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PRODUCT WARNING by Chris Fitzpatrick & Richard M. Berlin TRUMPet: a fake instrument, blasted with hot air; sharps & flats only; used for solo performances/ meandering scores; spreads disharmony; no skill required. May cause criminal behavior,... More »
The Jenga Tower By Dan Geddes (On the fragility of organizations) When a certain Jenga piece, directly on the foundation, one that was placed long ago will be removed sometimes new Jengas are needed in its place. And while some may say that all Jenga blocks ar... More »
Joe Biden Is a Liar (We Didn’t Start the Fire) By Mollie Fermaglich He may be 80 years old, he may shake hands with the air. So what if he asked a paraplegic to stand up, who cares if he thinks Vermont is New Hampshire, Iowa for Ohio, and who thinks the Unit... More »
Enter a tall man, pharaoh-onic, a figure of old Wearing a glittering royal headdress And surgical mask woven of gold Don’t be alarmed, he says, don’t stress All will be explained sooner or later I am Donald Trump, your leader Welcome to our Passover seder ... More »
Ode to My Tesla By Dan Geddes With apologies to Pablo Neruda and Elon Musk Oh my Tesla! How I loved you! You, sexy, sleek as a panther, the car of the future. Me ensconced in your lush seats, whipping around town, silent as a whisper, fast as a roller coaster,... More »
by Kevin Higgins Since I got to Congress I say: #MedicareForAll with the seagull stare of someone – gender unspecified – supple enough to have relations with Governor Gavin Newsom while wearing an Even My Dog Hates Gavin Newsom t-shirt In ... More »
Executions, if they continue, as they must, for public opinion demands them, and who are you to disagree with people like you, will be carried out in a timely and efficient manner: injections of genetically modified wasp venom to the heart, eye, or groin rathe... More »
I’m Just Saying…. At the end of the day, the bottom line is: if we think outside the box and give 110 percent 24-7, we can take it to another level and stay out of harm’s way. We’re at a tipping point and it’s just the tip of the ice... More »
Watch the ‘poets’ guzzling booze grinning enviously (they never refuse) the book being launched has a title that is easy to wear ‘Sonnets from Spooky Silent-Sessions with my Snakeskin Teddy Bear’ Rebecca Frost is calling the poets to order switc... More »
by Kevin Higgins after Spartacus Mills Back when I was over earnest and small I’d scoff that a postmodernist is someone who thinks the sentence: “Next time I go to America I will get there by standing on the tallest building in Paris and flapping... More »
by Jeffrey Meyers The acid age twists in its savage state The slaughter of Armenia at Lake Van His mother starving died within his arms His ancestors’ remains lived far away The flux of childhood, biting memories The devastation of his damaged youth. ... More »