Friday, December 21, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Rodriguez airport
Leonard Cohen's raspy voice sings Dance Me to the End of Love
Through the speakers in an Ford pick-up truck
My son points excitedly at a Christmas tree tied to the top of an aging mini-van
So I look with a sinking feeling
My mind somewhere between floating and drowning without treading through the saturation
And in the distance, a jet hangs in the air just past Rodriguez airport
It balances nicely passing from clear. Morning blue sky into the whiteness of the cloud
Through the speakers in an Ford pick-up truck
My son points excitedly at a Christmas tree tied to the top of an aging mini-van
So I look with a sinking feeling
My mind somewhere between floating and drowning without treading through the saturation
And in the distance, a jet hangs in the air just past Rodriguez airport
It balances nicely passing from clear. Morning blue sky into the whiteness of the cloud
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
PTA Moms
I am constantly amazed by the
omnipresent PTA moms
Decked out in the designer fitness wear
That frames their mother hen personalities
To fit the multi-million dollar ad campaigns
Interspersed throughout parenting magazines
And estrogen talk shows
But when the afternoon comes
there are no jagged lines of salt left over from sweat
Drawing maps of champion effort on their shirts
No dirt on the shoes singing the praises of battles hard fought
No odor of accomplishment
There are only the women mulling around
With their sports drinks
Designer sunglasses
And voices singing their own praises.
omnipresent PTA moms
Decked out in the designer fitness wear
That frames their mother hen personalities
To fit the multi-million dollar ad campaigns
Interspersed throughout parenting magazines
And estrogen talk shows
But when the afternoon comes
there are no jagged lines of salt left over from sweat
Drawing maps of champion effort on their shirts
No dirt on the shoes singing the praises of battles hard fought
No odor of accomplishment
There are only the women mulling around
With their sports drinks
Designer sunglasses
And voices singing their own praises.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
Highway 145
Listening to the Cowboy Junkies
inside of a converted garage bedroom
along the the side of Highway 145
I amaze myself to realize that somehow
I have remained sober until noon
inside of a converted garage bedroom
along the the side of Highway 145
I amaze myself to realize that somehow
I have remained sober until noon
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
On Election Day
I find it interesting that those who want less regulation on Wall Street also want greater accountability in schools.
Those who claim that their religion is under attack also use their religion to justify inequality for women, minorities, and the LGBT community.
Those who want smaller government and less help for the People constantly push for a larger military to wage war in the name of corporate interests disguised in word Freedom.
It seems that those who despise a healthy democratic government want to control it, but not for very democratic reasons.
We have seen this before, and even the most sanitized textbooks in our school cannot help but show the ugly results of such a skewed philosophy.
Those who claim that their religion is under attack also use their religion to justify inequality for women, minorities, and the LGBT community.
Those who want smaller government and less help for the People constantly push for a larger military to wage war in the name of corporate interests disguised in word Freedom.
It seems that those who despise a healthy democratic government want to control it, but not for very democratic reasons.
We have seen this before, and even the most sanitized textbooks in our school cannot help but show the ugly results of such a skewed philosophy.
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