Whale Pay Back
The night drains on
as my confidence erodes
in a series of bad beats
My arrogance
I strode confidently
into this viper pit with
now totally missing
Some witnesses
far less gullible than I
well versed in the laws
of poker probability
snicker mockingly
that the odds against
such sudden carnage
are a statistical improbability
It is now readily apparent
even to a dupe like me
that I am tonight’s main course
a harpooned Moby Dick
served up
skewered on a stick
Come on Ahab
Give the deck another shuffle
I FRICKIN DARE YOU
One more deal is all I need
to slice off your cheating hand
and laugh maniacally
as the droplets of crimson circles
blot stain the green felt table
into a masterpiece
of revenge art
Market Dogma
A casual observer
and an innocent bystander
sharing a bottle of transparency
down at Cafe Apathy
Putting their two cents in
the neon jukebox
they blare the latest hit
from the high profile band
Vox Populi
Well dressed media pundits
converge on the scene
to conduct yet another
choreographed focus group
to tell us what it all means
An evening of cliche laden
conversation they will spend
leading the random sample sheep
to conclusions that meet the desired end
The well coiffed prop messiah
in the tailored suit
will be spoon fed this data eventually
in the spirit of self fulfilling prophesies
Which will validate the legitimacy
of his devoted apostles
who spread the word
of the second coming
to the disinterested patrons
of Club Apocalypse
who are too busy
achieving perfect numbness
to buy into the consumable product
that passes for modern absolute truth
Free Forming
The motley assemblage
of vagabond gypsies
came with less than a stellar reputation
so when they included me
in their fellowship of initiation
I joined in with major trepidation
It turns out
this looked down upon tribe
has fewer strings attached
than my Roman Catholic religion
where I was forever the misfit
Think I’ll stay awhile
on the outcast side
and savor
my new found freedom
A Good Deal
Give the deck another shuffle
This time without the grand shenanigans
We just want a square deal
so we can say
after we made our play
win or lose
our best chance was taken
that was eminently fair
and void of the usual
sleight of hand deceptions
Man Up
Boys who desperately
wanna be men
often mistake bullying
and brow beating
with alpha maleness
Real men
never pick on the weak
Leave that
to the insecure posers
saddled with low self esteem
Those frickin incels
spewing their crude
locker room misogyny
Real men
treat women with respect
For you see
support is the true measure of strength
Masculinity
is the quiet confidence
of never having
to brag about it
Secure in their own tenderness
they always get the girl
which pisses off
the performative men no end
Spoiled Booty
The Stellar Destroyer
and his rampaging Armada
roams the galactic seas
committing blatant acts
of high piracy and larceny
Pillaging any solar systems
in it’s deadly wake
Wasting planets
just for fun
but not before first
stripping them
of all their precious
natural resources
Arrives at Earth
Powers up
the mighty demolition machine
Peers through the lens
and suddenly realizes
where he’s at
Lets out a mournful sigh
for the foolish natives
have already completed
their own self annihilation
Taking Out We Trash
Here at the peak
of the Mount Dump summit
crazed gulls eagerly circle
the growing scrap heap
Skilled scavengers
doing their environmental duty
devouring the mass leftovers feast
as best the flock can
Packs of fat rats scurry
through the maze
of refuse caves
A garbage truck parade
rolls round the clock
providing constant trash
replenishment
to the one of many
dump cathedrals
ascending toward heaven
courtesy of this consumption society
where we bury
and stack
our over flow
disposable materials
to feed this mountain range
The stench downwind
serves as an putrid indictment
dumped on we inhabitants
of the United States of Waste
Tossing away scrap treasures
with reckless abandon
the world’s destitute
would savor
as glorious sustenance
Fire Sale
We set a vagrant on fire last night
Most likely an illegal immigrant
He did not seem to mind
It being a chilled evening after all
Admittedly twas an impulsive thing to do
with consequence we should have foreseen
but nobody thinks ahead these days
where instant gratification is the rage
as we swept away his charred remains
Now our sins are all over the Evening News
Transgressions gone viral on YouTube
cause everyone with a phone
is a documentary director
Social commentators now torch our asses
with their self righteous views
about the decline of Western civilization
Political pundits of course chime in
citing our deplorable actions
as proof positive
that our blatant insensitivity
is a metaphor that represents
the current administration
After this high rated media investigation
the cops felt compelled to lock us perps away
We did not mind all the notoriety
as we were now trending celebrities
Loss of freedom a fair price to pay
since we were not into liberty anyway
Droopy Truths
The Earth is definitely flat
There is zero doubt about that
for I read the new revelation
on the internet
Sure I was skeptical at first
Since this is a blatant contradiction
of established scientific facts
but then I saw all the posts
algorithm spoon fed
BLASTING IN ALL CAPS
that the globe is
and has always been
a giant pancake
Now I am empowered
A disciple of the new truth
Propagating the gospel
of creative ideology
to smother any inconvenient
negative narratives
that run contrary
to our freshly contrived version
of alternative factual reality
we spread on thick daily
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