick
it’s resistant
to
all classes
of
antifungal drugs
he said
it’s rather like
the infectious
hate and fear
coming
from
washington dc
it’s
resistant to
all
forms of reason
spreading among
the sickest
in this nation
and
is truly
deadly

congressional approval…

hate lies in a shallow grave
scavengers find its rancid corpse
pulling it to the surface
freely sharing their bounty
with those hungry enough
to ignore the smell

random pages found on the floor #5…

the great horn owl speaks
words to its friend the darkness
asking why it is
that so many in day’s light
can be so blind to the truth

random pages found on the floor # 2…

like a sleepy child
with endless tears and whining
the new government
complains about everything
blaming everyone but self

it has begun…

a new civil war
black boots will once again march
but this time at home

quick draw contest…

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aunt bea
pulled out an old photo
of me
all decked out
as a cowboy
complete with
a genuine cowhide
double holster
holding white
simulated
pearl
handled pistols
she
said
as i recall
you
and
your cousins
were into
tv westerns
gun smoke
hopalong cassidy
and
such
you boys
would stand out front
practicing your quick draws
producing enough noise
from those cap guns
to send
the neighborhood dogs
into a barking
frenzy
back then
you didn’t
consider
the real consequences
of carrying out
a quick draw contest
with others
how death
was the real winner
seems like
the new administration
hasn’t quite
realized
that yet
or
doesn’t care