much more than soup
here is a victory, a fulfillment
of a modest dream, to use crock-potted
refrigerator ingredients
and store-bought crackers
procured during a long walk on a cold night
to add hot soup to that home-again cracker toter
and give him belly-warmth
and a sense of accomplishment
and untroubledness.
ensconsed installed enwrapped and rapt
a very few preflight words apt
whilst taxiing the wayward kid way
en route to cold chicago midway
each time i buckle in to fly
i trepidate and me o my
but mostly have anticipation
and take wing for my destination
snow fell overnight
and the frost and snow
have given my rented jeep compass
formerly charcoal grey
a new paint job
..
late yesterday afternoon it was frightening
driving in downtown toledo
googlemaps navigating audio gone
8 minutes away
and the street icing up in real time
..
but here we are looking out
the window of the front door, my love and i
safe for now
a gentle heat from the fireplace
and our love warming us
the circle spins and fingers shape
and spinning thoughts pull yarn though dreams
an aperture grows wide agape
and spacetime loosens close-knit seams
experience now whets her hands
umbilicuses feed and reach her
with flow and fill she understands
with pull and flip we form a creature
the wielded wheel comes winding down
the helix-curvéd corridor
the proper fission of a noun
will split a nothing into more
in two days i and my carry-on luggage
enplane in phoenix
deplane and replane in nashville
deplane in detroit
drive or be driven to toledo ohio
and sink into the intimate embrace of my sweetheart
and we will do what makes the world go round
but
two days prior here
this is one apprehensive traveler
what with all the destabilizing events of late
and i feel the worry build
so
i take out insurance
against my fright
with not booze nor wacky tabacky
nor mindless nor mindful distraction
but rather an attuning of my quantum self
tapping into my many other selves
in this amazing multiverse
and see how they are doing two days hence
and
almost all of them i can sense are fine
in their sweet yet-to-bes
though some had flight delays
and one was not allowed on the plane to nashville
due to flu-like symptoms
none of us ended up in flaming wrecks
nor watery graves
nor hostage situations
therefore
toledo, here i come
(ah
i know
there are those
who doubt that i have done anything
but indulge in a silly mind game
but i have seen in airport bars
“nom yo renge kyo”
and other coping mechanisms
far less rooted
in quantum reality
hey
each to their own
and i to mine
Oh dear: There is a report
That ICE agent Jonathan Ross
Has suffered “Internal bleeding.”
Do you climb stairs, my friend?
Every time you do, you suffer the internal bleeding
That comes with the breaking
Of a dozen or so capillaries.
Internal bleeding is a mundane part of our daily lives.
..
The innocent poet, devoted wife and loving mom
Renée Nicole Good
Suffered Internal, fatal projectile-induced bleeding
And is no more.
Murderous agent Ross
Walked away unscathed
And left the scene of his crime
Even though there was a physician
Begging to be of help.
Let’s bring that soulless murderer to justice
Broken capillaries and all.
To the memory of my beloved friend Karen Marie Wilkinson, Federal Public Defender, and to her colleagues
Call it the Uncivil War,
Or World War Me, if you will.
A guy on his way out
With nothing to lose as Truth and Justice close in
Has decided to double-quadruple-octuple down
On World Domination.
He sends soulless minions to invade
MINNEAPOLIS, can you believe it?
He investigates the decent
Who push back against his indecency.
And, thank God and Heaven and all that is good,
He is increasingly not getting his way
In spite of all the jury-rigging, gerry-rigging,
Minion-recruiting, big-shot conniving,
Misuse, disuse, mega-abusing of the power to preside
At his command.
The good people of Minnesota are standing steadfast.
Prosecutors are quitting his corrupt agenda.
Decent military personnel are standing by,
And have the back of,
Senator Mark Kelly,
As the breathtakingly brave Gabrielle Giffords
Stands staunchly at his side
Like Lady Liberty made flesh.
In the case of the desperate Donald Trump
Versus the United States of America,
The USA is now winning,
And the loser, suckered in by megalomanic ambition,
Is the pathetic liar, thief, and sexual sleaze
Donald John Trump.
May he live many more years
Reaping the karma that he has sown.
“”Sorry, Kid,” says Mr. V-for-Vain-Deadeye, “but if you want to be in our club, you must demonstrate ruthlessness.”
“Killing the military hero in Iran wasn’t enough?”
“Bush league,” says Macho Badass Soddy. “Pun intended.”
“But then I air-struck their nuke place!”
“Ineffective,” says Scheme Jock Ugly. “They still have the stuff. You were suckered.”
Soddy says, “Now, you’re on the right track with the Not-Nice Squad. Have one of THEM kill someone, someone who is not brown or black, and then EVERYONE will fear you. Especially if you let the killer get away with it.”
“If I do, am I in?”
“Put it this way: If you don’t, you don’t have a snowball’s chance in Hell.”
..
Unbeknownst to the boys in the clubhouse, Mr. Sheez-Are-They-In-For-A-Surprise was listening remotely. He chuckled with delight. Boys will be boys, after all, but they are no match for a shrewd and patient man. At the right moment he will end all their domination games with one merciless gesture.
it had been years since I had a meal/at the thomas-near-3rd-ave first watch/and last time was good so i gave them another try today
it is darker and less egalitarian now/and i was seated in the back/inferring that the host judged by sight that i was a less preferred member of the clientele
if you order coffee you get a selfserve potful at table/which is a big plus/as is the water decanter next to the glass/but both tell of a reduction of server interaction
gone are the menu items named after saints/but retained is a healthy-eating menu selection
i ordered a “tri-athlete” despite my port lines/and it was a delicious egg white omelette with wonderful dark pulpy mushrooms and onions and mystery cheese/(actually they tell you but I forgot)
coffee excellent/grindable s&p/pico de gallo/sour cream/perhaps worth the expense
more reduction of server interaction in QR code use
but it is a cleaner quicker transaction
..
i am finishing my coffee and will be gone in 5 minutes
speculating whimsically that 5 years from now/non-chaos permitting/the restaurant experience might be had/without even leaving your home
resident robotics and other virtualities prevailing
and it will be as happy or sad/as the youngsters make it/with or without me
Your governance is brought to you by
The Make-A-Racist-Wish Foundation
And its subsidiaries
The Department of Homeland Body Snatchers,
Murderers
& Liars
And
Your friendly and acquisitive Petrocriminal Industry
So Have a Glorious Day
And
Watch Your Ass.
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