I can’t believe the media No matter how I’ve tried Every time they speak, I hear, “Your shoelace is untied.” When they say to swing away That’s when I want to bunt They didn’t learn from Cronkite They learned from Allen Funt We used to treat the Fourth Estate With reverence and renown [...]
We all have learned that war is hell Those who fight them learn that well And though we see wars on TV They witness what we’ll never see For when our view gets too darn hot We look away when they cannot Now, we all know, you’d be a liar To say [...]
Have you ever had a project That you’ve seen with such precision But no matter how you pitch it No one else can see the vision? Have you found a new investment That you’re certain will advance But you need a canny partner And not one will take the chance Remember all those [...]
Not too far in the future A week from Tuesday next Will mark a special moment For an influential text They’d won a war for freedom The northern and the southern And now they had to show the world They had the skills to govern From May until September They met and talked [...]
I once saw a magician He was really very good But none of it was magic If I’d only understood That he captured my attention And received a great ovation By some crafty misdirection And rehearsed manipulation Sparks came from his fingers And when the smoke had cleared My card, my keys, my [...]
There’s so much I could rant about How can a poet choose? So, let’s reflect on all of it With “Numbers in the News” Children unaccompanied Now says the DHS Have crossed our southern border And it’s time that they confess We welcomed them and processed them At monumental cost Released them to [...]
The VP picked her running mate The only question’s now How much of what Tim Walz believes Will he soon disavow What issues and convictions He’s held for long duration Are subject to a process of Excessive moderation It’s not like it’s uncommon Yes, we’ve already seen it So much of what the [...]
When I review my failings (And, oh, the time it takes) I see the bad decisions And the cascade of mistakes Recalling what I tried to do When I knew I couldn’t The girls I should have dated And all the ones I shouldn’t The wrong turns that I’ve taken On urban roads [...]
In the aftermath of Zeros Dropping death out of the blue The country stood as one And knew precisely what to do When the earthquake shook my city And the walls around us fell Everyone was certain We could climb out of that hell When the airplanes hit the towers And the skies [...]
They sent us home from school They didn’t know that he was dead My mom answered the door They shot the President I said She heard what I was saying But she didn’t understand it I might as well have said Hey Mom, the Martians landed We watched the moving pictures As we [...]