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Tag Archives: CNN
pray
Barely alive dive in can’t win bee hive buzzing getting too loud flying through these clouds of chemicals blinding me drive away noise is all I hear violence all I see what’s that you say as you pray to your TV … Continue reading
Posted in poem, Poetry, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Afghanistan, America, american dream, Beer, bigotry, CNN, collateral damage, death, Edward Bernays, empire, humanity, ignorance, iraq, love, Peace, poem, poetry, Propaganda, suicide, truth, Vietnam, war
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Daily Memories
so, it’s Memorial Day sales again and I remember when Cub Scout packs would take up the back of the parade and families would struggle to find shade along Main Street in late May with temperatures rising we shuffled our … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, addiction, Afghanistan, alcohol, america, american dream, anxiety, beer, bigotry, blood, capitalism, collateral damage, death, democracy, dreams, education, Edward Bernays, empire, family, fear, freedom, guilt, hate, hatred, heroes, history, hope, Howard Zinn, human rights, humanity, ignorance, imagine, Iraq, justice, Korea, Liberty, life, love, media, Memorial Day, memories, peace, poem, Poetry, poverty, propaganda, solidarity, suicide, truth, Uncategorized, veterans, veterans for peace, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, whiskey, wine, working class, world war one, world war two, writing, yellow ribbons
Tagged addiction, Afghanistan, America, american dream, anxiety, Beer, bigotry, bread and circuses, CNN, collateral damage, death, democracy, depression, dreams, Edward Bernays, empire, FOX, freedom, humanity, ignorance, iraq, justice, love, Memorial Day, memories, Peace, poem, poetry, poverty, Propaganda, racism, suicide, truth, veterans, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam, war, whiskey, World War One, World War Two
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Patriotic Country Song
Nine-eleven nine-eleven Budweiser and apple pie nine-eleven nine-eleven I think about it and start to cry nine-eleven nine-eleven left old glory tattered and torn nine-eleven nine-eleven just four years after kids were born, kids who fight and die for freedom … Continue reading
Red, White & Blues
Kids play cowboys and Indians grow into men and women play Muslims and Christians hooked on Red Man chewing tobacco and American Spirit cigarettes and t-shirt tans fade to skin cancer for white farmers fresh out of the army no … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Afghanistan, america, american dream, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, depression, empire, hawaii, human rights, humanity, Iraq, Korea, poem, Poetry, police brutality, poverty, racism, Vietnam, war
Tagged addiction, Afghanistan, alice in wonderland, America, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, blues, civil rights, CNN, empire, hawaii, human rights, humanity, iraq, Korea, poem, poetry, police brutality, poverty, racism, Vietnam, war
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We’ll call em’ French Fries again
Cartoon drawings of profits splattered with blood draining from the wrists of artists pushing the limits tempting the reality of a world we’ve created since the crusades fought now by Muslim police officers dying in the streets to protect a country that sees no difference sees the same faces … Continue reading
Posted in american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, collateral damage, death, democracy, Edward Bernays, empathy, fear, France, free speech, hate, history, human rights, humanity, hunger, ignorance, immigration, life, peace, poem, Poetry, police, police brutality, poverty, propaganda, racism, religion, taxes, Toulouse, travel, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, white privilege
Tagged America, american dream, bigotry, bread and circuses, CNN, democracy, Edward Bernays, empire, food, France, humanity, ignorance, immigration, justice, love, Peace, poem, poetry, poverty, Propaganda, racism, religion, terrorism, Travel, truth, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam, war
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America, 2005
Broken levees and broken bones a decade gone without house and home there’s no place for the heart get high on the fumes of political art as jam bands learn to play amazing grace sweet old ladies try hemming superman’s … Continue reading
Posted in america, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, blues, collateral damage, college, death, jazz, Katrina, mardi gras, music, New Orleans, poem, Poetry, poverty
Tagged America, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, blues, CNN, collateral damage, college, death, democracy, iraq, jazz, Katrina, Mardi gras, music, New Orleans, poem, poetry, poverty, war
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Génération Perdue
We are a generation lost amidst the rubble of the world we … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Afghanistan, america, american dream, collateral damage, France, Iraq, poem, Poetry, propaganda, suicide, summer, Toulouse, veterans, veterans for peace, Vietnam, war
Tagged Afghanistan, America, american dream, bigotry, bread and circuses, CNN, collateral damage, death, democracy, Edward Bernays, France, iraq, poem, poetry, Propaganda, suicide, Toulouse, veterans, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam, war
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Jordan River Blues
I’ve got the Jordan River blues they’ve got me on the news, I’m drowning. Rivers of blood flowing carloads of tourists going wine-tasting and manger praying eating stolen olives we’re black sheep grazing too far out while I’m walking on … Continue reading
Posted in apartheid, Bethlehem, bible, bigotry, blood, collateral damage, death, dreams, Galilee, Gaza, hate, humanity, ignorance, Jesus, palestine, peace, poem, Poetry, racism, truth, violence, war, whiskey, wine
Tagged Apartheid, BDS, Bethlehem, bible, blood, bread and circuses, broken heart, brothers, CNN, collateral damage, death, depression, dreams, empire, family, freedom, Galilee, Gaza, greed, hate, history, humanity, ignorance, Jesus, occupy, palestine, Peace, poem, poetry, racism, suicide, Tiberius, truth, war, whiskey, wine
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Open letter to humanity: All lives SHOULD matter to everyone…but they don’t.
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, All Lives Matter, america, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, collateral damage, death, democracy, Dr. Paul Farmer, dreams, Edward Bernays, Eric Garner, I Can't Breathe, ignorance, Iraq, MLK, NYPD, racism, violence
Tagged All Lives Matter, America, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, bread and circuses, CNN, collateral damage, death, democracy, Dr.Paul Farmer, dreams, earth, Edward Bernays, I Can't Breathe, ignorance, MLK, NYPD, racism, violence
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Thoughts on Armistice (Veterans) Day
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month… Armistice Day, the end of “the war to end all wars”…peace between nations… it went on to become, not a day to commemorate the armistice, but to ‘honor veterans … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Afghanistan, america, american dream, anxiety, beer, collateral damage, death, depression, dreams, Edward Bernays, fear, Iraq, iraq veterans against the war, suicide, war, working class, world war one, world war two
Tagged addiction, Afghanistan, America, american dream, anxiety, Beer, bread and circuses, CNN, collateral damage, death, democracy, depleted uranium, depression, dreams, Dresden, Edward Bernays, empire, freedom, howard zinn, iraq, Iraq Veterans Against the War, suicide, veterans, Veterans for Peace, war, world war 1, World War Two
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