<div class="line">Oh, let the ground be muddy.</div>
<div class="line">Oh, let the mild rains fall.</div>
<div class="line">It&#8217;s winter in the oblast</div>
<div class="line">And there&#8217;s writing on the wall.</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line">But no one can interpret it.</div>
<div class="line">A threat? Or folderol?</div>
<div class="line">Only Putin in his fox lair knows.</div>
<div class="line">En garde? Advance? Withdraw?</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line">Oh, may oil be delivered</div>
<div class="line">On bobsled or on skis.</div>
<div class="line">Winter war like winter sports</div>
<div class="line">Requires an awesome freeze.</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line">So let the ground be muddy.</div>
<div class="line">Let the Arctic tundra thaw.</div>
<div class="line">Let&#8217;s fly the aspidistra now</div>
<div class="line">And frack one last hurrah!</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line">Bow down before the money god.</div>
<div class="line">We&#8217;ve worshipped there before.</div>
<div class="line">Excuse me one brief minute.</div>
<div class="line">Someone&#8217;s knocking on the door.</div>
<div class="line"></div>
<div class="line">Back now. It was that Orwell chap</div>
<div class="line">With pizzas, strangely grinning.</div>
<div class="line">Turn up the heat. And pass the beer.</div>
<div class="line">What did I miss? Who&#8217;s winning?</div>


On the Practice of Opine

Poets Respond

Orange

War as a Spectator Sport

<div class="line">In the world that was before ours,</div>
<div class="line">In the warring age of walkers,</div>
<div class="line">There were many wondrous weapons</div>
<div class="line">But the boom-boom was the greatest.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Many walker lands had boom-booms,</div>
<div class="line">The most powerful kind of kill-kills.</div>
<div class="line">It could out-boom other kill-kills.</div>
<div class="line">It could melt their eyes to jelly.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">When the first boom-boom exploded,</div>
<div class="line">It was for the great god True Man</div>
<div class="line">And his people were the greatest</div>
<div class="line">And his people ruled our seas.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">They had many wondrous engines</div>
<div class="line">That held voices in flat boxes,</div>
<div class="line">Handsome captive heads in boxes</div>
<div class="line">To praise boom-boom and make rain.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Other countries had the boom-boom,</div>
<div class="line">And still others wanted boom-booms</div>
<div class="line">But they feared the True Man people</div>
<div class="line">But they feared their nation-building.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Fearless was the droll god Put In</div>
<div class="line">Who rode stallions through the desert,</div>
<div class="line">Wrestled wild bears in the forest,</div>
<div class="line">Who could disappear at will.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Mighty Put In god said, &#8220;Got it.</div>
<div class="line">I got boom-boom-boom. I got it.</div>
<div class="line">I will Put In it your walk land.</div>
<div class="line">Hear my thunder, True Man people.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">First one thing and then another</div>
<div class="line">As the heads escaped their boxes,</div>
<div class="line">As the voices turned to silence,</div>
<div class="line">As the walker lands all warred.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">So the True Man era ended.</div>
<div class="line">So all walker countries perished.</div>
<div class="line">So the golden age of Dolphin.</div>
<div class="line">So our thumbless golden age.</div>


The Last Time I Used the N Word

I Remember the Squirrel

Dolphin Legend of the World Before

<div class="line">He promises, he pleads, he plies.</div>
<div class="line">No matter that his truths are lies.</div>
<div class="line">He has the future in his eyes.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Exuding witty, city charm,</div>
<div class="line">he claims <i>just once</i> will do no harm</div>
<div class="line">and soon she’s leaning on his arm.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Says he, <i>My sweet, I know not where</i></div>
<div class="line"><i>I’ve seen such breasts or silky hair.</i></div>
<div class="line"><i>Your very breath refines the air.</i></div>
<div></div>
<div class="line"><i>Cream and peaches is your skin.</i></div>
<div class="line"><i>I die of love. Our souls are kin.</i></div>
<div class="line">Of course the goose will vote him in.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">This is, of course, a metaphor.</div>
<div class="line">You know who senators pimp for,</div>
<div class="line">who screws both ends of <i>either/or</i>.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Where there’s a con, there is a shill.</div>
<div class="line">Who rides the jet? Who slogs the hill?</div>
<div class="line">Who’s doing great? Who’s faring ill?</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Who reaps the kale our country grows,</div>
<div class="line">that shiny green in endless rows?</div>
<div class="line">Who sells their souls? Who owns? Who owes?</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Behold the Politic Noblesse</div>
<div class="line">they smile and wave, they scam and bless.</div>
<div class="line">The rich get more, the poor get less.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="line">Each self-excusing sneaky cheat,</div>
<div class="line">just grins when life turns up the heat</div>
<div class="line">and shrugs: <i>Hey folks, I gotta eat</i>.</div>


Clay

A Lobster’s Home

The Diminishing Politics of Senator Les S. Moore

<div class="life">White man</div>
<div class="life">Black man</div>
<div class="life">Yellow man</div>
<div class="life">Grief.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="life">Doctor</div>
<div class="life">Farmer</div>
<div class="life">Soldier</div>
<div class="life">Chief.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="life">Hittin’</div>
<div class="life">Spittin’</div>
<div class="life">Cussin’</div>
<div class="life">Hard.</div>
<div></div>
<div class="life">Bury</div>
<div class="life">Their wives</div>
<div class="life">In the cold</div>
<div class="life">Graveyard.</div>
<blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p></blockquote>


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