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Hoping
Went out the other night, an academy of science, heard a talk Studying the cheetah in order to slow, stop their steady decline One woman grew a group to save cheetahs, when others balk Hoping to make us understand how losing one, may all resign Crowded, little parking, though I did not run fast as […]
Twixt Art and Eternity
What waits within us; what secrets might it seek Are we merely meat puppets, if bold or if meek We think we’re the best, after our upward climb Before we see artwork that is more than sublime We are staggered, stunned, stopped in our tracks In transcendent beauty, ugly, fair, nothing it lacks Inner truth […]
The World I Love
(To the tune of: The Man I Love – Gershwin) Now the yellow gloom cannot gleam Ev’ry night I dream an awful dream All the worse the harm has made me scream No he or she Although I despise, I tell you true It is almost sure my dream will come true To me it’s […]
Spare Change
I say it and I say it and I say it again. I say it this way, I say it that way, I say it another way. No one listens. Perhaps I’m preaching to the converted, but I cannot tell. Give me an Amen. Somebody. Anybody. Please. I realize I write for me before others, […]
Olduvai Gorge and the Origin of Human Ecological Dominance
Earth Day – 2015: Took a while to post, but here it is Tired, cranky, cold and standing much too long Other people, let in early, will sit in front of me At a talk about the rise of human eco-dominance Eco equals ecological, also equals now economy Those that’s got gets, learned at my […]
A Better View
I often wonder, how did we get into this mess I mean, we did not choose to grow our brain Who decides to confront predators, such stress Sharp fang and claw, able to cause acute pain Where else in the universe, would you suppose Evolution played this little joke, what survived Not really a joke […]
This Doctor Said
I This doctor said I might be crazy No real worry, if the doc’s unsure I get twisted, my mind most mazy Will I get out; will they find a cure Well’s bottom, as water gets deep The bucket is broken, rope frayed Am I but dreaming, still fast asleep Fear to discover my candle […]
I Do Not Understand
Though I consider myself a spiritual person and the universe spiritually enlivened, I do not understand belief in god, any god. Personally, it seems a concept we use to explain what we cannot understand. We use such an imagined being or beings to grant blessings to our endeavors, no matter whether they are well-meaning and […]
This Property Condemned
It was the third house on a far block Framed-up on a little dead-end street We thought it was ours, but no lock Just being built and almost complete Still, we went and talked to the owner Who allowed that he’d built it for us Refusal would have been such a boner We said we […]
Worlds Enough and Time
Everywhere I look, stories of our current condition and perilous plight greet my eyes. Economic collapse, massive unemployment, infrastructure degradation, environmental destruction and the not so gradual collapse of life as we know it. On every front we have war and rumors of war, terrorists foreign and domestic, religious jihad, political statement, killer cops, cop […]
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