Posts Tagged ‘poem’

Temerity of the Joker

Develop your dexterity in practice of sincerity. Achieve internal parity. Such balance is a rarity. Resolve the mind’s distortion. Remove outside extortion. Learn how to reapportion. Become one with Frank Gorshin.

Taken by Degrees

The squares have all been rounded up, a universal wrangle. While life has lost a certain edge, there remains the triangle. The stars have all been taken down, no mention of a spangle. The artists … Read more

Eagle Eyepatch

An arcade in the wilderness has plunged our eagle into debt. He thought he’d rule the wildlife pool. But that was one bad bet. His chips were down on common ground. His talons lost their … Read more

The Big Door

Massive staircase to minimum space. Shuttling between orbits of gum. Sticking to the outside of the inside pages. Words pink and puckered by habit. There is no recourse to history’s racecourse. The favorites will win. … Read more

Pipe Dream

It’s time to bear the pall. The pendulum is still. The pit is split. The world is small. The wind is cold and chill. To deep holes in our sacred ground are lowered profane veins. … Read more

There Ought To Be A Law

This White House will undoubtedly go down in history. The president’s our first ever to be on PCP. The madness doesn’t stop at that; it’s all been quite consistent. The vice president named a fetus … Read more

General Malaise

Current fake news outlets are reporting our good spies with their bad are comporting. They say this chicanery ‘cross the ocean violates some democratic notion. They don’t recognize that in these times government needs leeway … Read more

Rocky Times Ahead

While inside the ring of this existence, one must rely often on persistence. Without it and some loving insistence, there will be no way to go the distance. Yes, life is like a fight to … Read more

Expanse

Ah, sweet perchance. Unruly happenstance. Life passes as a dance. We wander in a trance. All programmed in advance. As gods look on askance.

Born This Day (Feb. 7)

Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol," thus Scrooge was embedded. Sir Thomas More became a saint, but first he was beheaded. Eubie Blake composed and played the piano in a ragtime way. Eddie Bracken, comic, … Read more

Multiple Divisions

I heard gongs when there was no palace. I sensed wrongs where there was no malice. I averred that worshipping a chalice is rather odd, although that might be callous. Seems like all reports of … Read more

Simply Madness

The Indians will pay for the pipeline. Cleveland is, of course, possessed by gangs. Bomb the glaciers and tax the water. Please pull to the curb and be searched. Mexico will pay for the Alamo. … Read more

Donny Rotten

His public image is limited, indeed. His hair is a physical disturbance. There’s a question as to whether he can read. It seems his main emotion is perturbance. He’s pissed off the Aussies and latinos. … Read more

Bannon Canon

Steve Bannon is the sludge in my liver. If bad was teardrops, he would be a river. Every time I think about his Breitbart News, I get a sudden bad attack of alt-right blues. Says … Read more

The Mortal 500

The pointed teeth of doubt are nibbling away at my soul’s achilles tendon, causing a moral limp. I’m afraid I won’t be able to catch up with god in the big race.

Monkee Business

Here we come Marching down the street. We’re gonna check the I.D.’s of Everyone we meet. Hey, hey, we’re the fascists And we’re not going to monkey around. You’d better listen to us Or we … Read more

Dirty Dog Ball

That’s a dirty dog ball, please don’t pick it up! Lord only knows what kind of germs might reside in that pup. No, no, no, my son, don’t get that near your face! You’ll get … Read more

Overcast Characters

Dragged on down the morning hill by shadows, the waking songs of love grind us to tears. So much happens when we’ve got our heads turned. A sudden silent burst of birds appears. Bone bare … Read more