Eighty minutes of light went south of the border
Trump thinks “Ya know, if we just had the wall.!!”
I fear the night, the right’s righteous disorder
But I’m privileged and white and there’s a sale at the mall
Indigenous Day Discounts! The deals! For instance
Fifty percent off! Shirts from Phnom Penh
But I am so proud to be part of the resistance
I didn’t buy a thing! Can I get an “Amen!”
October brought this hopeful appraisal:
From the ship of Trump rats will jump…maybe?
Ukraine, the insane stain of Kurdish betrayal .
Wait..Wait…I’m the one surely crazy
Elijah Cummings lay down his gavel
Integrity’s beacon, a force for the poor
Sharecropper parents, what a distance to travel
His loss reaches way beyond Baltimore
Robert Forster – his career revived by Tarentino
From Medium Cool peak 27 years down
Then a bail bondsman becomes Valentino
When he falls in love with sweet Jackie Brown
Harold Bloom, a critic, acidic, intelligence rare
When he entered a room there went the air
Of white dead male writers a devoted disciple
But thought it was a woman who authored the Bible
Peter Baker, by every account, pretty hard to bear
But from those who really count, he had no equal
Nicknamed Ginger because of his hair
He blew up Cream and then its sequel:
Blind Faith and the faithful followed
First rock drummer to prominently solo
An unkind wraith in drugs he wallowed
But his poison of choice was (honestly)… polo
Her sculpture of a child and mother
Symbolized her belief that always would guide her
“As long as we talk we won’t kill one another”
Dorothea Buck, Nazi survivor
Sputnik was first, Gargarin was next
Then Aleksei Leonov strolled into space
America cursed, “How will the moon be annexed
If Russia keeps on winning the race?”
Sinatra of the East, Czech Karel Gott
But could ‘Ol Blue Eyes do it this way?
42 times top honors? (kind of a lot)
And in five languages Night and Day
Karen Pendelton, paralyzed for years
Counseled others who asked “How come me!?”
She was an original Mouseketeer
Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our company
M-I-C See you real soon
K-E-Y Why? Because we like you
M-O-U-S-E
Throughout November I will be writing a poem every day as part of an effort to raise funds for The Center For New Americans. If you like the poems (or even if you don’t) and would like to support this fantastic organization, please follow this link. Thanks.