New free poetry chapbook AMERICA 2021: CHANGE WITHOUT CHANGING

 Here’s a roundup of some recent poems (with occasional revisions) that have appeared on my blog:

 https://www.scribd.com/document/510102209/America-2021-Change-Without-Changing

New Poem: DONNIE TALK TO SCIENCE

Loosely inspired by Prince’s “Ronnie Talk To Russia” from CONTROVERSY.

Donnie talk to science
Don’t worry about the base
And the one percenters
Riding this out in the Hamptons
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Pull the un-lockdown ripcord slowly
Stop making fools of Birx and Fauci
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Open up your gilded Mar-a-Lago
And your Vegas Strip non-casino hotel
To service workers, homeless
And first responders who need some rest
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Put an end to your foolish pride
Make testing available nationwide
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Donnie talk to science
Before there’s no one left alive
To talk to you

New Poem: IT IS WHAT IT ISN’T

president gets hold of tea party bazooka
tweets the word liberate in all caps
encourages insurgent behavior
wants his fans to get out of their houses
cut off pieces of the golden calf
demand a stunted version of normal
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death is more than numbers on spreadsheet
much more than a model bent to White House will
it’s family friends neighbors coworkers
doctors nurses online shipping clerks
meat packers ministers actors writers
supermarket checkers and many more
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make tests available
find out who has it who does not
don’t make Americans play Russian Roulette
give life a chance

R.E.M.'s Pop Song 89 vs Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines. (NSFW content)

Letting the artists and videos speak for themselves in the uncensored versions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjMwfDFypa4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwT6DZCQi9k