8/15
Sonnet
"What's on the tube?" "You know, the usual dreck."
"I'm goin' surfin'. Hand me the remote.
Check it out--on Fox it's time for Beck."
"I'm not near high enough to watch that goat-
-blowing psychopathic asshole now."
"Oooo look: close ups of greasy fast food meat!"
"These ads that show me what's inside a cow
are just killing my desire to ever eat."
"We could watch D-list Celebs & Donald Trump,
or Skanks & Morons of the Jersey Shore,
or The Morbidly Obese Reduce their Rumps..."
"Doesn't anyone hire writers anymore?!?!?"
"But, dude, without Reality TV
we might catch on
to what's been done
to our reality."
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
8/14
Sonnet
Summer lights the Northern Hemisphere
in blazing days & lapis luzuli skies
that loll above a torpid atmosphere
'till sunset breezes float us into night.
We lust after the sun and after water--
for pools & ponds & rivers & for oceans.
Skin resents cloth's superfluous bother--
would be skyclad & anointed in lotions.
Days now linger. Nights now saunter by
in lazy city sidewalk passenggiattas
or fields of children stalking fireflies
or eaters--al fresco, sated and besotted.
Time to praise these days. Light fires. Watch them burn,
& toast the sun before the the dark returns.
Sonnet
Summer lights the Northern Hemisphere
in blazing days & lapis luzuli skies
that loll above a torpid atmosphere
'till sunset breezes float us into night.
We lust after the sun and after water--
for pools & ponds & rivers & for oceans.
Skin resents cloth's superfluous bother--
would be skyclad & anointed in lotions.
Days now linger. Nights now saunter by
in lazy city sidewalk passenggiattas
or fields of children stalking fireflies
or eaters--al fresco, sated and besotted.
Time to praise these days. Light fires. Watch them burn,
& toast the sun before the the dark returns.
Friday, August 13, 2010
8/13
The Wrecking Crew
discovered the deficit 18 months ago.
Odd they never noticed it (at 2 trillion or so)
before they turned it over (like a reeking, steaming turd)
to the new administration,
pretending that they'd never heard
the budget balance in 2000 was firmly in the black.
But a strong & healthy government...
the Crew could not have that!
They promptly lowered taxes,
(though mostly for the wealthy)
then looked around to found more ways to make the state unhealthy.
After 9/11 they launched a couple wars
though there was some confusion over what to fight them for.
They claimed this would stop terrorism, then switched to say we seek
some somehow nonexistent WMB's.
(& all this at a cost of a quarter million casualties
not to mention roughly 2 billion bucks a week).
To minimize the sacrifice the Wreckers thought it funny
to execute the whole fiasco with borrowed Chinese money.
But when barely regulated banks lost big at the casino
we woke up & discovered that somehow between, oh
two and three trillion bucks had somehow disappeared,
& a Brand New Great Depression was quite possible we feared.
Now economists will tell you, in an economic crash
the government should save the day by spending lots of cash.
Bummer that the Wreckers stripped the Treasury to the bone,
so Obama had to hold his nose & take out another loan.
Now the guys who made the mess themselves all act all hot & bothered.
(Like a guy who sets his house on fire & complains about the cost of water)
Anyway election day is nigh.
We can guess how that will be
now that it's Constitutional to buy democracy.
I suppose all us Progressives
need to shake off our malaise
& get our asses into gear
over the next few days.
Remembering how these things go,
we can't work hard enough.
Because the Wrecking Crew
is ready to
pick up where they left off.
The Wrecking Crew
discovered the deficit 18 months ago.
Odd they never noticed it (at 2 trillion or so)
before they turned it over (like a reeking, steaming turd)
to the new administration,
pretending that they'd never heard
the budget balance in 2000 was firmly in the black.
But a strong & healthy government...
the Crew could not have that!
They promptly lowered taxes,
(though mostly for the wealthy)
then looked around to found more ways to make the state unhealthy.
After 9/11 they launched a couple wars
though there was some confusion over what to fight them for.
They claimed this would stop terrorism, then switched to say we seek
some somehow nonexistent WMB's.
(& all this at a cost of a quarter million casualties
not to mention roughly 2 billion bucks a week).
To minimize the sacrifice the Wreckers thought it funny
to execute the whole fiasco with borrowed Chinese money.
But when barely regulated banks lost big at the casino
we woke up & discovered that somehow between, oh
two and three trillion bucks had somehow disappeared,
& a Brand New Great Depression was quite possible we feared.
Now economists will tell you, in an economic crash
the government should save the day by spending lots of cash.
Bummer that the Wreckers stripped the Treasury to the bone,
so Obama had to hold his nose & take out another loan.
Now the guys who made the mess themselves all act all hot & bothered.
(Like a guy who sets his house on fire & complains about the cost of water)
Anyway election day is nigh.
We can guess how that will be
now that it's Constitutional to buy democracy.
I suppose all us Progressives
need to shake off our malaise
& get our asses into gear
over the next few days.
Remembering how these things go,
we can't work hard enough.
Because the Wrecking Crew
is ready to
pick up where they left off.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
8/12
To understand the Wrecking Crew
ignore their words--watch what they do.
The GOP's no mystery
to those who know their history.
The rhetoric
is just a trick:
You watch the cape,
don't see the sword,
the real danger gets ignored.
Rabid ranting bloviators
homophobic racist haters,
are really only slight of hand--
distractions--when you understand
the real destruction that these guys have wrought
is helping uber haves take what they've got
by writing rules that take away from us
our rights, our unions, voices & our trust.
Buffoonery, you need to see, is only meant
to make a travesty of government--
the only power base we COULD control
if we ever woke the giant & set the goal
of finally taking charge & cutting free
from corporate controlled democracy.
To understand the Wrecking Crew
ignore their words--watch what they do.
The GOP's no mystery
to those who know their history.
The rhetoric
is just a trick:
You watch the cape,
don't see the sword,
the real danger gets ignored.
Rabid ranting bloviators
homophobic racist haters,
are really only slight of hand--
distractions--when you understand
the real destruction that these guys have wrought
is helping uber haves take what they've got
by writing rules that take away from us
our rights, our unions, voices & our trust.
Buffoonery, you need to see, is only meant
to make a travesty of government--
the only power base we COULD control
if we ever woke the giant & set the goal
of finally taking charge & cutting free
from corporate controlled democracy.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
8/10 & 8/11
Seattle 2--Oakland 0
Felix Hernandez
7 & 9 with a 2.71 ERA
vs
Brett Anderson 3 & 3
with an ERA of 2.88
The First
A's lead off with Coco Crisp
(you gotta love that name)
who runs out a bunt to take 1st base.
Enter Daric Barton who singles to center.
Kurt Suzuki lines to left. WTF?
Hernandez put a runner on every base--
Not what you want from your ace.
But he rallies--fans DH, Jack Cust
& renews fan trust
with a 4-5-3 double play off
off Kevin Kouzmanoff.
Ichiro leads with his samurai stance
but can't hold back on a crap
strike 3.
Chone Figgins fans --Lopez walks &
Gutierrez doubles left.
The table's set and...
... Casey Kotchman just grounds out to second.
The Second
Felix puts up two more K's
On Rajai Davis & Mark Ellis.
Radio tells us
This will be Cris Carter's
2nd game in the Bigs,
but he
cracks a brokebat grounder
that Wilson digs
out for out #3
Alan Moore flies
out long to right
Ryan Langerhans tries
and fails to hit a wicked slider
Matt Tuiasosopo sends
a high rider
chopper to retire
the side.
The Third
Cliff Pennington fans--
hands Felix his 4th K
Crisp beats out a single to short
But Barton grounds into
a double play.
Josh Wilson pops out.
Ichio grounds out.
Figgins strikes out.
The Fourth
Kurt Suzuki flies out right
Crust draws a walk
Kousmanoff watches
strike three zip by
& Ellis misses for his 3d strike.
Lopez grounds to third
but he's too slow even with Kouz's bobble
Gutierrez grounds out to short
Kotchman brings Oakland some trouble
with a liner past Pennington's dive.
But Alan Moore strikes out & so
that retires the side.
The Fifth
Davis K's looking
Carter fans swinging
Pennington singles to center
but then
gets nailed trying to steal second.
Langerhans singles to center
Tui strikes out swinging
Wilson grounds out to 3d
& ends another inning.
The Sixth
Coco sends a first pitch fly ball to port
Barton & Suzuki both strike out
Felix had his groove on
& the crowd is smelling shut out.
Ichiro singles to short
Figgy sacrifice bunts
Lopez grounds out to 3d
& Guiti's intentionally walked.
Then Kotchman spanks a rocket by
first baseman Bartons frantic dive
& Ichiro scores--RBI
Gutierrez steals third to open the door...
...for another strikeout from Alan Moore.
The Seventh
Cust flies out to left
Kouzmanoff grounds to 3d
Ellis strikes out swinging at a pitch down in the dirt
that gets by Moore, he runs it out
& makes it safe to 1st.
But Rajai Davis flies out right
& now it's Louie Louie time.
Langerhans singles to center
then makes the traditional bonehead
base running screw up:
taking off early for second & getting picked off...
...but no the ump calls a balk
the manager's talk
& Langehan's still alive.
Tui grounds to short
Wilson does the same
Ichiro grounds out to second.
This is really the pitchers' game.
The Eighth
Carter fans swinging
Pennington grounds out to short
Coco Crisp strikes out
A's sub in Craig Breslow to pitch
Figgy singles to center to keep
his run for a 9 game hitting streak.
Then Lopez executes a pitch
perfect hit & run behind a running Figgy
who makes it to 3d.
Saunders pinch runs for Lopez
Then Guti puts on the hurt
with an RBI single
But Kotchman smacks one in the dirt
for a 4-6-3 double play.
Moore flies out to right
but a two run lead is OK..
The Ninth
...but wait
O crap! Heavy metal guitars!
The scoreboard's gone all Hot Topic!
This can only mean...
...Aaaardvark!
When David Aardsma steps in to save the day
we shudder with dread that he'll waste Feliz's 13 K's
But Barton flies out to Center
& Suzuki flies out to Figgy
& when Cust is struck out looking
WE WIN! & everything's jiggy.
We pack up
& give thanks for the luck--
we caught a game that didn't suck.
Seattle 2--Oakland 0
Felix Hernandez
7 & 9 with a 2.71 ERA
vs
Brett Anderson 3 & 3
with an ERA of 2.88
The First
A's lead off with Coco Crisp
(you gotta love that name)
who runs out a bunt to take 1st base.
Enter Daric Barton who singles to center.
Kurt Suzuki lines to left. WTF?
Hernandez put a runner on every base--
Not what you want from your ace.
But he rallies--fans DH, Jack Cust
& renews fan trust
with a 4-5-3 double play off
off Kevin Kouzmanoff.
Ichiro leads with his samurai stance
but can't hold back on a crap
strike 3.
Chone Figgins fans --Lopez walks &
Gutierrez doubles left.
The table's set and...
... Casey Kotchman just grounds out to second.
The Second
Felix puts up two more K's
On Rajai Davis & Mark Ellis.
Radio tells us
This will be Cris Carter's
2nd game in the Bigs,
but he
cracks a brokebat grounder
that Wilson digs
out for out #3
Alan Moore flies
out long to right
Ryan Langerhans tries
and fails to hit a wicked slider
Matt Tuiasosopo sends
a high rider
chopper to retire
the side.
The Third
Cliff Pennington fans--
hands Felix his 4th K
Crisp beats out a single to short
But Barton grounds into
a double play.
Josh Wilson pops out.
Ichio grounds out.
Figgins strikes out.
The Fourth
Kurt Suzuki flies out right
Crust draws a walk
Kousmanoff watches
strike three zip by
& Ellis misses for his 3d strike.
Lopez grounds to third
but he's too slow even with Kouz's bobble
Gutierrez grounds out to short
Kotchman brings Oakland some trouble
with a liner past Pennington's dive.
But Alan Moore strikes out & so
that retires the side.
The Fifth
Davis K's looking
Carter fans swinging
Pennington singles to center
but then
gets nailed trying to steal second.
Langerhans singles to center
Tui strikes out swinging
Wilson grounds out to 3d
& ends another inning.
The Sixth
Coco sends a first pitch fly ball to port
Barton & Suzuki both strike out
Felix had his groove on
& the crowd is smelling shut out.
Ichiro singles to short
Figgy sacrifice bunts
Lopez grounds out to 3d
& Guiti's intentionally walked.
Then Kotchman spanks a rocket by
first baseman Bartons frantic dive
& Ichiro scores--RBI
Gutierrez steals third to open the door...
...for another strikeout from Alan Moore.
The Seventh
Cust flies out to left
Kouzmanoff grounds to 3d
Ellis strikes out swinging at a pitch down in the dirt
that gets by Moore, he runs it out
& makes it safe to 1st.
But Rajai Davis flies out right
& now it's Louie Louie time.
Langerhans singles to center
then makes the traditional bonehead
base running screw up:
taking off early for second & getting picked off...
...but no the ump calls a balk
the manager's talk
& Langehan's still alive.
Tui grounds to short
Wilson does the same
Ichiro grounds out to second.
This is really the pitchers' game.
The Eighth
Carter fans swinging
Pennington grounds out to short
Coco Crisp strikes out
A's sub in Craig Breslow to pitch
Figgy singles to center to keep
his run for a 9 game hitting streak.
Then Lopez executes a pitch
perfect hit & run behind a running Figgy
who makes it to 3d.
Saunders pinch runs for Lopez
Then Guti puts on the hurt
with an RBI single
But Kotchman smacks one in the dirt
for a 4-6-3 double play.
Moore flies out to right
but a two run lead is OK..
The Ninth
...but wait
O crap! Heavy metal guitars!
The scoreboard's gone all Hot Topic!
This can only mean...
...Aaaardvark!
When David Aardsma steps in to save the day
we shudder with dread that he'll waste Feliz's 13 K's
But Barton flies out to Center
& Suzuki flies out to Figgy
& when Cust is struck out looking
WE WIN! & everything's jiggy.
We pack up
& give thanks for the luck--
we caught a game that didn't suck.
Monday, August 9, 2010
8/9
young mountain
lee side introspect...
new growth
forest reclaims
an abandoned
homestead...
secret pond teems
with swirling swallows--
strobing afterimages
like so many
Doc Ellis curveballs..
we sense a peak
is near...
summit
view of the Salish Sea
bestows electric awareness
of connectivity--
lysergic reminders
of relationships between parts
and wholes--
polarities reverse--reveal
spiral phyllotaxic patterns--
surging--receding...
the species seeks high places--
revelation--transfiguration--graces
seers with visions of essential unity...
we would reach
for understanding--explanation--
creation of meaning--
climbing slowly downward
from
one
true
thing
young mountain
lee side introspect...
new growth
forest reclaims
an abandoned
homestead...
secret pond teems
with swirling swallows--
strobing afterimages
like so many
Doc Ellis curveballs..
we sense a peak
is near...
summit
view of the Salish Sea
bestows electric awareness
of connectivity--
lysergic reminders
of relationships between parts
and wholes--
polarities reverse--reveal
spiral phyllotaxic patterns--
surging--receding...
the species seeks high places--
revelation--transfiguration--graces
seers with visions of essential unity...
we would reach
for understanding--explanation--
creation of meaning--
climbing slowly downward
from
one
true
thing
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