Category: Commentary
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Save Our VA Friday Morning Shift-change Protest
Save Our VA Friday Morning Shift-change Protest – 9/12/25 There were six of us for this morning’s protest…; -) No Kings No Dictators No Fascists No Billionaires Keep private sector hands OFF our VA!
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Romeo Is Bleeding
Romeo Is Bleedingby Tom Waits Romeo is bleeding but not so as you’d noticeHe’s over on 18th Street as usualLooking so hard against the hood of his carPutting out a cigarette in his handAnd for all the Pachucos at the pumpsAt Romero’s Paint and BodyThey all seeing how far they can spitWell it was just…
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One Trippy Night In Ann Arbor
Digging deep into my past to pull out an incident recorded in my memoir. It happened this time of year while I was living in Ann Arbor, 1968… I was walking home after a party where I’d dropped acid during the festivities. The rush was over, and I was in the melow stage, and all…
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Broke the Bank Agian
Broke the Bank Again Broke the bank last timeThey want to do it againBankrupt next gen’s hopes A mean dirty trickDeceit, November repeatStick it to our kids And generations unbornKeep them wage-slavingIn debt forever –LE – 9/9/25
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My Blogging – A Curiosity – A Meditation
My Blogging – A Curiosity – A Meditation all my dreamssupposedcreativitymy pedantrymy vapidegocentricitiesfalling byvirtual gravitythrough myfingers andtablet keysonto thedigital pagebefore me for my‘vast’bloggingaudienceto read can’t helpbut wonderhow theycan wasteso muchtime onthe mentalgymnasticsthat nowdefine me thepomposityof the ideadefies mycuriosity –LE – 9/8/25
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September Morning Meditations
September Morning Meditation Gazing at the sun-dappledWall of the zen gardenUnder cloudless skies Not a leaf rustlesIn the morning’s still, cool airMorning doves hoo-whooo –LE – 9/7/25
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Colors Before My Eyes
Colors Before My Eyes Purples and greensRoll up before myClosed eyesAlong with scenes From my idioticRomanticSometimes pedanticForgotten memories Too many timesSmashed out of meBy brass-knuckledReality Only rememberedIn quiet timesWith my ancientEyes closed –LE – 9/6/25
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Love and Marriage
Love and Marriage There’s a thin lineBetween love and hateThat sometimes fadesOr blurs with time…Can becomeFull-blownEnding in crime But take a chanceMake a split?Better the devilYou know than… Based in fearLives searedWith vendettasAnd feudsThat sometimesMake the news Love and marriage…Goes together like aHorse and carriage…–Frank Sinatra What’s love got toDo with itGot to do with…
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Save Our VA Protest At Ajo Gate
We’ve been protesting the attempt to defund and privatize the VA, the current administration’s canceling of the union contracts (except for those of the so-called VA ‘security’ forces). There were six of us this morning. We protest every Friday morning from 7:00 AM to around 8:30 AM for the VA’s morning shift-change. We get a…
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Nights In White Satin
Nights In White Satinby Moody Blues Nights in white satin,Never reaching the end,Letters I’ve written,Never meaning to send. Beauty I’d always missedWith these eyes before,Just what the truth isI can’t say anymore. ‘Cause I love you,Yes, I love you,Oh, how, I love you. Gazing at people,Some hand in hand,Just what I’m going thruThey can understand.…
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