Category: Commentary
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End Of May Ride On The Tucson Loop
End Of May Ride Sol’s ultraviolet raysPinking my already tan legsAs the sky marblesOver the mountainsAll the way around Prairie dog pupWizzed by on the peripheryHightailing it home, no doubt Motorized ‘bikes’ flew byOnce again, out of the blueDestroyed the ambianceOf an otherwise peaceful day Almost hit a large June bugThat crossed the pathJust in…
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Montana – Dental Floss Tycoon
Montana – Dental Floss Tycoonby Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention I might be movin’ to Montana soonJust to raise me up a crop of Dental Floss Raisin’ it upWaxen it downIn a little white boxI can sell uptown By myself I wouldn’tHave no boss,But I’d be raisin’ my lonely Dental FlossRaisin’ my lonely…
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My Wage-slave Career
What jobs have you had? My Career as a Wage-slave I started wage-slaving at the age of 10. My dad took me with him as his ‘go-for’ in his plumbing and heating business. He later branched out into remodeling and roofing too, which I also learned and worked at off and on in hard times…
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A Geezerly View
A Geezerly View “Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages.…
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Why? A Child’s Question…
‘Existence!’ Why? What IS the Point? IS there a point? Please read this in the spirit it was intended… inquiry, speculation, open-mindedness …; -) The older I get, the more I wonder, what’s the point? When I was in my youth and well into adulthood, I pushed myself to thrive and excel. Thought it was…
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Helmet Brims & E-bikes
Helmet Brims & E-bikes helmet brimsso largethey seemout of place remind me offirefighter helmetsjust missing theofficial shield used to seeone or twoin a whole weekof riding now they’re wornby nearly halfthe cycling crowdanother fad like the E-bikesspeeding byas if the riders’pedaling actually moves the bikerather than thethrottle at theirfingertip both of thesefads are expensivenot cheapbegs…
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Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day Weekend Sol’s morning raysCutting through thePristine blue skyBake the pavementAnd ground betweenThe long shadowsTo the mountain vistasAll around Holiday weekendI suspect mostAre sleeping inThe morning rideAlmost soundlessBut for a couple of hawksComplaining aboutScarcity of prey Even the most recentIterations of BrittlebushAre going blowsyAs the first summerHoliday weekendOf 2025Begins its inevitableWinding down Late in…
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Info Wars
In all the armed camps and silos around the world, too few are interested in ‘truth’, but their vested interest narratives, excuses for their greed for wealth and power at the expense of all sentients under their control… Info Wars a world awash inmeaningless infostories frictionalinscrutablecheap anddelusional while truth is elusivehard to findexpensiveto researchpeer reviewand…
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Early Morning Tucson Ride In May
An Early Morning Tucson Ride In The Latter Days Of May The bright Tucson morning sunDefines everything in ourForeground as we roll by While the surrounding mountainsAre silhouettes behind misty-blue vailsToo early for the mists to have burned off But closer peaks and mounds likeTumamac (the horned lizard)And A Mountain stand sharply revealed Crystal clearIn…
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Small Change
A stark reminder of our ‘reality’, especially now in 2025… Small Changeby Tom Waits Small Change got rained on with his own thirty-eight,And nobody flinched down by the arcadeAnd the marquees weren’t weeping, they went stark-raving mad,And the cabbies were the only ones that really had it madeAnd his cold trousers were twisted, and the…
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