Mister October

He slips in while the trees still have their leaves. In fact, you might still be dressed in short sleeves. Where green and lush abound, there’ll soon be on the ground great piles of nature’s … Read more

Empty

Delete Red. Green is new. Sip with caution. Poultry, too. Watch that sunset. Bail that lift. What’s a Magi With no gift?

Seasonal Distorter

This could be our last warm day. Summertime has gone away. No more time for livin’ easy. Fall will descend, cool and breezy. Soon the leaves will be aflutter. Piling in the lawn and gutter. … Read more

The Cruelty Factory

The cruelty factory is giving out rebates for tortures unseen and ominous fates For confessions extracted, new law’s been enacted. Makes pain mandatory. It’s tied in with glory. Passed in a landslide, wherein a few died. … Read more

Hawk Spa

Thrown open are the windows and fresh banana peels to the crows! The hawk has paid a visit. After rains he frequently shows up at the top of the tallest tree outside my window, where, … Read more

Down Tempo

My heart is scarred. I’ve been disbarred from life’s most supreme court. I hope to squeeze some living in despite time being short. A car needs a new battery. Perhaps that’s what’s wrong with me. … Read more

Earth Daze

Ghost forests on the coast and penguins killed by bees. Looks as though this climate roast will have us on our knees. Hurricane debris piles up and leaves an awful stench. We’re bailing with a … Read more

Colossal Fossil

Let’s bring the wooly mammoth back to life. It’s time we start to practice ‘de-extinction.’ Genetically reengineered elephants would save the tundra. That is their distinction. The herds would roam the Arctic with its melting … Read more

Chile ’73

The junta of General Augusto Pinochet took control in a Chilean coup on this day, deposing President Salvadore Allende, whose own democracy was seen as in their way. Some said this had the smell of … Read more

Planet Witness

Scientists, perhaps, have found a Planet Nine to replace dear old Pluto, for whom we all still pine. Could be a cold gas giant, much bigger than the Earth, somewhere outside of Neptune, six times … Read more

Back to School

A young schoolboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the bus The boy was filled with questions about what was all the fuss. He’d picked his clothes and shined his shoes. He thought he looked … Read more

Return of Hair Drumpf

Hair Drumpf has got abortion in his sights. He will continue smashing voting rights. His followers believe in resurrection. They have no real reality connection. They plan another big D.C. to-do. Steve Bannon calls it … Read more

Texas Hold ‘Em

Texas got things all out of proportion. Need a person swing for an abortion? Bounty hunting fetus crime? They are going back in time, Christians stalking med providers as if they were freedom riders, shutting … Read more