"...I love The Stars ‘n’ Stripes. I love ‘em.
Billowing or Furled.
I know much more about The Flag than anyone
in the world..."
"...I love The Mind. I love the Brain Stem.
Love the Frontal Lobe.
I know much more about The Mind than anyone
on the globe..."
"...I love Christianity. The Cross. The
Virgin Birth.
I know much more about The Lord than anyone
on earth..."
"...I love Mineralogy. Love Quartz. Love Tuff. Love Granite.
I know much more about The Rock than anyone
on the planet..."
"...I love the Giant Panda Bear. I love its Black Eyes, Paws, Nose…
I know much more about The Bear than anyone
in the cosmos..."
(I love the Lie. I love the Guile. I love Prevarication.
I know much less about The Truth than anyone
in creation.)
Poet Poe pens nonsense verse. "Plus...phun," puns Uly, "I disburse." Its gamut runs from spam to worse. The po'sy posted...? Poe's diverse -- most, postcards from his universe, replies to grudges he must nurse. My summary...? Let me be terse: a mitzva, mostly. (Not a curse.)
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Out With '18, In With '19
Though our losses outnumber our wins
and our forfeitures outpace our pins
and our outs have the jump on our ins,
once again, the megillah* begins.
* Some mss show "Armageddon" here.
Which reading will prove definitive? As Lucky
says in Waiting for Godot, …"time will tell...
quaquaqua…"
and our forfeitures outpace our pins
and our outs have the jump on our ins,
once again, the megillah* begins.
* Some mss show "Armageddon" here.
Which reading will prove definitive? As Lucky
says in Waiting for Godot, …"time will tell...
quaquaqua…"
Monday, December 24, 2018
Two Poems
Love Poem
Do you love me?
Yes.
Do you?
Yes.
Do!
Yes!
Lust Poem
Speak now
or forever
hold your piece!
Do you love me?
Yes.
Do you?
Yes.
Do!
Yes!
Lust Poem
Speak now
or forever
hold your piece!
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Eggcentric Artists
Classeggs: Coroet, Caviareggio, El Greggo, Leonardo d'Oeufinci, Meggalangelo
Romanteggs: Ceggsanne, Eggkins, Roedin, Monegg, Toulouse-Lautregg, Van Eggogh, Deggas
Fresh Eggs: Jeggson Pollock, Robert Roeufsenberg, Lucian Fried, Aleggsander Coddler, Joan Miroe, Roy Leggtenstein, Norman Roeckwell, Salvador Dalegg, Marc Cheggall, Rene Meggritte, Dieggo Roeufira, Friedegg Kahlo, Pablo Peggasso, Georges “Eggo” Keefe
Romanteggs: Ceggsanne, Eggkins, Roedin, Monegg, Toulouse-Lautregg, Van Eggogh, Deggas
Fresh Eggs: Jeggson Pollock, Robert Roeufsenberg, Lucian Fried, Aleggsander Coddler, Joan Miroe, Roy Leggtenstein, Norman Roeckwell, Salvador Dalegg, Marc Cheggall, Rene Meggritte, Dieggo Roeufira, Friedegg Kahlo, Pablo Peggasso, Georges “Eggo” Keefe
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Shakespurious or First-Night Folderol
New drama traces production mix-up surrounding “Get Out Drumpf Vote” support package and "Get Out, Drumpf!" impeachment ballot initiative:
“Ass You Lick” Kit
In this slapstick comedy, self-styled King of Beasts tweets on and on -- and on -- about all and nothing.
Simba, Lyin’
Leading actor unleashes pre-dawn tweet shitstorm as sports teams shun Rose Garden photo ops.
The Trump, Piss’d
In a one-hander, evil Treasury Secretary skims sizeable stash, then exits stage right.
Mnuchin Do But Nuttin’
Series of tableaux portrays protagnonist's despicable offspring.
Rich Heirs? They're Turds
Tragedy strikes as golden toilets simultaneously back up in Drumpf Tower bathrooms.
King’s Johns
No synopsis available for:
Kinky Leer, Oaf Fellow, “Cor! He’s All Anus!” or Comedy of “Hair”rrors?
“Ass You Lick” Kit
In this slapstick comedy, self-styled King of Beasts tweets on and on -- and on -- about all and nothing.
Simba, Lyin’
Leading actor unleashes pre-dawn tweet shitstorm as sports teams shun Rose Garden photo ops.
The Trump, Piss’d
In a one-hander, evil Treasury Secretary skims sizeable stash, then exits stage right.
Mnuchin Do But Nuttin’
Series of tableaux portrays protagnonist's despicable offspring.
Rich Heirs? They're Turds
Tragedy strikes as golden toilets simultaneously back up in Drumpf Tower bathrooms.
King’s Johns
No synopsis available for:
Kinky Leer, Oaf Fellow, “Cor! He’s All Anus!” or Comedy of “Hair”rrors?
Monday, December 17, 2018
Graphic Proof
TEMPORARY
PERMANENT
TEMPOR RY
PERM NENT
E MPOR RY
PERM NEN
MPOR RY
P RM N N
M O R RY
RM N N
OR RY
R N N
O Y
N N
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26 Stupid Things (Albeit Using 140 or Fewer Characters Per Tweet) Characters Have Tweeted Moments After Their Deaths: an ABC
Aamon...? Grim!
(Who'd dance with him...?)
But, as I'm
here,
eBay my bier!
Curse the dark 'n'
Philip Larkin!
Di-
(I fear I
see) -es irae.
Enough's enough!
(Putsch came to 'shuff.'*)
* As in the Bard's “shuffle off this
* As in the Bard's “shuffle off this
mortal coil,” not "Shuffle Off to Buffalo."
Feelin' very
“Alighieri.”
God's call'd Bel.
She's
black as well.
He kindly stopp’d* --
'cuz out I'd opt.
* Cf. Ms. Dickinson’s #479.
* Cf. Ms. Dickinson’s #479.
I died. Mom lied.
Ironicide!
Jus' like they tol' ya:
no magnolia.
Kiss good-bye yer
ass, you liar!
Less is more...?
A metaphor.
Memento
mori.
(Now who's sorry...?)
No sound...? No sight...?
No shit! "Good" night*...?
* As in D. Thomas’s “Do not go gentle…”
* As in D. Thomas’s “Do not go gentle…”
Off blocks, my chips...?
Apocalypse!
Pride had shit
to do with it.
Quite warm for May...?
The hell, you say.
Ripley said...
(But Ripley's dead.)
Suspend the search!
Arrivederch!
To be I'd not.
So: off the
pot.*
* As in “shit or get off…”
* As in “shit or get off…”
"Up, up and a-"...?
Propaganda.
Very well:
so this is hell.
What the fuck!
Of all the luck.
X marks the spot.
(By god, it's hot.)
Yes or no...?
Is that stuff snow...?
Zeus...? Hello.
(But I must go.)
Whoever's Up I'm Up For
Who antes-up post dealing cards, sings backup for the Stones,
bats cleanup down at Camden Yards and digs up ancient bones?
Who loves his Lear 'n' Lewis* -- nearly eats 'em up? (Guess who?)
Whose queries lead with follow-ups when interviewing you?
* Edward 'n' Carroll
Who'd rather fool with fuckups than with grownups, as a rule?
Who's, sadly, prone to hiccups and's call'd "Hikkieup" at school?
Whose teachers scold, "Don't interrup'! Stop jumpin' up! Sit down!"
Whose fav'rite lay's "La Marseillaise" -- not "Knees Up, Mother Brown"?
Who lines up at the Hippodrome? Who mops up at the mall?
Who neatens up his room at home, then owns up to it all?
Whose old kit bag he'd pack up long before he'd risk a "quackup”?
And, when traffic tickets rack up, who'd with Captain Jacquie shack up?
[If this goes on, I must throw up: this warning's on the up-'n'-up.
And guess who's left to vacuum up? Who's lent -- for rent -- his wickiup?]
Who, when he'd give a gal some bling, would never gift a Xuping* ring?
Who yacks it up? And, fin'lly, who zips up his fly outside the loo?
* Xuping is a Chinese manufacturer of cheap imitation jewelry.
bats cleanup down at Camden Yards and digs up ancient bones?
Who loves his Lear 'n' Lewis* -- nearly eats 'em up? (Guess who?)
Whose queries lead with follow-ups when interviewing you?
* Edward 'n' Carroll
Who'd rather fool with fuckups than with grownups, as a rule?
Who's, sadly, prone to hiccups and's call'd "Hikkieup" at school?
Whose teachers scold, "Don't interrup'! Stop jumpin' up! Sit down!"
Whose fav'rite lay's "La Marseillaise" -- not "Knees Up, Mother Brown"?
Who lines up at the Hippodrome? Who mops up at the mall?
Who neatens up his room at home, then owns up to it all?
Whose old kit bag he'd pack up long before he'd risk a "quackup”?
And, when traffic tickets rack up, who'd with Captain Jacquie shack up?
[If this goes on, I must throw up: this warning's on the up-'n'-up.
And guess who's left to vacuum up? Who's lent -- for rent -- his wickiup?]
Who, when he'd give a gal some bling, would never gift a Xuping* ring?
Who yacks it up? And, fin'lly, who zips up his fly outside the loo?
* Xuping is a Chinese manufacturer of cheap imitation jewelry.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Pirates of the Absurdean or Don't Call Me Ishmael!
Call me Ivor! Aye! I liv' 'ere, near the Guadalquivir River.
I'm a reaver ("...an' smokes reefer," whines me wench, nor don't beli'v' 'er).
Long Sean Silver, Jen E. Diver, Herb "Hurt" Hoover and the Beaver,
with yours truly make a fiver: each a thief; each a survivor.
Sails this slaver out o' Dover christen'd good ship Mike L. Deaver
under Captain Nigel Haver. We'd resolv'd to wave 'er over.
"All aboard be down wi' fever," hoots "The Hoov." "We'd best to leave 'er."
Only then d'we spy the silver. "Trove!" trump I. "By Jove, I never!"
Sean palavers: "Gotta have 'er!" "Hand 'er over," shouts the Beaver.
"Shiv' me timber! Stand! Deliver! Silver salvers? I'm a craver,"
joins in Jen. (Har-r-r-r! Heaven save 'er!). "Trays trey? Treasures they'd best give 'er,"
urges Edward, son o' Cleaver, "for she'll not not take 'em wiv' 'er."
(a work in progress)
I'm a reaver ("...an' smokes reefer," whines me wench, nor don't beli'v' 'er).
Long Sean Silver, Jen E. Diver, Herb "Hurt" Hoover and the Beaver,
with yours truly make a fiver: each a thief; each a survivor.
Sails this slaver out o' Dover christen'd good ship Mike L. Deaver
under Captain Nigel Haver. We'd resolv'd to wave 'er over.
"All aboard be down wi' fever," hoots "The Hoov." "We'd best to leave 'er."
Only then d'we spy the silver. "Trove!" trump I. "By Jove, I never!"
Sean palavers: "Gotta have 'er!" "Hand 'er over," shouts the Beaver.
"Shiv' me timber! Stand! Deliver! Silver salvers? I'm a craver,"
joins in Jen. (Har-r-r-r! Heaven save 'er!). "Trays trey? Treasures they'd best give 'er,"
urges Edward, son o' Cleaver, "for she'll not not take 'em wiv' 'er."
(a work in progress)
Friday, December 14, 2018
A Decade of -Insanities
(1: ABC)
There's Anaïs Ninsanity, Black and Tansanity,
Anne Boleynsanity, East Berlinsanity,*
Blue Vein Blintzanity, Louvain Blitzanity…
and ('xcuse my "French") cuisine's Coq au Vinsanity.**
* Some mss show 'Bowlin' Grinsanity' here.
** Not to be confused with the NBA's Vince Carter's
signature "Vinsanity."
(2: DEF)
There's Dark wood tintsanity, Eastwood, Clintsanity,
Errol's (and kid sister* Beryl's) Flynnsanity --
who, it turns out, proves Flynn's evil twinsanity.
Freddie Prinzanity's Flower'd Chintzanity.
* Some mss show 'hid sister' here, a reference
to the fact that no record of Flynn's having a sister,
kid or otherwise, seems extant.
(3: GH)
There's Gunga Dinsanity, Gilbey's Ginsanity,
household Hintsanity, Harlequinsanity,
Ho Chi Minhsanity, Hester Prynnesanity.
(Question: who's not question'd Hannity's sanity?)
(4: HI)
There's Hail to the (Washington, D.C.) 'Skinsanity,
Watson's Jim, Papp and Huck'berry Finnsanity,
Rumi the dervish's In-a-spinsanity…
and -- all too often -- Idi Aminsanity.
(5: IJ)
There's Ivan Pninsanity, Junior Mintsanity,
Jim DeMintsanity. (His? Mint insanity!)
Basil and Sib's Fawlty Towers, the Bates Motel,
Saracen's Head and Jamaica Innsanity.
(6: KL)
There's Ed "Have you met my son Keenan?" Wynnsanity,
too little Lena or Ken Olinsanity;
Senator Levin notes no Levinsanity,
still...there's Loretta (and Mooney!) Lynnsanity.
(7: MN)
There's Merrill Lynchanity. (No Nell Gwynnesanity?)*
"Not by the hair of my chinny-chin"-sanity.
(Here, out of order, is Prince Repninsanity,
father to Ivan.** (It’s next-of-kinsanity.)
* Nor much Geisel's Grinchanity, except seasonally.
** Ivan Pnin -- cf verse five above.
(8: OPQR)
There's Osamma binsaahneti, Qui-Gon Jinnsanity,
Tony Quinnsanity, Pisner Quintsanity,
Rollingpinsanity, Rin-tin-tinsanity,
Rembrandt van Rijn- (mispronounc'd as "Rin") -sanity.
(9: STU)
There's Surat-al-Jinnsanity, Lau's Shaolinsanity,
seven-fold (more, surely!) deadly Sinsanity,
Belgian cartoonist Hergé's Tintinsanity
And (with a stretch) there is Ulstermansanity.
(10: VWXYZ)
There’s Vitaminsanity, Violinsanity,
triple Winsanity, Xanthosinesanity,
Yang and Yinsanity, Howard Zinn sanity.*
Hey...let's head home: take my Zeppelinsanity
* Historian Zinn authored an essential text,
"The People's History of the United States,"
a must-read.
There's Anaïs Ninsanity, Black and Tansanity,
Anne Boleynsanity, East Berlinsanity,*
Blue Vein Blintzanity, Louvain Blitzanity…
and ('xcuse my "French") cuisine's Coq au Vinsanity.**
* Some mss show 'Bowlin' Grinsanity' here.
** Not to be confused with the NBA's Vince Carter's
signature "Vinsanity."
(2: DEF)
There's Dark wood tintsanity, Eastwood, Clintsanity,
Errol's (and kid sister* Beryl's) Flynnsanity --
who, it turns out, proves Flynn's evil twinsanity.
Freddie Prinzanity's Flower'd Chintzanity.
* Some mss show 'hid sister' here, a reference
to the fact that no record of Flynn's having a sister,
kid or otherwise, seems extant.
(3: GH)
There's Gunga Dinsanity, Gilbey's Ginsanity,
household Hintsanity, Harlequinsanity,
Ho Chi Minhsanity, Hester Prynnesanity.
(Question: who's not question'd Hannity's sanity?)
(4: HI)
There's Hail to the (Washington, D.C.) 'Skinsanity,
Watson's Jim, Papp and Huck'berry Finnsanity,
Rumi the dervish's In-a-spinsanity…
and -- all too often -- Idi Aminsanity.
(5: IJ)
There's Ivan Pninsanity, Junior Mintsanity,
Jim DeMintsanity. (His? Mint insanity!)
Basil and Sib's Fawlty Towers, the Bates Motel,
Saracen's Head and Jamaica Innsanity.
(6: KL)
There's Ed "Have you met my son Keenan?" Wynnsanity,
too little Lena or Ken Olinsanity;
Senator Levin notes no Levinsanity,
still...there's Loretta (and Mooney!) Lynnsanity.
(7: MN)
There's Merrill Lynchanity. (No Nell Gwynnesanity?)*
"Not by the hair of my chinny-chin"-sanity.
(Here, out of order, is Prince Repninsanity,
father to Ivan.** (It’s next-of-kinsanity.)
* Nor much Geisel's Grinchanity, except seasonally.
** Ivan Pnin -- cf verse five above.
(8: OPQR)
There's Osamma binsaahneti, Qui-Gon Jinnsanity,
Tony Quinnsanity, Pisner Quintsanity,
Rollingpinsanity, Rin-tin-tinsanity,
Rembrandt van Rijn- (mispronounc'd as "Rin") -sanity.
(9: STU)
There's Surat-al-Jinnsanity, Lau's Shaolinsanity,
seven-fold (more, surely!) deadly Sinsanity,
Belgian cartoonist Hergé's Tintinsanity
And (with a stretch) there is Ulstermansanity.
(10: VWXYZ)
There’s Vitaminsanity, Violinsanity,
triple Winsanity, Xanthosinesanity,
Yang and Yinsanity, Howard Zinn sanity.*
Hey...let's head home: take my Zeppelinsanity
* Historian Zinn authored an essential text,
"The People's History of the United States,"
a must-read.
Scouts Horror
American kids
learn a Boy Scout must be
trustworthy, loyal, helpful,
friendly, courteous, kind,
obedient, cheerful, thrifty,
brave, clean and reverent.
Republicans elected a Potus demonstrably
lying, faithless, injurious,
backbiting, ill-mannered, cruel,
obstinate, pessimistic, cheap,
cowardly, filthy and rude.
God help them…and us! They’ve inaugurated
President AntiScout, Troop 666.
trustworthy, loyal, helpful,
friendly, courteous, kind,
obedient, cheerful, thrifty,
brave, clean and reverent.
Republicans elected a Potus demonstrably
lying, faithless, injurious,
backbiting, ill-mannered, cruel,
obstinate, pessimistic, cheap,
cowardly, filthy and rude.
God help them…and us! They’ve inaugurated
President AntiScout, Troop 666.
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