Stating the Obvious
Innocent people shot dead again. Nobody wants to blame firearms.
Pie
Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. – David Mamet
Two Ad Executives at a Three-Martini Lunch
Benton: We need a new paradigm for the post-fact world. Bowles: Ya think? Benton: Totally. A real game-changer. Bowles: How about “Nothing Is Everything?” Benton: Let’s run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes. Bowles: Throw it against the wall and see if anything sticks. Benton: At the end of the day, bringing
Life Music
If I am to sing in harmony with the world, I must curb my greed.
Bye, Don
Trump’s a profanity of greed, hate, and vanity. He will be found guilty of utter inanity.
In November
All the leaves are gone and the sun smiles without warmth. Locking time has come.
The Lych Gate
. You are standing knee-deep in Birch Creek watching a beaver swim toward its lodge fifty yards upstream. It carries a load of fresh-cut twigs and branches in its mouth, and you can make out the sleek form of a second beaver adding its own cuttings to the structure. Suddenly the first beaver slaps its
Undoing
Golden October. The leaf fall begins to strip Glory from the woods.
Cold
Last night it was winter in my dreams again, bone-deep cold and cutting wind. I woke up afraid and shivering. My wife slept warm beside me, and I knew the big freeze would hold off for awhile.
Punishment
For the raid on the Capital, Trump should do time. Selling state secrets? A capital crime. Sexual predation Should send him to jail. Add money laundering: No chance of bail. Obstruction of Congress Merits repression. Intent to do murder: The list goes on further. But there’s one mortal sin That can’t be forgot. For cheating