Japan
Interviewing Hitler about Genocide
Interviewing Hitler about Genocide by An American Prosecutor I walk into his cell and say, “Don’t worry, you’ll be treated as fairly today as your Nazi colleagues were at the Nuremberg trials.” Hitler scowls at me and ignores my extended hand. “Would you prefer a prompt return to what you’ve long been, charred dust…
Hydrogen Man
I’m not short and pudgy. I’m taller and firmer than you think and in fact I’m a stud who watches professional basketball and lives like a god and beds any woman I want and the other night my current favorite swooned as I told her, “This morning I exploded a hydrogen bomb.” “Oh, Dear Leader.”…
World According to Americans
Don’t know if they were godless communists or radical Muslims but some outrageous critters emailed world map insulting Americans. On map they write we think Canada’s uninhabited. Bull feathers. We know few icy people live up there, and they sure as hell want to be like Alaska next door, which is now America except for…
Tokyo Life and Architecture
Men with technical minds made in Japan, England, and America were talking about my city, and me, at the A/cute Tokyo symposium, and I wanted to stand and shout shut up. You architects aren’t so bright. You’re human computers hired to build the problems you condemn. I already knew life in my city of thirty…