Dance With Alladin
The clouds are magic. Painted desert smoke signals signs of coming trouble. Thunder blossoms outward. Bombs dropped all around. Schools. Nurseries. Hospitals. There is nothing civil about civil war. There is no target too holy or too sacred. Children are brainwashed for food and water. Massive bombs strapped to chest. Their enemies draped in armor […]
Casting Spells
I quit watching the news but it continues to seep into my consciousness like a virus getting a grip it makes my stomach sick I often found myself rushing to stand between the television and my children as the newscaster cast spells of school shootings rapes wars mass graves, of water logged dead bodies hanging […]
To Retreat
Some land Off the grid Often hid Next to streams A tiny house Burning wood for heat A place to pack up To retreat To hit the road when things get bad This is the dream I often have Living off the land With ax in hand Asking only that we may live Ask me […]
No Kings or Queens
I wonder what can we do? What does caring improve? How much can action move? When people don’t even believe in evolution. When people don’t even believe in climate change. When people believe in an Adam & Eve. Two sentient beings put on Earth in Eden. Naming animals like they were the chosen. And they […]
A Sunday Rerun
We are never good enough. We will never measure up. Injecting guilt into life. Injecting fear into wrong or right. For each life choice is being watched. Not just by God on his omnipotent cloud But by the congregation with their soap opera frown. Each year is a repeat of the same old stories. So […]
“dreamland”
The camel slips through the needle’s eye With the ease of elastic crying in the ointment The fly is caught, barely breathing The strongest set gets stronger As weaker ones cringe off behind the street corner Barely recognized, hardly incapable of Inhaling the sting of contradictions The ying and yang weighed down with Footsteps one […]
Measuring the New
Put it under a microscope and watch it grow. What is the view? Does the single-celled organism multiply and divide? Does it become a network we can use to communicate the politics we often despise. Can we watch it from another height? Wait ten years and see if it has become more. Will a survey […]
It’s 2005 YU55
Look up in the sky. It’s not a bird. It’s not a plane. No, it’s a rock. Mouths drop. Pulses stopped. The size of of an aircraft carrier Buzzing by Mother Earth. Closer than the Moon. Is there enough room? Eyes fixed on the sky. It’s fast. It’s bright. It’s quite a site To see […]
The Tyranny of the King
Tyranny of the King by byron-king We didn’t want the king so we went to war. We didn’t want taxes and now we are poor. Today we watch as a prince and princess are wed. Across the pond, pomp and circumstance is led Down the streets that enslaved us from a distance. Now England is […]
Time and Time Again
Speechless. Dictator’s topless Caught with their pants down. Legs torn open and laid bare. No walls to protect the glare Of a million man march To tear down tyranny. To seek a free democracy. Wars are fought over atrocities Disguising our hopes with fallacies. Finding no weapons of mass destruction. No war can replace a […]
Meditation on Happiness
Happiness appears without a trace Like bullets shot through a human’s face. Velocity and trajectory tell how long That smile will stay and belong. Happiness does not dwell on the news. It does not focus on psychotics and distorted views. It does not worry about cold weather. Or the political games that last forever. Happiness […]
The Land of the Free
So you want to talk about revolution. A possible solution. Wherever you are. Twitter, Facebook, in cafes and bars. Wearing a mask as you close down sites. Amassing together as you start global fights. The dirty laundry of politicians have now been shown. They are human and smell badly just like your own. They stay […]
No More Dharma Bums to Feed
the light and dark are one. the earth’s crust has begun to become thinner. letting the spirits out for their dinner. to pass onto the other side. from purgatory they do glide from the homes they did hide. on this hallowed eve i pray for my father’s soul to stay where i can find him […]
The Anti-Patriot
I don’t believe in this country.
I don’t believe in its greed.
I don’t believe in its lack of tolerance.
I don’t believe in Adam and Eve.
Democracy in Action
angry at being angry.
blame everyone for being blamed.
see jobs being jobs.
see government being government.
see politicians being politicians.
angry like me? then you are me.
know that i am nonsense just like you.
tired of political commercials as usual, usual.
Watch it Burn
There comes a time when history goes in reverse. As much as you try, it hurts. The world you know is not what you wanted. The people you hear talk, too blunted. Hurting your brain and ears. Speaking another language you fear Hate in their hearts. Nothing you can do to restart What has begun. […]
