Déjà Vu Eden
Seven-second drama by SMSmith, playwrightAdam & Eve (et all thereafter): “Oh, what are we to do?” Voice (Off-stage): “Just put one foot in front of the other, and try not to slip on your tears.”
Democratic Blues: Confessions & Lamentations of “The Unknown Democrat”
(:Transcribed from meetings of Democrats Anonymous in undisclosed U.S. locations:)▪ Unfortunately, too many Democrats seem confused by the media’s “blue” labeling. Historically, we Democrats have been closer to the theoretical left, which is not conservative (or big-business) blue. However, by this same twist-of-color, our political rivals appear even more disoriented by their “red” label. They
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Neo-Republican* Redbook** (Ideological & Practical Samplings)
*ska, Neo-Cons; **Not to be confused with other Red books. Advertizing: The art of manufacturing desire and producing dissatisfaction, envy, and so forth, all in the greater cause of economic growth and free-market capitalism. A pillar of democracy. American Covert Operations: Secret interventions to promote democratic values and thwart anti-capitalists/corporatists. These are necessarily secret to
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CROSS WINDS
by SMSmith Near drowningIn tsunamic rush.Irrational.DrivenAgainst the barren scapeOf reason. ReasonCaughtIn whirlsOf imbalanceScreamingPeeledLike bark from groaning willowsDriven into the inexplicableOf the root of minus one. Blinded, castFrom a realm unseenInto the abyss between.Disheveled, bruisedTorn, confused.Dreams breakingAgainst matterMatter against miracle.
Trauma Happens
It happens to good people. It happens to not-so-good people. And when it does, it seems our human nature to cry, “Why me?” “Why this?” “Why now?” Or as a good niece of mine recently wrote, “I need some extra help in trying to remember that God doesn’t hate me.” The short answer to the
HARVEST
by SMSmithIron locustsBelching black exhaustionRound on roundTo gorge uponThe gilt of autumn. Round on roundTo pour out ripe September. Round on roundSpewing dry-rowed chaffFor other teethTo gleanConcentric wealsInto ingots of hollow gold. Round on roundFrom dawnTo crew-cut dawnSwallowingDisgorgingArtEssenceSeasonSimilitude. Round on roundLayering strataTo invisible strataOf fruits and daysToo soonForgot. © 1987
Wealth Redistribution! ! !
It seems as a nation we have been persistently blind to the wealth redistribution that has been going on for decades, chiefly presided over by laissez-faire Republican capitalists.* Wealth redistribution that is abundantly documented except for those who are so ideologically reflexive they have become functionally blind in the right eye—their only focus devoted to
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