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POETRY : Haiku Sadness
his blood on the sand shall never again party, yet paints the town red Shane O’NealThe Rag Blog / July 15, 2008 The Rag Blog
POETRY : True Homeland
Wubbzy in the style of Picasso / Frank Rocco. Welcome to the USA Patriarch Actwith its spying and break-insup its sleeve behind your backwith eavesdropping that’s a crackdownwith character attacks and panic attacksOh damn I’m indicted with fictionthough my sentence … Continue reading
POETRY : Five by Shane
“Charles Gandy” You were nothing but a parable to me.Your sad, short story was the basis for my novel;my accidental life contrasting with your accidental death.Looking back, I see there was more to you than a nonsensical ending.So now I’m … Continue reading
Shade Tree
when you come to my house you are allowed to plant a tree and after you leave I will water it along and nurture it well as it reaches toward the light and keep it safe from harm even if … Continue reading
A poem of peace
Making Peace A voice from the dark called out,“The poets must give usimagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiarimagination of disaster. Peace, not onlythe absence of war.” But peace, like a poem,is not there ahead of itself,can’t be imagined … Continue reading
I Ran
“Drachen 6” / Irena Vezin.I Ran I was so scared, and there was no one to stand up beside me –I was so weak, and I searched, but there was no place to hide me –I was so lost, and … Continue reading
The Hard Human Surface
I’m doing a brave pushupnear the middle of the roadwith my back legs paralyzedand folded under me helplesslyunder my newly crushing weightas I hold my head up highlooking for danger thoughunable to move out the wayof the next car alreadyrapidly … Continue reading
The Hummer Dumber Song
The Hummer Dumber Song(All Over Utopia) (This is satire; not an instruction manual.) blow up a Hummer, as it rolls off the lineblow up a Hummer, and pay a small fineblow up a Hummer, and all of its kindblow up … Continue reading
Who Do You Love?
Who Do You Love? I wish I could understand why I know that Bo Diddley had a one-eyed white bull dog named Lola, yet I can’t remember what year my favorite grandfather died Or his age, for that matter I … Continue reading
America, Incorporated, L.L.C.
we built this business up from scratchwith all the real estate we snatchedwe used resources down the hatchwith all the labor we could catchmythologized confabulatedself-congratulatedAmerica, Incorporated for a new place did real welllots of smokes and folks to sellway far … Continue reading
the Cossacks are coming Hurrah Hurrah
Ilya Repins’s Zaporozhian Cosssacks.the Cossacks are coming Hurrah Hurrahthe Cossacks are coming for you Grandmathe Cossacks are coming they’re coming Huzzahthe Cossacks are coming for you the Cossacks are coming in SUVsthe Cossacks are coming get on your kneesthe Cossacks … Continue reading
Mortality – Mariann Wizard
Dear Friends & Family — Some of y’all, especially those who don’t have access to Austin’s wonderful “Channel A” public access channels, might like to see me reading a little poetry at the recent 2008 ExSE Spoken Word Showcase. Slight … Continue reading
