They’re tearing up the safety net
Like some bizarre sort of mission.
See, the G.O.P. are heartless…
It’s a pre-existing condition.
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The Digital Cuttlefish
Since the music plays so briefly... Can you blame me if I dance?
They’re tearing up the safety net
Like some bizarre sort of mission.
See, the G.O.P. are heartless…
It’s a pre-existing condition.
[Read more…]
Shoppily, droppily,
Digital Cuttlefish
Needed some groceries, so
Went to the store; [Read more…]
I am saddened by what I see in Cleveland today. And, frankly, I’m a Browns fan, so it takes something for Cleveland to make me sad. The GOP convention has done it. [Read more…]
I’d like to thank the farmers, and the doctors, and the teachers,
And the truckers, and the builders and the grocers, even preachers
And the people who contribute to the lives of all us creatures
And without whose help, I’d probably be dead. [Read more…]
Where are the mutants? The losers? The freaks?
Intermediate forms, half-completed?
“Selected against”, as biology speaks,
The ones whom the “fit” ones defeated? [Read more…]
When anxiety comes, as it so often does,
And my brain is surrounded with thorns and with fuzz
So my thinking is shaky, and riddled with doubts
(Not sharp as a tack, as it recently was)
When anxiety comes, and predictable bouts
Of insomnia give me a case of the dumbs,
It’s a day like today… when anxiety comes. [Read more…]
On a week where a man is criticized for what he chose to wear in a professional setting, I think a bit of the movie “Ratatouille”… [Read more…]
Already? No, it can’t be!
November? [Read more…]
It’s raining. Hard. What is worse, though, the soles
Of my shoes (which I love) have significant holes.
They let in the water; my socks are all wet,
And my feet are as icky as modern feet get. [Read more…]
So… here’s the deal:
The pain is real
(My little slice of hell)
And yet, in truth
It’s not my tooth!
(As near as we can tell) [Read more…]