Monthly Archives: February 2024

Not Again Not Ever

February 19, 2024 – 6:37 pm

The KKK was founded by Southern white supremacists after the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865. Armed bands of ex-soldiers roamed the night to terrorize freed slaves and elected former CSA General Nathan Forrest was elected Grand Dragon of the racist organization. Thousands of blacks were killed during this first reign of terror and the […]

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NO SILENT NIGHT 2023

February 18, 2024 – 9:43 am

No silent night No peace on Earth Like Lennon said Imagine Imagine Imagine Imagine no more them Imagine no more us Imagine only we are the world We are us. We are us. From the mountains And the valleys To the Oceans All around the world. No more prayers No more thoughts Only the silence […]

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Myrtle Street Sunset Haiku

February 18, 2024 – 9:34 am

4:03 The sun drops behind a building Not sunset yet. Soon

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Johnny Utah – 2014 – Yee Hah

February 18, 2024 – 9:30 am

Ten years ago Austin Kilmer, Latt, his brother, and I left the diamond exchange on West 47th and went to Johnny Utah, a hoorah drinking bar with a robo bronco off Rockefeller Center. Packed with marketing junior execs. Having a good time, forgetting they hate their bosses. Same as me, a 61 year old diamond […]

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White Men Redux

February 17, 2024 – 12:49 pm

The 15th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteed the civil equality to black ex-slaves and the GOP has promised to honor their privilege, but the Republicans remain true to the immortal words of Nixon’s Secretary of Agriculture, who explained why the party of Lincoln was short on blacks. “I’ll tell you what the coloreds want. It’s […]

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