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Like Miles Says, “So What”
NarcissusWorks: The Ghost Anthology: No, it’s not a real poetry collection. No, I didn’t write the one line poem attributed to me. No, I didn’t give my permission for, or seek, inclusion in this farcical volume. But think about it. … Continue reading
Stale Yellow
This morning my country’s on orange alert; or maybe stale yellow, if you feel perverse: the color of bullies, who’re cowards, in fact, who put down in others convictions they lack. The war is on terror, they’ll loudly proclaim; but … Continue reading
Posted in Songs
Tagged alerts, America, freedom, Homeland Security, politics, terrorism, war, warnings
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Instrument of God
You call yourself an instrument of God, selected to seek vengeance for some wrong; I wonder, do you ever think it odd that retribution should be your sole song, that God, who has a symphony of life to call upon … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged daily poems, deities, hatred, hypocrisy, ignorance, jihad, religion, terrorism
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Against a Greater Evil Than the Dark
I do not fear what terror comes by night and would with malice trouble fitful sleep; such bugaboos may cause a moment’s fright, but fade in cowardice as daylight creeps. More brazen ne’er-do-wells parade by day, and mask their ill … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged charisma, coersion, commercialism, deceit, falseness, fear, hypocrisy, terrorism
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Thoughts on the 9/11 Report
Well, I have done it. Purchased the “official” 9/11 report. And read it through, at least at this time on a cursory level. I will re-read it in detail, of course. There are a few things that trouble me. They … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Statements
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Commission, analysis, books, fear, GI Gurdijieff, governments, justice, partisanship, politics, terrorism
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The Art of War on …
Poverty, Illiteracy, Hunger, Drugs, and ultimately what I’d like to address, Terrorism. Does it appear to anyone but myself that our great “national” causes (that we cast as decisive “battles” since Johnson’s Great Society and its War on Poverty) deal … Continue reading
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Tagged causes, communication, mass media, national agenda, politics, rhetoric, Sun Tzu, terrorism, The Art of War, war
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9/11 Remembered
Another nine eleven comes and slips through afternoon; not a single house on my block flies a flag or sings a tune. There seems to be no notice or remembrance of the day that two years back began the work … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Statements
Tagged 9/11, alerts, fear, governments, mass media, memorials, politics, terrorism
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