Reality Confuses the Bourgeois Star
after kim jong-il built
Grand Coulee Dam
not one salmon complained
after fidel castro built
Hanford
not one salmon complained
just before a democrat blew up
Japan
not one salmon complained
guantanamo, Mankato, selma
hugo chávez dies…
and the salmon still can’t swim past
Grand Coulee Dam
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Fast News Knows Slower News Was About the Same
before we knew what we know now
as fast as we do…
we knew less even slower back when
than what we think we know now
faster
thus proving that
we actually know less faster than
when we knew less even slower than
back when?
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The Other Global Early Warning System
January showers bring February greenery
and that seems a tad bit early.
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Grunge-Filled Lunchtime Flashback
what could possibly be worse-than
a wanna-be poet
complaining about photography opportunities
lost?
as an only child
i’d say that
there is nothing that can possibly be worse
now enjoy some screaming trees for lunch
because you know
and i won’t admit
that pining for youth lost
is probably as annoying as pining for photo opportunities changed
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That Place Where the Molding Meets
anxious pacing
replacing police lines
and pepper spray
watch your back photog!
a foot closer
and you’d have met a city bus
hard
pining away is no way
it’s fast become the only way
to get paid
molding.
it sure does come together
in such a safe
and pleasing
way
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Glutton For
your frame is bent
your glass is frosted with filth
you wont reflect
you’re forever closed
and
you just wont open up
call me?
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Morality Throws a Shadow
those who climbed the ladder to
success
chose the shadow-ladder
to the right
each shadow rung
a step
in the right direction
those who climbed the ladder to
servitude
chose the moral shadow-throwing ladder
on the left
each moral rung
a step
in the opposite direction
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The Vigilant Lens 