Sunday, June 30, 2013

Angry Young Republicans


Angry Young Republicans

  

They tax and tax

The tax and tax

Your death, they are

Taxing us to death, they

Affirmative action us

Out of our rightful white birthright.

They are all against us

That’s why we need

Our guns

But they want to

Take those, too

Along with our money

And they won’t let our

Kids pray in school.

Those bastards

Are out to get us –

The rich, the white, the well connected

The oh so disaffected.

 

              

 

Monday, June 10, 2013

Poem of the Day


The Army You Have
 
Not the one you always wanted
A disappointing present on Christmas Day
The one you end up with
Wheels falling off
Treads derailed
And missing parts .
 
They are doing miraculous things these days
Putting bodies back together
Fluids can be drained and refilled
The smashed cat like eyes of an SUV
Patched with duct tape
Always remembering the bottom line
Christmas comes but once a year.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Poem of the Day


The Dead Awaken

 

 

 

The executives are protesting

Against those who do not want war.

Their picket signs have dollar signs

They will be heard.

The rich want even more

They too will be heard.

 

The homeless man wants to eat

He will not be heard.

The soldiers die

They will not be heard.

The women and children die

They will not be heard.

 

The Chief Executive orders us

To spend more

He assures us the war

Is good for America.

 

The executives all cheer

And the dead awaken.