Disconsolation Prize

Disconsolation has seen inflation without cessation within our nation, an aberration, collaboration of groups aligned to create devastation. The new contender, Gov. Ron DeSantis, has all the charm and passion of an evil praying mantis. … Read more

The BIG NRA

There was no election in 2028. No need, they said, the deed is done. The country’s been made great. The New Russian Alliance, dubbed ‘The BIG NRA,’ will make war cease and enforce peace the … Read more

Seventy Five

Some say seventy-five is three-quarters alive. I’ll make the best of one-fourth that remains. They say it sneaks up quietly, old age and all that jive. My brawn may be long gone, but I’ve got … Read more

Stop the Spiel

Classified documents are missing. It’s time to stop Republican ring-kissing. Remember in November when you’re picking, these red state liars need a good ass-kicking. Democracy itself is now at stake. Vote out the MAGA-morphs for … Read more

The Reign in Ukraine

Goodbye Mikhail Gorbachev, you sure tore down that wall. And now your people hate you for heeding Reagan’s call. Ronnie pulled the wool, it seems, o’er unsuspecting eyes. Began with arms for hostages, and just … Read more

Under House Arrest

I wear a headband of police tape. My brain is a crime scene. Sometimes I say what I don’t think or think what I don’t mean. My memory’s a jukebox full of skipping forty-fives. Too … Read more

O.G. Sparks Fly

Electronics have no feeling. Oftentimes they leave you reeling. One day, just as you had feared, your password has disappeared. All your work’s gone into hiding, with so much upon it riding. Reestablishing contact isn’t … Read more

Fatal Flaw

His castle in Palm Beach,  called ‘Mar-a-Lago,’ (Sea to Lake), was home to secret documents he had no right to take. Some with top priority, like info about nukes, were hidden in a basement club … Read more

Rat Tales

A church full of rats in elegant hats were ready to pray to their lord. The high priest of vermin always gave his sermon from inside a hollowed-out gourd. They sang of great scraps and … Read more

No Monkey Business

I’ve suffered through the Ukraine war,  pandemic and inflation. The world’s in such a fragile state, we all need a vacation. So, wrap me up in shower curtains. Seal me in a box. I didn’t … Read more

Sun Flake

Could only take ten minutes in the sun. I’m old enough to know when my skin’s done. And then, there were the ants, and me, out in short pants. All I could do was sing … Read more

The Ballad of Bobby Crimo

Murder chat rooms on the internet draw one in to crazies not yet met. Videos of bloodbaths filmed for fun. Cartoons of a shooter with long gun. Bobby’s last post was of a beheading. He’ll … Read more

Kill Fil (Part One)

Kill the filibuster. That shit has lost its luster. The next step is abort the current Supreme Court. Then take back Roe v Wade and start to throw some shade. Come down on Gaetz and … Read more

Kafka in Hell

Kafka woke to find he’d turned to Putin. “To hell with all these bugs, let’s start some shootin’!” Though Metamorphosis was on his brain, he opted instead to attack Ukraine. Killing civilians might be wrong … Read more

Court and Sparks

Supreme Court favors pollution. It’s their fourth straight bad solution. Open carry was the first. Ban abortions was the worst. Prayer in schools then got its day. Now climate change deemed okay. All three right-wing … Read more

Abortion Aborted

Supreme Court had a field day taking women’s rights away. Yesterday, put guns in play. For tomorrow, who’s to say? Maybe bring back slavery? Poor and homeless work for free, tossed aside like mere debris. … Read more

The Elephant Gang

Republican isn’t a party any more. It’s a nasty right wing gang waging a civil war. Their leader is an imbecile who thinks he is a Don, a self proclaimed grand master of the lie, … Read more

Foolish Ways

Foolish actions happen all the time. Somebody buys a nickel, drops a dime. Another picks a hill too steep to climb. In life there is a reason and some rhyme. Perhaps a wrong way taken … Read more