Country
Another End of the World Type Scenario
Red tide washing on a red state.
Red tide every year getting bigger.
Jump in, say the couple from Kansas.
Jump in, say the kids on spring break.
Not so … Read more
Full Circle
Just my sister and me
riding in the backseat of a ’58 Dodge sedan
heading home to NJ after six weeks
of the summer sun in our grandparents’
Miami Beach … Read more
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
She’s earned great renown as a ludicrous clown
whose birdbrained pronouncements and other announcements
have made her the talk of the town.
Says she:
By six billion … Read more
It’s My Birthday!
“It’s my birthday!”
I sing out to everyone.
From the lady decorating my cake,
To the man who’s slicing the meat.
“It’s a very special day,” they all echo back.… Read more
“DEMAND DEMAND DEMAND”
Economists create charts
“SUPPLY and DEMAND”
to appease the vultures who peck at the carcasses of girlhood,
suckling on their milk and honey
until the well runs dry,
smirking at … Read more
Baker’s Farm
chem cloud rising
black and boiling
over near Baker’s farm today
early thunder shook the ground
where the cows were eating hay
hurry now
grab the children
we must be … Read more
Quantum Physics Proves There is No Such Thing as Nothing
Instead, there is quantum foam
particles blinking into existence
only to blink back out
and as someone fallen
from the wagon of Catholicism
this discovered range of energies
feels like … Read more
Tragedy in the News
When the earth heaves and crushes
tens of thousands in seconds, when a wave
drinks an island dry of babies, or fire
sweeps a town into dust, we turn
and … Read more
Skewed Priorities (Is this what you wanted?)
Skies of ink and embers
Sit beyond the flames erupting
Between masses of cement and wood
Of a place, she’d once called home
The ever so fragile
House of carnage… Read more
Summer Creek
stumbling down dry-leaf trails on summer creek
— I dare not touch the water.
fish scales dry on sandy dunes,
on jagged banks like druid runes,
the smell is harsh, … Read more