Steel vs. Irony
the painted steel door
vs.
the leaf
year after year
season upon season
a slow race to oblivion
someone eventually paints the door
spring eventually comes back again
the dead leaf renewed
but it’s never the same one.
depending on staffing levels, funding, and politics…
the door–eventually painted
but it’s always the same one.
the painted steel door
vs.
the leaf
one at the mercy of maintenance
the other
at the whim of coal-fired
electrical ‘plants’
***
The Smoking Man
I think in hindsight, Scully was right to scientifically doubt Mulder’s claims.
But with hindsight being what it is…
Mulder was more right.
***
It’s Legal Because I Said So
So if Ted Nugent and I are hearing you correctly…you’re saying that it’s easier to impeach a President for using his penis, than it is to fund schools, healthcare, and or admit that tribal casinos aren’t really the trouble with salmon?
Okay.
Good.
Just checking.
***
The Tattoos Would Be Cooler
what of
poets
baristas
and meth addicts?
if lockheed martin were run by poets
the F-35 and the F-22
would work about as well
as they do now
if boeing had a barista at the helm
the wars would have cost
just about as much
as they do now
had blackwater been fronted by a meth addict
we still wouldn’t find Djibouti
on any of al roker’s maps
what of
poets
baristas
and meth addicts?
***
That One Time Again
Mario Savio
once reminded our parents that
there’s a time
Sadly
that time
had passed before Mario’s reminder
just as that time
has passed
again
Strength
is measured by how you respond to fear
Fear
is measured by how long it takes us to recognize that
that time
has passed
again
Go
seahawks
***
La Vida Broka
The sting of the needle
The shadow thrown by a mountain of half-empty bottles
The wasted years
and
Our shattered lives
None of it hurts as much as
The repo’d truck
The foreclosed house
The end of cable TV
and
Our lawyers bills
***
Standing Tall at the Bottom
meanwhile at the bottom of the ditch
another successful municipal dig
the offending water main
exposed
the skilled operation of the track-hoe
unnoticed
except by those
at the bottom of the ditch
amongst the laborers
conversation turns from
football, beer, and conquests
to footwear
1/4 of the crew swears by Red Wing
another 1/4 would die with their White’s Boots on
the third 1/4 doesn’t give a shit
while the last two 1/4’s prove why
some water mains mysteriously break
the offending water main
repaired
footwear arguments subside
fill the hole
ignore the math
football, beer, and conquests
exposed
one day closer to retirement
***
The Vigilant Lens 