Complimented as one of three
That got Relativity :
Wonders who the third could be .
Six minutes eclipses jail ;
Eddington, in 1919
On the 29th of May,
Makes Einstein celebrity :
The lights of heaven askew
One point seven five seconds arc,
Where spacetime can jiggle,
Grow, warp, shrink, rip, collapse
Into black holes—disappear !
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The hood and doors stand ajar
To service and vacuum the car,
The wasp appears, embarks a chase
That clears the seats ; she marks my face :
Angrily bangs the windshield .
Then after driving across the field,
Three dots advance from afar—
She brings martial comrades for
Round two ⸺ a demonic twist .
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My kids believe in the circle of life—
| Disneyfied |,
Every creature purposed by Yahweh ;
Therefore, entomological battles of the
Homestead prove problematic, until—
I lie ;
Or maybe not :
« Some creatures were created not by
God . . . but . . . the dEVIL . »
Afterward,
Not only can I kill with impunity,
But the girls participate .
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Swirling hurricanes
Bulldoze the sea to landscape,
Melting the coastline .
The Earth does not move
Until Atlas shakes the globe—
Toppling foundations .
A bolt of lightning
Illuminates the dark field ;
Fire spreads for acres .
The mathematics
Of probability picks
Victims at random .
Blind chance rules the lives of all—
Fair–wind sails or cracked–mast squalls .
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Bands wash overhead
Wringing torrential washcloths,
Rinsing the basins,
Overflowing the edges :
Watercraft patrol the floor .
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Writing in support of this proposed rule
Urging ATF to finalize it soon
As possible . Guns sold without background checks
—Both at gun shows and on the net—beget
Firearms often trafficked across state lines,
Or recovered in cities at scenes of crimes,
Or used against officers oftentimes .
This contributes to the gun violence
Epidemic plaguing our country hence .
The long–standing lack of clarity around
Which sellers must license and run background
Checks has made the gun issue more profound .
I support the clear common-sense standard laid
Out in this rule : before gun merchants get paid
Online or at show, presumption is profit
And therefore a license becomes apposite
To run a check on customer’s background .
This law will save lives and should be laid down .
*[ WSB ].
Another damn pinecone haphazardly
Falls, under the only tree left
Unclimbed by children :
Limbs too high and gluey resin unwashable .
Fibonacci fish scales overlapping,
Ending in barbs too prickly to pick up,
Conifers : only good for crafts and Christmas ;
Hard to pick up . Hard to toss . Hard to rake .
Damn !
I hate pinecones .
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Wellspring
Basal ganglia
Grounded beneath the limbic
Smashing Indic,
Wrinkling the cortex
Of Ape X,
Himalayan .
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Lacking in morality
Lacking in conscience
Lacking in remorse
Lacking in empathy
Completely: a man without a soul .
* Versification of excerpt from a 360° conversation
— George Conway —
Untethered, the shadow rampages through mundanity,
Leaving insanity in its wake,
Carnage from a carney clown that skillfully coerces,
Brandishing blarney for basal blandishment .
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Occupation : Poet . 