The same thing
The same way
Every day
I am not
A robot
About Women
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
1996. Picking a Grim Bone with the Media
I dislike
Minor
And major
Media's
Treatment
Of the tragic
Deaths
And injuries
In Haiti
These are people:
Friends and lovers
Sons and daughters
Fathers, mothers
Sisters, brothers
But you
With the camera
Just want to shock
To improve
Ratings and profits
Shed a tear
If you dare
Depict them
In remembrance
1995. Religious Seduction
Religiosity
Is seductive.
What have you
To lose?
You could
Gain
Happy Immortality.
Who needs
Moral integrity?
But some religions
Offer no such
Promise,
Only a sense
Of connection
To relations
You loved,
And perhaps,
That
Is better.
Finding Direction
1994. Haiti
These are not dead bodies
Just decomposing there
They are sisters and mothers
Daughters and fathers
Brothers, friends, and lovers
A few minutes earlier
These people were living
Who can believe
In a god
Who causes such suffering?
The earthquake took them
We will remember them all
Saying a prayer for all the people, who lost their lives in Haiti's terrible earthquake in January 2010.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
1993. Sweden
Sweden
Full of free men
And women
Free to live
Their lives
They economize
As taxes rise
They see
Things differently
Not quite
with Western eyes
Instead,
They socialize
Watching
Smiling
As Americans
Start their
First
Experiment
With universal
Healthcare
Observations
1992. Gods in Love
The gods take
Ballet class
I can
Vouch for that
He 6 foot 3
She 5 foot 9
Both with flaxen
Hair
And brilliant
Blue eyes
Stature and visage
Divine
But they're
Human
Like
The rest of us
And prone
To love
Happily
They have
Each other
They smile
Kind
On the mortals
Below
Life in San Francisco
- after a dance class with dancers from leading companies and Broadway
1991. No Twinkle Tonight
Cloud filled skies
No star to wish
Upon tonight
Try I may
Try I might
All I see
Is man-made
Red and flashing
Lights
Life in San Francisco
- upon driving home on a gloomy night
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