It looks just like civility In towns both far and near It looks as firm as solid oak— It’s false as thin veneer. They go to church on Sundays And they bow their heads in prayer American utopia? Try peeling back a layer. “Our boys are always gentlemen! They like to party, but… They’re members …
Category Archive: current events
Mar 13 2013
Habemus Papem
A cloud of white smoke; the ring of a bell; The announcement of “habemus papem” So, sadly, as far as I can tell It’s too late now to stop ‘em.
Mar 03 2013
If You Don’t Agree With This, You’re An Idiot
It’s the modern world I live in, And I use it when I can I get all my information From my common, fellow man I won’t venture an opinion Till I see what others think— And I’ll read it all in pixels, Cos I cannot wait for ink. Yes, the internet is perfect When you …
Feb 26 2013
Free Speech, Or Plot To Kill And Eat His Wife?
We see these rights as absolute— No state would dare restrict ‘em— We have not broken any law… Until there is a victim. We’re free to speak of fantasies Of murder, rage, or hate— We haven’t crossed the line, of course, Until… it is too late. Our whispered, dark conspiracies Are safely out of reach— …
Feb 14 2013
Snake-Handlers? In 2013?
For goodness sakes I need my snakes Or God won’t know I love Him! I have to show Or He won’t know There’s no one else above Him! I know my sect Is more correct (As well as more exciting); Among my clues, We fill the pews When rattlesnakes are biting! Though some have died …
Feb 11 2013
The Pope Is Stepping Down
So in his honor, a verse that speculates on what really goes on in the college of cardinals as they go about the business of selecting a new guy to wear the funny hat: We struggle in vain to distinguish a MassFrom your typical Zombie behaviorAs they guzzle down red by the bottle or glassAnd …
Feb 06 2013
Scouts To Admit Gays. Maybe. Wait…
The policy, if you are gay, Is changing—changing any day But wait! It seems there’s now delay Why wait for change? I cannot say— They should have done so anyway. The policy that guides each scout From honest lad to brutish lout Was scheduled for a turnabout Which made some bigots scream and shout Or …
Feb 05 2013
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
They paved over Richard—that’s Richard the third The Richard that used to be King. Will I be remembered? The notion’s absurd! But who knows what the future might bring? Will the world of the future seek out where I rest? Will they quarry in search of my bones? Will they pore over details of things …
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Feb 08 2013
“Men And Women Aren’t Equal”
current events, human nature, social commentary
by Cuttlefish
“Men and Women aren’t equal”, she wrote— Just one of those stories you read now and then. The truth, which the article fails, though, to note: Women aren’t equal, and neither are men. You won’t want to read it without a central nervous system depressant of choice, but foxnews.com has an opinion piece “To be …
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