Will of Sabotage [Week's News Poem
by Khakjaan Wessington, November 16, 2012]
Peace sounds like a great idea.
When we are angry, war sounds like a
better idea.
War is the idea that you know you will
stop being angry later.
Violence is the choice to do something
irrevocable.
“Israel's
cabinet authorized the mobilization of up to 75,000 reservists late
on Friday, preparing the ground for a possible Gaza invasion after
Palestinians fired a rocket toward Jerusalem for the first time in
decades.”
—Nidal
al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller, Reuters, GAZA/JERUSALEM | Fri Nov 16,
2012 5:31pm EST
Political Mistletoe [Week's News Poem,
November 9, 2012]
A Halloween sweet tooth lasts all
season long;
There are far more tricks than treats.
A goose is cooked, the turkey's fried;
Soon fat men will impersonate Santa.
Elections are over, the cliff of the
year approaches;
Pucker up for a kiss, but first close
your eyes.
“U.S. House
of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Friday called on President
Barack Obama to lead the efforts to avert the $600 billion "fiscal
cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts looming at year's end, but
stood by his opposition to any tax rate increases on the wealthy.”
—Reporting By David Lawder; Editing by Vicki Allen; Reuters, Fri
Nov 9, 2012 12:02pm EST
Ignoble Warning [Week's News Poem by
Khakjaan Wessington, November 2, 2012]
Money never wakens—it's dream and our
creation;
Reflects our decisions—the worthiest
divisions
Of spoils (for everything spoils, what
doesn't toil).
I dreamed I wandered away from
familiar—beyond—
Where Palestinians live in a duck blind
and extract
A toll they want from me, but cannot
get, from a teenager.
They stood him next to me, held out his
trembling, hairless arm,
And sawed the first joint off his thumb,
fed him jalapeno peppers
And let him bleed to death—he bled to
death and they blamed me
And so did I.
“The
trading week was shortened by a historic two-day market closure on
Monday and Tuesday, spurred by superstorm Sandy's devastating sweep
through the U.S. Northeast.
"We started off on strength, with
nonfarm payrolls coming in above expectations. Then we drifted lower
during the day. It's hard to determine what direction we are in -
with the two days off, it's really been a strange week," said
Fred Dickson, chief market strategist at D.A. Davidson & Co, in
Lake Oswego, Oregon.”
—Chuck
Mikolajczak, Reuters, NEW YORK | Fri Nov 2, 2012 4:33pm EDT
“The parents of two butchered Upper
West Side kids asked their financially strapped nanny to do simple
housework as a way to earn more money — but all that did was enrage
the woman, law-enforcement sources told The Post. “She said
something like, ‘I’m paid to watch the children, not clean up and
do housework,’ ” a law-enforcement source said of Yoselyn
Ortega’s statements to cops after she woke up from a medically
induced coma Sunday.”
—JAMIE SCHRAM and LARRY CELONA, New
York Post Last Updated: 3:54 AM, November 2, 2012, Posted: 1:53 AM,
November 2, 2012
Too Modern To Pray [Week's News Poem by Khakjaan Wessington,
October 26, 2012]
I take a leap of science,
and if I study God,
it's not for the setup,
it's the punchline.
“Hurricane
Sandy, a late-season Atlantic cyclone that threatens to be one of the
worst storms to hit the Northeast in decades, slogged slowly
northward on Friday after killing at least 41 people in the
Caribbean.”
Reincarnation of an Uncle Sam [This
Week's News Poem by Khakjaan Wessington, October 5, 2012]
Step inside the showroom of the
Republic.
First, address your faith, or lack
thereof.
Every flavor of God's for sale; try a
domestic brand.
Nobody should leave godless, but we all
can err.
Leaven your mood: consult with our
experts.
Contemplate your life while we minister
to your pain.
Uncle Sam's carnival, garish, executive
polish.
“Am I a pimp? You know I am a
religious man.”
“That's not a denial Sam.”
Awareness of persuasion increases our
resistance.
When we're offered what we want, we
cooperate.
I have everything and what I allow is
outrageous.
Do you want to live forever?
I have doctors who can help with that.
Do you want to love forever? Same.
My stars and stripes aggress your eyes,
My costume is my work; I change minds
With physique, reason, interruption and
other means of persuasion.
There are gestures that suppress free
minds,
Forms of dominant eye contact;
Saying nothing well, and with a smile
is the
Uncle Sam everybody loves,
and fears—better fear
than love.
“President
Barack Obama's lead over challenger Mitt Romney has narrowed to just
two percentage points since the Republican's strong performance in
their first debate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on
Friday.”
—Patricia
Zengerle, WASHINGTON | Fri Oct 5, 2012 3:28pm EDT
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