Category Archives: Religion



A Strange Statue in a Park in Budapest

The adjective anonymous,
Although we know its origin,
Is like a hippopotamus
Submerged in the Nile. Continue reading →

Posted in Religion

August 20th, 2008

When imagination fails, and whimsy
Shrinks from dry to arid, what can one do
To prime the pump of creativity,
To plump rich words that sing of joy, of rue? Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, Today's News, War

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
Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Greed, Religion

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

Hygiene

How did hygiene and holiness entwine?
Old Hindu temples cringe at menses still—
And Jewesses, each month must find the time
To mikvahtise themselves, rinse off the swill.
Continue reading →

Posted in Lust, Religion

Work

Idle hands (they tell us when very young)
Are the Devil’s workshop. And honest pay
For honest work (our unions’ constant song),
The rule that floats our social contract’s weight. Continue reading →

Posted in Religion