Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And, finding myself no Robert Frost,
I struck a third; I felt I should,
The pathless forest looked so good,
And soon I was well and truly… lost [Read more…]
I broke my leg while hiking, and it really, REALLY hurt;
As I waited for assistance, calmly writhing in the dirt,
I was contemplating this and that, anticipating hell,
And I hoped the paramedics fixed my other limbs as well!
Just the one was really broken, and the other three were fine,
But, the thing is, all limbs matter, and of course, these limbs are mine! [Read more…]
Watch politicians take their lumps
The spotlight, now, is Donald Trump’s—
Near everybody else gets single digits!
They worry as they mount their stumps
That voters see them all as chumps
Instead of how they looked before: mere idgits. [Read more…]
A few weeks ago (wow, maybe a couple of months already), I got a call asking for donations for some group supporting our brave, misunderstood, and oft-attacked police officers. Recent news events made it very easy to hang up on them, but as soon as I did, I regretted not having asked the rep what the organization’s official stance was on the Tamir Rice shooting (this gives you several possible time-frames for when I got the call). This time around, it was an email, not a phone call, and I want to take a bit of time to unpack it. [Read more…]
It was too much effort
Too much strain
Too much struggle
Too much pain
She had her many
Reasons why
She’d had enough;
She’d rather die. [Read more…]
We’ve got the burgers
Got the dogs
Chicken wings
And ribs of hogs [Read more…]
He believes in “Love thy neighbor”
So he isn’t filled with hate
He just wishes he were living
In a segregated state;
He displays the Rebel banner
On the bumper of his car
But to call the man a bigot?
Now you’ve gone a step too far! [Read more…]
O beautiful for Christian views
Conjoining church and state
We’ll saturate the evening news
With ignorance and hate!
America! America!
Thy faithful know thy might!
Where all are free, so long as we
Are Christian, male and white! [Read more…]
Oh say, did you see?
It was wonderful news!
Recognition of rights
That had seemed so elusive.
Did you see the broad stripes
In a rainbow of hues
As a symbol of love
That is now all-inclusive [Read more…]
Jiggery-Pokery!
Pure, legal, applesauce!
Justice Scalia is
Left in the dark–
Lacking foundation, he
Characteristically
Treats legal molehills with
Mountains of snark. [Read more…]