The story has been told and retold: Ben Franklin was walking out of Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, when a lady asked him…. “Well, Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy? Franklin, “A republic, if you can keep it.“ But that’s not the end of the story which most […]
Category: War
Break This Bottle
If I taxed my heart long enough to reach ninety-one I’d run short of beats, I know, dumb idea, no matter. I don’t need to map life that far to be happy– Still it’s good to know what’s out there before setting a course for the Isle of Calamity—waves rise and fall no gull flies […]
The Voice
If I spoke from the heart and you could hear You could ride the sound Back to the beginning and see you who you are If I spoke from the heart, my tears would be a river Running to the sea An ocean of sweetest water If I spoke from the heart, my joyful laughter […]
A Reckoning
There must be meaning behind a will, there must be healing. Night deepens but I cannot sleep, a lily pond glows drowsy koi floating by a moonlit walk in the park. Is there a reason to feel the loss of so many I never knew, did I help herd them to slaughter my twisted heart pounding […]
Lament for the Body Politic
You’re better to believe what we tell the children, God loves us
Satan’s to blame for all the evil in the world, the horrors of war.
Rock Prophecy
Ready for the end of NY City she wraps it twice in latex gives so easily Fucks in running shoes, plastic gloves no jokin’ man, she swallows like an anaconda bucks hard whispers lewd shit in my ear no goodbye, she runs, but I hear screams, It’s all a lot of nothin’, her coco kiss […]
Hymn to the Deadliest Weapon on Earth
Humor is the weapon of mass reduction, It reduces bigot to nit-wit, snob to bore The trendy cynic to last year’s unfriendly pessimist. It’ll take the nay out of naysayer Cure the terminal doubter and saw down denial like dead wood. It refuses to go away Cannot be destroyed by fire or flood Stands up […]
The Ears of Seongjin Castle
In the last light of March, under cherry trees as large as the oak Near the tomb of those lost in the battle of Seongjin Castle, yet another tale of the cruelty and kindness of men… The Japanese hacked off the noses and ears of the dead took them home, proof a battle won, souvenirs […]
Questionnaire
Questionnaire How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do? Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and acts of hatred. What sacrifices […]
