Current Events

Do the Right Things

Now

a days,

the craze

on the right

is amazingly

cynical.

And yet

in spite

of spite

from the wing

on the right,

Speaker

Johnson

held tight.

An aid

bill 

was passed

long past

due

due to

bogus

focus

on spending,

practically

upending

alliances

with defiance

and reliance

upon

noncompliance.

In an ecosystem

governed

by climate

change,

creating

crisis

after crisis

after

crisis,

invites

us

to assess

how we 

address

this long 

term

condition.

What 

long

ago

was our

nature

has become 

abused

when 

government

was accused

of being

the problem.

Both right

and left

have

at times

been

reckless,

and feckless

leaders

or worse

have worsened

us.

But now

the right

can not

claim

righteousness

or

correctness

or validity,

much less

acceptability.

A country

of rights

abdicating

responsibilities

and civilities

creates 

possibilities

for horrible

vulnerabilities

and instabilities.

Reclaim what 

is right!

Our climate

crisis

requires

innovation

and

restoration

of what 

is right

and wrong.

The warming

of the planet

is overwhelming

us

just as 

the heated

rhetoric

in politics

is stifling

us.

Worse,

it is killing

us.

We know

what is

right,

but

complain

it became

too hard

to sustain.

Tomorrow

is Earth Day

and soon

Mother’s

Day,

sentiments

that deserve

acknowledgements

all year.

As

our democracy

needs us,

so does

Mother Nature.

The climate

crises

among us

and around

us

need us 

to do 

the right

things.

Mother

nature,

inside

and out. 

I mean,

as a verb:

to curb

what 

has been

unfathomably

disturbed.

Nature 

needs

mothering;

nurturing

to thrive.

Our twin

climate

crises

demand

each 

of us

to do 

the right

things-

even when

difficult-

to nurture

what’s

left.

Asleep at the We’ll

The cult

of personality,

regardless

of criminality

or venality,

reveals

a mentality

of those

who follow

their hollow

leader.

With a wink

and a nod,

and a facade

of leadership,

it’s actually 

worship

of dictatorship.

He feign’s

populism

while always

the victim

of a system

that seeks

to convict 

him.

Needing support

to pay 

bills

(which he won’t

pay),

he shills

to thrills

of Magaworld.

To them,

he 

is “we”;

he is their

guy

who will

defy

and deny

endlessly.

Aggressively

fomenting

without 

literally

saying,

the wink

and the nod

are  conveying.

Outside

the courthouse 

he boo 

hooed 

his plight,

lying

that his

right

to live

freely

has been 

taken

from him.

Yadda

Yadda

Yadda…

it’s all

so exhausting

and seems

to be costing

him.

Day one

of the first

trial,

he was

caught

nodding

off–

unfortunately,

off camera.

Asleep

at the

“we’ll”,

he’ll

be revealed,

but it 

remains

to be 

seen

when,

and if

it will be 

enough.

Dead Battery’s Afterlife

The battery 

of trials

of this century

are upon 

us, 

just as

we are

reminded

of the last

trial

of the century

(of the last

century).

The guy

got away

with murder,

after repeatedly

battering

his 

by then

ex wife.

A generation

has passed

since that

fiasco,

that exposed

problematic

policing,

racism,

celebrity,

privilege,

wealth,

and,

oh yeah,

what happens

to women

all the time.

Nicole Brown 

Simpson

has been

all

but forgotten

upon the death

of her batterer

and murderer.

In the 30 years

between

trials

of the centuries,

women

are worse

off.

Women’s lives

are not 

prioritized.

Any juror

with an agenda

can upend a

conviction.

The best 

prediction

may not 

detect

the one

to reject

the facts

in lieu

of that

which attracts

support

for the guilty 

one.

Battery 

doesn’t die

when 

the big lie

persists,

which requires

assistance

and insistence

on innocence

and no

remorse.

What died

with OJ

yesterday?

It seems

as though

a battery

of issues

have been

recharged.

Raising Arizona

Figuratively 

speaking…

dropping acid

on women

seems 

to be

the new

altered state.

Swallowing

the acrid 

pill

of swill

against 

the will,

now of Arizonan

people,

is despicable

yet

predictable. 

When 

a miscarriage

of justice

over miscarriage

of pregnancy

and anything

other than

unassisted

birth 

or conception

is conceived

as pro

life,

we know

it’s a lie.

Letting

women die

gets a sigh

on the court,

while citing

precedence

in the Comstock

Act

that preceded

the last

century.

The South 

has risen

again,

using 

the states’

rights

excuse

to abuse

others.

Now

the canyon

is grand—

more than

they planned—

between

those who

understand

the demand

and need

for reproductive

health

and the destructive

power

that has risen

in Arizona.

Looking Upward

Partial

was still

magnificent.

And significant

amount was seen.

Looking upward.

Eclipsed

For a moment,

the upcoming

eclipse

got eclipsed

by a

northeast

quake

which eclipsed

mideast

bombing

which eclipsed

the war 

in Ukraine

which was trumped

a while ago

by Trump

eclipsing himself

with more

crazy

each day.

This Spring

has been

anything

but silent.

This season

of birth

and renewal

has been 

cruel

to humanity

and democracy.

Meanwhile,

people

are freaking 

out

about

nature.

Clearly Marked Vehicles

Oops.

Sorry.

My bad.

Mea culpa.

Shit happens.

Collateral damage.

War is hell.

Casualties 

of war.

Fog

of war.

Misidentified

target.

A grave mistake.

A very complex 

condition.

It shouldn’t

have happened.

Starving

for power.

Starving 

for peace.

Starving

for supper.

Starving

to death

without

aid.

First, 

protect

the starving

victims

and the ones

who feed

them.

Now the world

is starving

for peace

and freedom.

And the 

basics.

For some

reason,

it’s too

difficult

to see 

clearly

marked

vehicles.

Thoughts and Prayers (Making America Pray Again)

Get your steaks,

ties, 

water,

vodka,

bogus degree

from T

University,

NFTs,

mug shot

mugs,

golden sneakers,

cologne,

bible,

and more!

all for the low

low low

price…..

Wait!!!

The price 

is much

much much

too high.

He really

puts the mess

in messiah

complex.

Or just the 

reflex

to deflect

to protect

his project

which he

projects

on others.

How is it

all

possible

at all?

(audible

sigh).

He’s making

America

pray again!

For Chrissakes,

it’s Easter!

And his “favorite

book”,

said the crook

(who displayed

it upside

down

alongside

the military

blocking

lawful

protestors),

has always

been his

political

bible.

He loves

his sheep

and the silence

of the lambs

as he fancies

himself

the shepherd 

and lion,

some bizarre

minotaur

defying natural

or any

laws.

He loves

to pedal

the idea

of his crucifixion

with each

fiction

he spews.

As we know,

thoughts

and prayers

live in heads

and hearts.

But insurrection

and presidential 

resurrection

are results

of human

actions;

accumulations

before

elections.

Democracy,

as we see,

in this era

of crazy,

is more

than voting.

Activate

and advocate!

Thoughts

and prayers

never stop

the shooters.

The Key Bridge Collapse

The bridge

collapsed

right after

we left:

The bridge

that was

called

The Key.

The video

that captured

the rupture

of the structure

that gave way

the way

dominoes

fall 

in succession

reminded me

of the twin

towers

collapsing—

each floor

on top

of itself

until

mere dust.

How quickly

collapse

occurs

once 

what was

painstakingly

built

becomes broken.

Lives lost.

And lost

connection.

The Key Bridge

may be

an exception,

except

it seems

like an 

expression

or projection—

a metaphor

for

our political

situation.

An enormous

vessel,

out of control.

broke

the bridge

that was key.

Making Ago of It

MAGA

became

a party

to insanity

with no

real

vision,

just 

division.

The sense

of impending

ending

of what 

we treasure

is the measure

by which

we react.

Humanity’s

mortality

(and certainly

Democracy’s)

is what we

tend

to see.

At least

let’s not

go further

but add

some fervor

to be the

preserver

of this

life

now.

The party’s

over

so let’s 

stand

our ground

into the ground

this time

around.

Screw

decorum—

a forum

for repression.

Bring

obsession

and regression

to the fore

and the floor

of our House.

Hats off

to 46,

who wants

to fix

so much

that is broken.

The Center

of Gravity

has normalized

depravity,

self serving

and unnerving.

Calling themselves

Conservative

is interpretive

at best.

Suggesting

Great

while exhibiting

hate

is actually

reflecting

our past.

We’re better

off

and on 

a path

forward,

certainly

since

COVID.

But what

we thought

was outmoded

has a devoted

following.

Wallowing

in grievance

and demanding

allegiance

will not

forward

us.

Looking toward

what was

is blurry,

leaving out

the worst

and worry.

But many

feel 

more confident

in the current

fever dream.

The wish 

of 4 years

ago

is merely 

to hold

on.

Making

America

Great

Again,

as though

it’s something

we only

know

from long

ago,

is oh so

hollow.