Poetry – GTC
Party Talk
conversation consumed by festive groans
Tires
twelve foot tires grind trucks into open pits
Facebook Flash
here’s picture of my buttocks fifty facebook friends click they like it
Update Martin Luther King Speech
a million die by 1966 day i deliver “beyond vietnam a time to break silence” declaring poverty inevitable in “society gone mad on war” and still i see america attacks to feed “giant triplets of racism materialism and militarism” Editorial Note: This is revised and reduced from the original post in January 2012.
Crime Scene
going to drive by house down street want to come what house said wife where those three people were shot last night that’s disgusting
Lion Family
author of “the serengeti lion” doesn’t understand father ripping cubs to death or mother eating their guts Source: “Wild Things” by David Samuels in Harper’s June 2012.
Conviction of Bashar al-Assad
i keep saying terrorists incited and abetted by foreigners are attacking our beloved syrian homeland and have convinced myself and hope you as well
Enforcement
money men who rage against crime appreciate stylish new gallows on wall street
Mexican Journalists Murdered
routine news three mexican journalists found maimed in plastic bags week after female reporter strangled at home
Both Barrels
everyone now armed in public new law mandates good citizens carry second gun
El Popo Getting Hot in Mexico
volcanologists at national disaster prevention center in mexico city say rock spewing el popo volcano agitating like teenager’s pimple must be dreary group or would’ve likened el popo to hard on ready to blow
Norwegian Fascist Salute
norwegian anti muslim anders breivik sieg heils in court to commemorate blowing up eight and shooting several dozen kids next time anders breivik sieg heils court orders fascist arm amputated and used as club
Quitting Time
avoid and digress until time to quit
Iron Women
iron curtain lifted and shoved into bones of women looking west
Bashar al-Assad Can’t Stop
can’t stop shooting terrorists still firing can’t retreat or they’ll move in can’t have ceasefire till sure terrorists controlled by monitors from right countries
Soul
stranded soul implodes
Mind Afire
mind afire doused with gas
Surprise Fat Man
glance through window reveals fat man bending in coffee shop next door
Berlin Wall Bones
under berlin wall rats chewed bones of lenin and stalin
Ambitious Diet
much younger wife serves spicy meals and strong drinks