From the book:
Arachnid Pas De Deux
I watch from morning bath
two tiny spiders mirroring
each other in dance of love
just beyond the crease where
all-white wall and ceiling meet
impossible for me to separate
bouncing filamental legs
from translucent tethers
of acrobatic aerialists
no net below
only skimpy web above
sixteen silky appendages
twining in motion, in
exquisite harmony
until my brain and eyes align
enough to show not two
small spiders on the wall
but one and its shadow
all the love and dancing mine
Memory Deficiency
His main problem is
he can't remember what
he can't remember
has everything he needs
to make omelettes
but eggs
Five Easy Peaces
One: Thomas Jefferson, in addition to favoring the Second Amendment, also favored including a constitutional amendment to forbid us from ever having a standing army. Revolutionary War hero, Thomas Paine, seconded the idea. In 1793, founder Dr. Benjamin Rush, (Surgeon General of the Continental Army and first Treasurer of the U.S. Mint) proposed a cabinet level Department of Peace equal to the Department of War.
Two: Since then, 93 bills have been introduced in congress to create a Department of Peace. Even, later-to-be Republican minority leader Everett Dirksen, WWI vet and active member of the American Legion, in 1947 proposed a permanent peace position.
Three: In 2001, Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich presented a Department of Peace bill that has been reintroduced 8 times since, including establishment of a National Peace Day (the mainstream media dismissed him as a crazy kook!)
Four: Never heard of any of this before? Well, like they say in our Network Think Tanks, “If it bleeds & feeds the greed, it leads. If it don't splatter, it don't matter.”
Five: Or someday – for a change of pace – we could just give peace a chance.
Tender to the Bone
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