Ponderable polemics, poetic

WordPress site of poet Mark Lucker

politics

  • Now showing

    We watched the same videosI saw murderyou recognized ‘stupid bitch’We watched the same videosI saw murderyou criticized his carrying a gunWe watch the same videosI see peaceful protestorsyou label singing marchers‘violent agitators’ We watch the same videosI see smashed car windowsdragging people though themgross overreachgovernment sanctioned chaos, intimidationlicensed carnage unethical, immoral at every turn you… Read more

  • Inheritances

    This is a dark time for many Americansamong the more somber of my lifehopefulness has trouble finding any sort of foothold, sense of balanceMonths away from retirement I already see the tarnish descending on my planned golden yearssitting in a recliner with my feet up letting others take up the resistance just doesn’t sit well… Read more

  • Act II

    Your ‘traditional’ values a façade, community theatre set flimsy, off-kilter kitschy backdrop for absurdist black comedy faith as virtue dignity as punchline righteousness as truth pomposity as dignity oppression as plot twist ‘Jerry Mathers as The Beaver’ your black-and-white is showing nuance cannot be played by circus clowns deifying pies-in-the-face as western civilization’s high water… Read more