Category Archives: Politics



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

Iraq Limericks

Exceptionalism’s fierce bane
Is self-esteem’s need to ordain
What’s best for all others,
Instead of their druthers,
And ends by inflicting fierce pain.
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Posted in Politics, Today's News, Vanity, War

The TV News

Shmoozin’ with my friends down at Venice beach—
Lamenting the daily news, the shambles
Of Syria, the wealth-sucking leeches
Of Wall Street, the poisoned thorny brambles
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Posted in Politics, Religion, Today's News, War

Malice

I used to try to make a better world
I paid attention to our politics
I dreamt of peace, serenity unfurled,
Equality, despite our lunatics.
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Posted in Greed, Politics, Religion, War, Wisdom

Emancipation

An intellectual, perhaps Voltaire,
Perhaps Diderot, many years ago
Reflected on our freedom and welfare
And determined what everyone should know:
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Posted in Greed, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Wisdom

How?

I sit here, determined to write
Some lyric verse
Celebrating joy
With, perhaps, a comic lilt.
I squeeze my brain
To press out juice
Sweet with cheer,
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Posted in Death, Greed, Pain, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Today's News, War