We were told this week by scientists We’re standing on the brink There’s a black hole in the Milky Way That’s closer than you think And if the headline panic Is any good barometer We’ll all get sucked inside Before we smash into Andromeda But compared to other happenings Both horrible and gory [...]
When I first looked at politics Back in the middle ages There was accepted wisdom That was spoken by the sages Those learned men wrote essays Which they passed to their descendants You can’t win with the right or left You need the independents Those groovy swinging voters Of whom everybody speaks Hardly [...]
On a Sunday triumphant They gave us the word Every year in the springtime The story is heard When we’re given a chance With all of our breath To sing His hosannas Then cry for His death To the high wooden cross From the manger so meek Oh, what a journey And, [...]
I have an eye for trends And one that’s sweeping through the nation Is an unexpected Renaissance In self-examination While the world may be in chaos And the ship of state is lurching The leadership is focused on Their souls--through which they’re seaching You’ve seen it in the headlines This tend that I’ve [...]
“My truth” is an expression that Has raised some grave suspicions For how in truth can we seek truth Without fixed definitions Some words have been evolving Receiving brand new brandings Trading crystal clarity For grim misunderstandings No matter what your politics No matter what your leanings I think that we can all [...]