snapshot for the record

monkeys on donkeys

while vipers ride pachyderms:

U. S. life right now

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lovingkindness

cloud lost like a sheep

in the pleasant azure sky

here, Lord, here am I

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the Perseids

meteors streaking

through the night sky: siblings of

fireflies in August

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Longing

Oh, how I sort of miss
the Tangerine Turd
now that he’s sailed
into the sunset….
Yes, I know it’s not right to laugh
at the learning-impaired
and the mentally ill…
Yet, oh! How I miss
the Tangerine Turd
now that he’s sailed
into the sunset…
My soul burns with schadenfreude,
with mocking the Grandiose fallen,
for there’s nothing quite like the so-called rich
being taken down a few pegs…
Oh, how I sort of miss
the Tangerine Turd
now that he’s sailed
into the sunset…
Yet I can’t wait till those bland indictments
come roiling and streaming down
upon his coiffed tangerine pate!
Be sure: After the sentence is rendered,
I won’t miss that Tangerine Duffer one smidgen…
Have a grand time when you’re in Rykers,
Mr. Un-President, Bubba’s sweet pigeon!

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American Exceptionalism

we: a nation of laws
save for our war actions
and those of allies 

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losers

the Trumps, grifters all,
devoid of moral compass,
move to the next scam…

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fancy’s haunt

from this realm of comfort –
pillows and sheets and blanket –
dreams billow forth…

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legend

sword on sword clashing,
buckler against buckler bashing…
“Ian! Shut the TV!”

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utopia

angelfish swim slow
past plastic castles bubbling
near faux sand, gray rocks…

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kōan

fog engulfs us now…
the chill unnerves… night descends…
our lives – our message

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