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Friday, December 11, 2009

Legalizing Sad and Sorry Marriage

Legalizing Sad and Sorry Marriage And yet another law And another law where the sun don't shine Where the lawyers oughtn't be About things the lawyering can't fathom As Jesse might say, Amen! “A legislation of a misconception.” Amen, brother! Amen, again! "Call marriage to the stand?” “Yes, Your... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Who Built This State?

Who Built This State? The workers built this state, the country, Not the unions. Not some party. Not some distant calling in the wind. But hand took up hammer or plow And propelled it through land and air To strike the earth and fashion it well Springing forth a bounty standing tall While some voice... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

My last flyer of this campaign (Assembly District 18 focus)

The following is the text of a campaign flyer I distributed around the neighborhood last night. Maybe it will gain me a few votes: Take this with you into the polls to write in Carl Peter Klapper for Assembly District 18 and remember why he is needed in Trenton... The Klapper Solution to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Hail to the Big ( a satirical response to a news item)

In the interest of equal time for an opposing view to that espoused in the “Obama song” that the children of an elementary school in Burlington, New Jersey were made to sing and to seize the opportunity of a “teachable moment” in American civics, I have written alternative lyrics that these children... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

The Honky-Bonk Bar

The Honky-Bonk Bar The sounds were strange for this part of town The voices born far too north for their sake The women loose in their glistening pale skin For any red-necked male on the make I was out of place and unaroused Uninterested in their rituals to mate But couldn't help seeing, as I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 9, 2009

The Crickets

The Crickets Sleep the day Into the throbbing night When crickets will not stop And peace, however slight, Cannot arise Nor poke its slender head Between their waving chirps And call the weary world To its rest “You should have slept at noon”, The busy insects say, “Rested with us in the heat; And... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Whisperings

Whisperings To have someone to hold And to whisper in her ear The secrets of the ages As the winds of winter near To hold each other private From the public world's fear Hold on to each shared word As a treasure none more dear To privately enjoy The pleasures of her hair As it drapes with silken... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Chess

Chess Success and Failure Winner and Loser The pawns of life are pushed. One pawn takes another Out of the game for lust or death. A bishop can take many others But does this befit a man of the cloth? Then the gallant knight in his steed Leaps and turns over barriers of men To take the queen of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Taxes

Taxes Taxes Of one kind or another Is the theme of this week Whether getting caught up On business filings For my as yet unprofitable Not non-profit company The federal government fishing For some revenue To bail the ship of state Sinking in a sea of debt Or today's smaller ship The township of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 4, 2009

The Rushing Never Fruitful

The Rushing Never Fruitful The rushing never fruitful In its speed from here to there Makes there so much more distant And this place never here Yet one must be both here and there At some points in the day But now we cannot walk it Must take the faster horse Or, horseless, ride a fast machine With... Sign in to see full entry.

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