Cover to Cover Open Book – February 6, 2019

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Another session with that pair of pals, Serrano and Foley. Who said that Vaudeville was dead? Not on their show. They have many a new trick up their old sleeves and many a word to say. Valentine’s Day will not be forgotten. Nor will the amazing political developments that fly this way and that way in the battlefield called Pelosi and Trump. This show may well ask, Whatever happened to the United States of America? Didn’t there used to be a country with a name like that? Nina writes, Dear Canine Companion Dear canine companion Always greeting me in dog song Dancing a jubilation Dog of loyalty and courage Always the leader Curling up on a blanket Burying yourself in its folds Never backing down in a confrontation Barking up a storm Protecting us from unseen enemies A vigilant presence Smooth and sleek Racing ahead to sniff The next tree stump or pole Pulling on the leash Because I was too slow Dear dog true to your breed Following your honed instincts Rolling over in the grass Covering your poop Licking your sleek shining fur Barking up a storm To keep us safe and accompanied You will be missed Always remembered And always loved * Women’s March 2019 I am left behind The women of the world march forward without me I am ditched on the curb making way for piercing barriers breaking taboos of burdensome shackles Creating a zigzag and roundabout road to the future * Hummingbirds What is desired longed for lusted always wafts by as an elusive fragrance a gentle suggestion Fluttering seldom perching hovering nearby never landing to stay just to sip and suck and leave to return And Jack: After Argüelles’ Twilight Cantos 20 & 21 brother to brother speaks from beyond the grave time is lost time seeds turn to flower and decay and then arise again time is your fingertips each touch brings death closer “it is night I am lost” “what is left of your face your face” how is it possible to be alive the dead tree stands outside my window and trembles with the wind its branches forever bare no leaves but it will not fall I saw it planted so many years ago “where the seed trembles coming to be” unfailing resonance in the words of this dear man “why can’t I hear what the leaves are saying”— * WITH APOLOGIES TO E.B. WHITE AND “I PAINT WHAT I SEE” “What do you want when you want a wall?” Said ’Frisco’s Nancy Pelosi “Do you want to keep out anyone at all Or is it political folderol?” “I want a BIG wall,” said the Donald. “And will this big wall compensate at all” Said ’Frisco’s Nancy Pelosi “For the many times that you trip and fall For the lies that you constantly tell to all For the fact you’re the worst president of all?” “I want a BIG wall,” said the Donald. “Well, you’re not gonna get your wall at all” Said Madam Speaker Pelosi “For asking those billions you’ve got some gall Is it because there is something SMALL That you have to make up for and so you stall— As a president you get a low C.” “I want a BIG wall,” said the Donald. “I want a BIG wall, I want such a wall As nobody ever has seen at all To keep all those Mexicans deep in thrall (Devious drug dealing Mexicans all!) My father gave me a lot of dough Why won’t Congress keep up the flow Why is it such a terrible pill I’m asking only a mere five bil Dear Nance, how the future will be so rosy When everyone’s White we can be real cozy And after all, ’Twill be MY wall…” “We’ll see if it will,” said Pelosi. Cf. https://hubpages.com/art/I_PAINT_WHAT_I_SEE__A_Ballad_of_Artistic_ Integrity_by_E_B_White The post Cover to Cover Open Book – February 6, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.

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