Cause and Effect
a tar sands truck hits a bridge
the bridge falls into
the water
monsanto is in your cereal
a bridge falls into
the water
agent orange reigned down by monsanto
a bridge falls into
the water
hanford is as safe as that bridge
they both fell into
the water
a tar sands truck hits a bridge
that bridge falls into
the water
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Apply Yourself
wearing my best 6-year-old underwear
i grasp the pen with the strength of a thousand
wage-slave laborers
another job application
my life’s low-lights
old jobs and disappointments
jotted out for a hiring manager
who might be all of 22
old bosses names forgotten
but their wrath against you
not so much
the ink from my pen
a tattoo of lies
to paper
you’re a veteran of many wars
real
and self-made
you’ve pushed the hickory plow
hauled this-washed that-built it-tore it down-fed kids-fixed these and broke those
the ink from my pen
a tattoo of lies
to paper
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From Judas Priest to Macklemore
Historical Revisionism for the Better
In terms of rights, constitutions, genocide and bailouts…I’m certain that The Founding Mothers had other ideas in mind. ~ The VLens
I Channeled Brad Pitt’s Process Today
and if boredom could be measured by the board foot
then a meter would be like 3 feet
man
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Austerity of the Free
only in America
can a red pole
in front of
a closed roll-up metal door
be reserved
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Dream of the Shopping Dead
waking up from sleep
i dream of
consuming
consumption is my function
my function is consumption
waking dreams consume me
consuming
i dream of
waking up from sleep
my function is consumption
consumption is my function
waking dreams consume me
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The Vigilant Lens 