All Rise
Do you really hate/
The poor, the sick, our children?/
You don’t, so why sit?/
Hand imprints on butts/
The thin red line shattered/
Stand for decency/
Posts from February 2009.
Diagnosis
Doctor please speak plain/
Make clear this ache on our land/
Let’s get the dose right/
Losers
Not one lonely vote/
Compromise seems so quaint now/
Way to go Einsteins/
One track fail mantra/
Tax cuts for the big donors/
Chant on cable news/
Your base eats it up/
Til they lose their job or home/
They will remember/
We tried your way/
It led us to this dark pass/
You want more of this?/
You know we need you/
Not votes, but hearts and effort/
Come, move to the light/
One state, many roles/
Sit in sullen silence and/
We find a walk on/
Dan Bassmans’s Inaugural Haiku
In a single day/
the hand of the president/
overruled the king/
Cross posted from Susanna Speir’s blog.
Dozer
Hope engine thunders/
Scrape, level, and re-form/
Ride or step aside/