poem from todays headlines of the NYT

o mr president
bush insists iran remains a threat
despite arms data

data that speaks like whispers
in a vast dark room

a calmer iraq: fragile
and possibly fleeting
let me restate
not merely possible
more like probable
however inevitable
life and blunder wedded as they are
in poorly educated leaders

"it is more cease-fire than a peace"
barham salih
saith the man
barham
salih salih
salame alheikehm

relative choices:
blood ties and acts of love
our diplomacy
awaits the shadow venture
of a femme fatale
and cartoon urchins
enduring tests
in military laboratories
mind altering psychotropic pharmaceutical
cognition bending hollywood
never had it so good
technicolor
romance

new data new methods new conclusion
hope hopping like grasshoppers
over fields of crackling green
way out west where the best
build energy empires
and smirk at the listless laity
foundering outside the cathedral
of natures' defeat
man's roaring conquest

kidnappers in iraq release video of briton
should be a good film
feature length
mummbling of a lost voice
costume design
by
barman salih

monitoring agency praises US report
but keeps wary eye on iran
and a cold eye on kurdestan
give us more stephen colbert
he may just have the plan
comfort comfort comfort
ye my people
chimes of advent
ringing
from the steeple
having had a long day
the news did distort


accord tightens control of security
contractors in iraq
and who will contract to
bring me security
here where i dangle in the fierce winds
of social adversity
where it is apparent
that i know the sered flesh
and know we await a pipedream at best

activisions' chief looks at gamings' next moves
next grooves
next it behooves
one to follow the pulse
of blood and mass movement
tested as they are
like rats
keep them envisionated
sensorily glued to the
movement on the tube
the drugs will be inserted
into the consciousness
through the eyes

ravens say "late calls favored the patriots"
and if you are doubting
whether ravens
can speak
one need only consult
the first american patriot of any renown
edgar allen poe
who was the port of embarkation
to the shadow world
where terror often
surprises
it is all very much more scary
than we would have imagined
quothe the raven
speaking in plain english
"nevermore

modernity takes the stage
captured by czech cameras
modernity now imprisoned
inside the
locked cameras
the czech chambers
withstanding this very moment
tortures that make
the americans
look like kids on a playground

from the bronx to iraq to a return home, too soon
to the funeral home to the grave to the hearts
to the memories to the local narratives
to the rage muttered prayers of a mother
to the blinking bewilderment of a lover
from the crib to the toilet
to the barracks to the road
to the IED
to the hospital
to the morgue
to the lonely flight back
a corpse in a box
to the faintly voiced fear
that maybe the enemies are winning

the lounge that ate the restaurant
and regurgetated polyethelene

good and bad news about iran
the good news is
we needn't be afraid of these people
they are old
these persians go way back
the bad news is
they are quite pleased at the fact
that we think we no longer have
to fear them so much
think about a vacation in tehran

taking aim at indian point
point aim at indian taking
taking point at indian aim
point at taking indian aim
aim at indian taking point
at point taking aim indian

intercepting iran's take on america
which was on course across
the atlantic
aiming at a central detonation
a take so powerful
that widespread devastation
would no doubt ensue
what we commonly refer to now as
mass destruction
watch the take

seven days in december?
(by maureen dowd)
or
how is this a question?

mitt romney is no jack kennedy
yes
it is much harder
to hate mormons

on this day
december 5 1933
national prohibition came to and end
as utah became the 36th state
to ratify the 21st amendment to the constitution
repealing the 18th amendment

alcohol tobacco firearms
alcohol tobacco firearms
alcohol tobacco firearms
alcohol tobacco firearms