Category Archives: Greed



Untimely

This maelstrom of jihad, pogroms, crusades
Auto da fes, reformation, counter
Reformation, inquisition, all crazed
Murder for Yawah, Jesus Christ, Allah— Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Religion, War

Being

I always taught: avoid “to be,”
In all its forms: “is,” “are,” and “was.”
Be active, take control, let’s see
What direct discourse does. Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Poetry (What is it?), Words

America: That Shining City on a Hill

Never mind the war zone News; instead, talk
About Business—that’s what we’re best at, right?
Well, there seem to be cracks in need of caulk,
“Lender responds to data breach,” one bright
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Posted in Greed, Today's News

Don’t Ask

“Hey Marv, how are you?” Daily, I confront
That mindless query—puffs of empty sound,
Wakening the pain, the tension, dormant,
Until, reckless, they snap the tightly wound
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Posted in Aging, Greed, Religion

The Monday News—Page A6

Australia
The main story’s
Not too bad:
“Pope concludes Australia visit.” Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Today's News, War

A Philosophical Inquiry into the Nature of Ethics

Ethics, whipped into children by the wise
(Who, early on, decried the golden calf,
Then invented Hell, to incentivise
A brisk and stern recoil from moral gaffes), Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Religion