old proverb:

don't move
to the desert
if you don't like
low humidity.

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when viewing the Universe -
a mathematician sees a series equations;
a poet sees a string theory of words;
a burglar sees breaking possibilities;
a preacher sees a sea of souls to save;
a trucker sees a map to conquer.

all for One;
One for all.

(jo bo, 2009)

Cactus Ed

Quote of the Day -

"Keep America beautiful.
Grow a beard.
Take a bath.
Burn a billboard."

Edward Abbey

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Letter to the editor, Iron Mountain News:

Somebody nice patriot snuck across the fence
into Historic Patchwork Farms,
recently bulldozed to make way
for garden homes (no garden),
Olympic-sized spa, soccer fields.

They altered the site's proud sign -
beacon of growth and progress;
changed it to say:
This was a pretty place -
YOU ruined it.

To that patriot, I want to say,
"Thank you!"

Miss Lizzie
August, 2009

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27 million Americans
swallow
anti-depressants
every day.

very depressing.

(ji bo, 2009)

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T-shirt de jour:

"Don't blame me,
I voted
for Willie Nelson."

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What
is the hand
of one
clapping
sound?

"this land is your land
this land is my land..."

unless you are Hopi, Navajo,
Lakota, Black Feet, Crow,
Cherokee, Seminole, Cheyenne,
Choctaw, Apache.......

if all Wall-Marts were "relocated"
to Shopping Reservation in desert,
camouflage-clad suburbanites
would
take up arms
against
their evil
oppressors

in the Land of Opportunity.

(neckbone, 2009)

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organic food

man reads news:

Article 1. organic food more healthy than ordinary food.
Article 2. organic food not more healthy than ordinary food.

man goes for walk, says,
what's "ordinary" food?

(ji bo, 2009)

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what is yuuyaraq?
very important question.

(ji bo, 2009)

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baby emerges
from soul's dark
tunnel,
enters world
with a "whap!"

baby screams,
breathes.
why does baby say, "waaagh"
instead of "hello" -
language barrier?

baby sees mother's breast;
no further questions.
baby is tickled,
laughs.

baby needs no books,
workshops, self-help DVDs,
preacher, owner's manual -

no remote control.

(ji bo, 2009)

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you are what you eat
you eat what you are

you breathe the Universe
the Universe breathes you

you think your own thoughts
your own thoughts think you

inside every cell
of your body
is
a
bear.

(galax, 2009)

poetry not historic
history not poetic.

Stone Age
not about stones
Modern Age
not about modern.

data not information
information not data.

old proverb:
to leave no trail
don't step in shit.

(ji bo, 2009)

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"water on rock
stops the clock!"

[chant 3 times to return to reality]

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climb mountain
at top, drink water;
look in all directions:
more mountains.

(neckbone, 2009)

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no tango,
no dango.

(miss lizzie, 2009)

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old McDonald had a farm

scientific data entry.....

hunter/gathers: tribe

spare time
organic food
egalitarian
anarchist
rich mythology
at home in Nature
zero psychiatrists.

modern Homo erectus asphaltus: nation states

low on spare time
junk food
hierarchical
gargantuan bureaucracy
historical "record"
lost in Nature
therapy ubiquitous.

next?

(ji bo, 2009)

Thoreau

“It is not worth the while to go around the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.” “It is not worth the while to go around the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.” H. D. Thoreau

gone fishin'

(miss lizzie, july 17, 2009)

best Universal
health care -
stay healthy.

(ji bo, 2009)

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faze-book

de-activate yourself
if
you can.

(ji bo, 2009)

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tweet tweet

woman walks down sidewalk
eyes glued to small black box,
sending text to friends
she's never met.

no street noise
no bird chirps
no cloud formations
one font after another.

woman steps into open manhole
disappears underground
into stream of human waste

keeps texting......


(ji bo, 2009)

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sonic youth

did Buddha
like
rock music?

(ji bo, 2009)

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reading entry for Su Shi,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
click link for "poems"

"find a dentist you'll love -
live-help 24/7"


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