Category Archives: Illusion



For Allah (The Benevolent, The Merciful)

Suicide bombers, headliners,
Sacrifice to be diviner—
Get seventy-two
Fair virgins to screw
Who may not possess vaginas!
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Posted in Death, Illusion, Politics, Religion, War

Aesthetics

Famously, beauty resides in the eye
Of the beholder. How did it get there?
Explain why some approve while some decry
The same shapes, music, colors, sounds, and flair.
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Posted in Beauty, Illusion, Inspiration, Wisdom

Alms—For The Love Of God!

Throw some coins into that beggar’s cup
Even if the sod’s an addict drunk—
The act’s plain virtue.
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Posted in Affluence, Greed, Illusion, Poverty

Insomnia

Each day I limp down to the courts
At nine o’clock and after noon,
Sit on a bench with aged cohorts
To tease and joke, kill time, commune.
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Posted in Aging, Death, Illusion, Pain, Wisdom

My Volume Of Verse

I’ve hammered out
Three hundred ninety poems,
Some bent and skewed,
Some polished
And quite bright.
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Posted in Greed, Illusion, Poetry (What is it?), Politics, Religion, War, Wisdom

Humanity

They hunted, gathered, somehow stayed alive
They lived in caves, began resenting pain,
Evolved somewhat and grew a larger brain—
To satisfy an itch, learned how to wive.
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Posted in Death, Illusion, Pain, Religion, Vanity, Wisdom