Category Archives: War



Tumult

March, Twenty-eleven
And the guys down at the paddle tennis courts
Ask, “Marv, what’s goin’ on?”

For nine years now
We’ve fought in Iraq,
Afghanistan.
Africa boils, as Egypt,
Libya, Ivory Coast
Revolt. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Religion, Today's News, War

Opium? Not!

It wouldn’t be so bad if religion
Was, in fact, the opium of people
That drug, after all, provides regions
Of serenity, as do church steeples. Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, War

Apocalypse Soon: The Last Coming

He knew—that mildly addled Irishman—
That hist’ry spiraled, bounced like bungees, down
And up, skids from side to side, momentum
Prone. He knew the rapt tides of greed would drown Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, War

Los Angeles Times (August 30, 2010)

I’ll tell you what the News is
A headline at a time—
The Emmys lead the day’s events—
Pimp TV shows that shine. Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Today's News, Vanity, War

Memorial Day: 2010

Seventy teen-agers
Rumbled last night
On Windward Avenue
Just two blocks away. Continue reading →

Posted in Local Color, Today's News, War

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!

You may not call your god Allah!
Our god’s Allah (The Merciful,
Beneficent).

Listen, you fucking infidels—
Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, War, Words