“Covered Wagon Train Crossing Hopi Country, Monument Valley,” Fernand Harvey Lungren, early 1900s

Gouache on paper.

(because the bone spurs set in slowly)

Donald Trump on Ilhan Omar: “She’s telling us how to run our country. How did you do where you came from?”

Mr. President, she came to this country when she was 12 years old.

When you were 12, you hadn’t even managed to dodge the draft yet.

“Orange is the New Crap”

I called Trump a dirty word.

Here I stand in Facebook jail.

Now my voice remains unheard!

Curse that pompous orange whale!!!

 

 

“Jail: the Only Remedy,” Walter H. Gallaway, circa 1902

Front page of “Scientific American,” July 19, 1856

Munn & Co.

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YOU’D ACTUALLY BE SURPRISED AT THE THINGS I CAN WRITE.

“The Maiden,” Gustav Klimt, 1913

Oil on canvas.

Then again, maybe it’s a mooed point.

I really want a group of my peers to persuade me of something that they already agree upon.

I’ve heard that this “herd mentality” is a good protection against coronavirus.

Think about it — how many cows do you know who’ve caught it?

“Temeridad de Martincho en la Plaza de Zaragoza,” Francisco Goya, circa 1815

“The Recklessness of Martincho in Zarazoga Square.”  Etching.

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The Piker Press publishes “prayer upon an empty hilltop”

I’m honored today to see my poem “prayer upon an empty hilltop” appear over at The Piker Press.

You can find it right here.

Thanks, as always, to Editor Sand Pilarski for allowing me to see my work in such a terrific online indie lit magazine!

Cover to “Red Skull: Incarnate” #1, David Aja, 2011

Marvel Comics.

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