My political poem: Nightly Newsworthy

[CaliforniaPeggy]

they talk to us every
night
calm, glib, glossy
smiles and
hair

neatly prepackaged
speech
all tidy
for our consumption
no indigestion
no anger

no
thinking


underneath
the oil roars out
fouling our lives
drones bomb the kids bloody
girls stoned in the
sand
for lost virtue and honor
young men waterboarded
for lies

while the nightly
newsworthy puts us
to sleep



© 2010 MLC

[knowbody0]

1. word, Peggy

sigh

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thank you so much, my dear knowbody0!

[NanceGreggs]

2. Perfection!

K&R!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Nance...

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

[jotsy]

5. Warranted angst Miss Peg

Direct yet textured with the grit of candor. A splendid scathing, I say it is.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear jotsy!

I thank you...

Warranted angst. I like it!

[jotsy]

7. And I like being part of what ever causes you to express such a sentiment.

As such is the flaw and flaunt of my status as a recovering sales person. Guess we all have our burdens to beat or bear.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Ah, sweetie...you're not to blame for this poem...

I was listening to "Dirty Laundry" I think it's called on the radio the other day, and it inspired me...

I'm glad you're recovering from being a sales person! :hug:

[jotsy]

9. Much of this artist spoke to events unfolding now.

Check out the Garden of Allah, if you're not already familiar with it, the last verse in particular. It is a bit loud and twangy, so if you're tolerance for head bangy type rhythms is low...let me know and I'll grab the lyrics for you.

And I meant the part about you liking it.


:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I am not familiar with the Garden of Allah...

Is it a recording? Or........?

If you could grab the lyrics, I'd be most appreciative!


:hug:

[jotsy]

13. From Don Henley (of the Eagles) greatest hits album, Actual Miles

If memory serves, you're more of a classical music fan, so I'm not sure how much you're gonna enjoy the sound

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrcPQSTYs4A>

It was pretty big year for fashion
A lousy year for rock and roll
The people gave their blessing to crimes of passion
It was a dark, dark night of the collective soul
And i was somewhere out on riverside by the el royale hotel
When a stranger appeared in a cloud of smoke
I thought i knew him all too well
He said now that i have your attention
I got something i wanna say
You may not wanna hear it, i'm gonna tell it to you anyway
You know i've always like you boy
Cause you were not afraid of me
Things are gonna get mighty rough here in gomorrah-by-the-sea

Ya said it's just like home
It's so damn hot i can't stand it
My fine seersucker suit is all soaking wet
And the hills are burning
And the wind is raging
And the clock strikes midnight in the garden of allah
In the garden of allah

Nice car
Ah, i love those bavarians
So meticulous
Y'know i remember when things were a lot more fun around here
When good was good and evil was evil
Before things got so fuzzy
I was once a golden boy like you
And i was summoned to the halls of power in the heavenly courts
And i dined with the deities who looked upon me with favor,
For my talents, my creativity
And we sat beneath the palms
In the warm afternoons and drank the wine
With fitzgerald and huxley
And they pawned the biting phrase from the tongues hot with blood
And drained their pins of bitter ink
Vainly reaching for the bottle full of empty edens
Branded especially for the ones who had come with great expectations
To the perfumed halls of allah, for their time in the sun

And we were stokin' the fires and oilin' up the machinery
Until the gods found out we had ideas of our own
And war was coming and the earth was shaking
And there was no more ruin in the garden of allah

Today i made an appearance downtown
I am an expert witness because i say i am
And i said gentlemen, and i use that world loosely
I will testify for you, i'm a gun for hire,i'm a saint, i'm a liar
Because there are no facts, there is no truth
Just data to be manipulated
I can get you any result you like
What's it worth to you?
Because there is no wrong, there is no right
And i sleep very well at night
No shame, no solution, no remorse, no retribution
Just people selling t-shirts
Just opportunity to participate in the pathetic little circus
And winning, winning, winning

It was pretty big year for predators
The marketplace was on a roll
And the land of opportunity
Spawned a whole new breed of men without souls
This year notoriety got all confused with fame
And the devil is downhearted babe, cause
There's nothing left for him to claim

He said it's just like home
It's so low-down i can't stand it
I guess my work around here has all been done

And the fruit is rotten, the serpent's eyes shine
As he wraps around the vine,
In the garden of allah
In the garden of allah
In the garden of allah

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Ah, Don Henley!

I love his stuff!

Thank you...

[jotsy]

15. Any time, Miss Peg

Except now of course, another field trip to chaperone, this one to the zoo.

[UndertheOcean]

11. Sorry CP , I don't like this one :(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear UndertheOcean!

That's OK! I'm sorry you don't, but it's certainly not a requirement that you do.

Poetry is very personal, and every poem doesn't suit everyone...

[pinboy3niner]

16. Not a poetry critic, but I heartily encourage it

A lot of ordinary people who are not lit majors are inspired to take up poetry for the first time when they visit memorials that evoke grief and loss--the Aids Quilt, the Civil Rights Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, the Holocaust Museum, and many more. It doesn't even have to be good poetry (I once had a friend who collected the worst of the worst in his "Bad Poetry" file) as long as people are moved to give expression to their thoughts and feelings--and for many, the effort can be cathartic.

Sorry, Peggy--I don't think you'll be immortalized in my friend's file...:)

K&R :kick:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. My dear pinboy3niner!

Well, dayum! I wanted to be included in your friend's "Bad Poetry" file!:P

Thanks, sweetie...

:hi:

[UrbScotty]

17. My dear CaliforniaPeggy...

You impress once again.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear UrbScotty...

And once again, your kindness touches my heart...

Thank you...

:hug: