Goose Tatum, Goose Gossage and Goose Goslin used to get in their best vee formation and chase Ducky Medwick, George Crowe, Robin Roberts, Hawk Harrelson and Jose Cardenal around the field. Occasional drop ins by … Read more
The Feds have found a whole new way to keep us in the red. They sent a million stimulus checks out to people dead. More than a billion dollars worth. The IRS is ripped. We’d … Read more
William Barr’s a tool of the game Monopoly. He’s become the reigning king of “Get Out of Jail Free.” He’s destroyed the last vestige of our democracy. Law’s a joke. Order’s bespoke. There’s no land … Read more
O what has become of the Truffula trees that swayed in the cool summer breeze? The Lorax has fled, the Once-ler is dead, because of a deadly disease. In the Grickle grass there lay the … Read more
Drumpie’s moved to Florida, there’s fewer taxes there. He leaves his tower in New York and much synthetic hair. He’ll blend in with the old folks in a state of milk and honey. And he … Read more
My mother died a year ago today. I feel I need do more than light a candle. I should sit on a rock and meditate, but somehow feel that’s more than I can handle. It’s … Read more
This guy was Sessions’ Chief of Staff. His resume could make one laugh. He lost a couple statewide runs. But he works out and has big guns. He’s almost fifty, from Des Moines, loved by … Read more
She takes her picture once a week in that old photo booth. She once fell down outside of Sears and chipped a baby tooth. She buys her jeans and magazines and cigarettes all there. At … Read more
Tap our phones and cramp our styles. Lock us up without fair trials. Check our luggage for nail files. We will not be cowed. Keep tabs on library books. Categorize us by looks. Sometimes kings … Read more
“God always comes in through the side door if he bothers to show up at all ,” said the tired old grey haired bartender, one day late December, after a mild fall. “He sits on … Read more
The ghost of mediocrity is out bowling for dollars. Ten pins, he wins, the counter spins, he flies around and hollers. The game is just a sidelight. He should really be asleep. But smashing wood … Read more
The righteous will die with the damned, a puzzle all over the land. The pieces are covered with blood. We’re working our way to the flood. The troops are well-meaning, of course, a brave and … Read more
My love for the Queen is out of check. Want to storm her castle like a knight. Call the bishop, I am sweet love’s pawn. King me in the palace of romance.
Conjoined protractors measure proclivity in inverse parallels, negating the subjugated need. If only the conquerors Had similar technology, perhaps we’d not be buried in the vast electric haze. When thinking is a shock, the system … Read more
The bait shop’s been decorated with cornstalks and old flags. Another seasonal war appears. The leaf wrencher attacks the futile pushcart vendor. The fatalistic pharmacist overpacks his capsules. Morning mists, like gray troops, storm the … Read more
Showering stars are descending. Each crater creates a new park. It’s Meteor Town never ending. A literal scream after dark. O where are you now, Stephen Hawking? The bodies are outlined in chalking. Who’d guess … Read more
I remember eating supper Off of father’s head. Shallow dive syndrome Had left his noggin Flat as a table. Even the egg rolls Wouldn’t roll off. Sometimes he’d cut his hair In checkerboard pattern, And … Read more
Please excuse My imported furniture If it shifts slightly Toward the east While we’re eating. It’s always pining For its homeland Or fighting with the china. One morning I awoke To discover two chairs Had … Read more
There is always pastry by the water. Small wooden men tending cork boats. Hooked shadows and light knives. Another bloated body found unbuttered. A meager crowd of infidels resurfaced. Specialists and wharf rats hone their … Read more
I’ve misplaced my stack of adverbs. My adjectives have all gone moldy. Nouns abound, like circus clowns. But most of my verbs are long expired. I’ve always been anti-pronoun, And prone to conjunctivitis. But I … Read more