Category Archives: War



Moral Obscenity

What, one wonders, constitutes a moral
Obscenity? It means, I guess, disgust,
Unwillingness to constrain a quarrel
To bitter foes refusing to adjust.
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Posted in Death, Pain, Politics, War

At The Paddle Tennis Courts: Patriotism

Each day, down at the courts,
We elders shmooze.
A harmless bunch,
We argue sports,
And politics,
Watch the girls go by,
And reminisce.
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Posted in Conformity, Politics, War, Wisdom

Modern History

Today, in Baghdad,
Car bombs killed
Twenty-eight humans
And wounded eighty-eight more.
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Posted in Death, Religion, Today's News, War, Words

The New Black Plague: Empathy

Not long ago, I whined:
“What’s wrong with me?
Why, despite my wealth and health,
My loving wife and sober kids,
My spirit writhes and wanes?”
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Posted in Politics, Religion, Today's News, War

Moral History

In 1854,
Ordered by an idiot,
Six hundred British cavalry,
Unprotected, charged
Well-placed Russian guns
That simply mowed them down.
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Posted in Conformity, Death, Religion, War, Wisdom

Earth’s Nourishment: Delusion

These United States, (constantly we’re told)
Love elections, freedom, above all peace.
Those claims our founders made that we still hold:
“All men are created equal” (cute tease,
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Posted in Politics, War