'How My Mind Works'

A simple word

or phrase is all,

-inflection, tone and such

will change it,

associations rattle

'round my head,

and something

in there

has to

re-arrange it.



Like this poem,

I think:

"find a clever way to

'finish it"

and: 'try to augment

not diminish it"

Next thing I know

I'm thinking of a

"Finnish hit"

Then suddenly

I'm at the end

and left with


'Finnishit.'

G.L.

‎'To A Spring Snow'

I know that your capricious visit was a whim,
but what of shivering daffodils?

and tender buds numbed
by your clumsiness?

it’s true your cousin frost's the crueler one
-the real 'blonde assassin'-

but I wish you'd have compassion
for birds and buds who’ve had enough

of you and him.
-G.L

Re: Wall Street meltdown, BP, etc.

As always, the rich white elite will have their loopholes, exemptions ...AND rich white lawyers to protect them from the consequences of their actions!
If everyone were TRULY accountable to the law for their misdeeds, the prisons WOULD ALREADY BE FULL of them...and there would be many, many job openings in the highest levels of corporate America, in K Street and in the various units of state, local, and national government.
For each sociopath behind bars, there are a hundred or more 'sophisticated sociopaths' -just as certainly predators- lunching in high end bistros, vacationing in exclusive locales, attending $1000 a plate political fundraisers, and 'doing their deals'.