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Poetry Corner: “Time for a recovery at a rest home”

Time for recovery at a rest home President interruptedwas that the name of that Angelina Jolie movie?In any case the patriots failed to rescue hima self anointed political Lord Jimwith a intellectual fortitude quite dimand too many Kentucky Fried chicken dinners on Air Force One was him less than slimthe master of politically inoffensive gemsContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Time for a recovery at a rest home””

Poetry Corner: “Vietnamese War Memories”

Vietnamese War Memories Sleek and silentthe B52 birds knife up through the dense tropical airand when over their target spawn the eggs of their doomupon the unsuspecting belowbut the unofficial mission leaks to the Fifth Estate“NAPALM BURNS AND MAIMS 700” In a private conference the generals are most perturbedand shout “God Damned press bastards” MillionsContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Vietnamese War Memories””

Poetry Corner: “What you have to look forward to or you’d best pawn that gold watch”

What you have to look forward to or you’d best pawn that gold watch You slave for whatever dignity the weekly pay affordsYes sir!No sir!And if you are lucky a pittance of a pension comes your way Retire and read the paper all day and stretch that cat food all the way Robert K. Stephen

Poetry Corner: “Was it better in the old country?’

Was it better in the old country? We were in a cab last nightI was staring at the meter intently uptightwhile the driver was talking to youof stories of love and wine Ah…..the girls of his youthin the old countrymany grey hairs less Robert K. Stephen

Poetry Corner: “Immigration to Canada (prior to the Muslim surge) the land of milk and honey”

Immigration to Canada the land of milk and honey Perpetual poverty exacerbated by violencebaked red necked existence in the sunon your own soil if fortunatealways a step above landless peasantry even if technically a kulakreceiving the self contempt sentence of lifeworse seeing your children condemned to the samesweat soaked undershirts, cracked nails and donkey brayinginContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Immigration to Canada (prior to the Muslim surge) the land of milk and honey””

Poetry Corner: “Slime in the back lanes”

Slime in the back lanes Greasy bacon hairedworm rotted popularity on suburban to downtown busestoothless and reeking of body odourscabbed hands red from the opedial clasp of sherry bottlesdecorated by black claws that must not touchFleeing refugees from a napalmed society?victims of hedonistic failure? All depends on the current need for the heroes of miseryandContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Slime in the back lanes””

Poetry Corner: “Apologies to our Canadian Inuit”

Apologies to our Canadian Inuit Necessary victims of freeze driedThe white ice of deadly blue progressno harpoon redresstrust only hastened the inevitableamongst mineral rights and the sovereignand commercial Arctic Venturesspouted from dollared denturesfishing guides for the sub 49erssearching for Charpresents of sealskin dollsfabricated at venerialized encampmentsfoistered by fiats of ministerial hackswhite sympathy or arrogancetempered byContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Apologies to our Canadian Inuit””

Poetry Corner: “In the interests of productive behaviour”

In the interests of productive behaviour Motivationgoalsgroup dynamicsprofit sharingjob satisfactiontasty tidbits to woo the working classbribery for the belligerentsoothed with technocratic brewspsychological trickeryblessed in the holy catacombs of management classeswhere ambitious wear Hugo Boss socks (as they can’t yet afford his suits)grovel at the swill buckets of swindled social mobilityfed by Harvard Business School priestssacrosantlyContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “In the interests of productive behaviour””