Lawrence Hall, HSG
A Nation of Couch Cabbages Blames the Chinese Communists
A question may be brought about ownership
And the turgid content of the daily trawl
But even before the question of censorship
One must ask
Why are adults on TikTok at all?
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Did Saloons Really Have Those Swinging Doors?
I’d like to mosey down to the Long Branch Saloon
In glorious CBS monochrome
Along Dodge City’s sound-stage cow town street
And saunter through those familiar swinging doors
I’d like to order a beer from good ol’ Sam
And listen to Doc and Festus fussing at each other
While Matt and Kitty smile contentedly
And for a while we are all at peace
I’d like to mosey down to the Long Branch Saloon
That’s what I’d like, and leave the world tethered outside
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Memory Eternal and a Gift Card from Denny’s
for
William Tod Augustine Mixson
Saint Michael’s Orthodox Church, Beaumont
“Memory Eternal”
A cup of coffee is a chalice in its way
It brings us all to a table of sharing
And consecrates old friendships with every sip
Blessing us at the end with an Ite of joy
But today there was an empty place
An empty cup, an empty plate, empty
Even the air was empty, empty and void
With a joke that wasn’t told today
Max found a Denny’s card among his things -
Tod treated us to breakfast once again
But not for the last time
He’ll tell us that joke at a more glorious feast
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Shakespeare: Maybe We Need to
See Other People
Cf.
Shakespeare, Sonnet 39
Perhaps
if we separated for a few days
We
would find more passion in our love
(Please note
all this artsy empty space)
After
fourteen empty lines I find
My
deep, abiding love for you stronger than ever
But
who’s this…you’re seeing some other man?
THIS
ISN’T WHAT I MEANT!
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“I’ll
Be Away from My Desk for a Few Days”
“Look
upon my absence, Ye mighty, and despair”
-as Shelley
did not say
Every once in an ego you’ll read on a site
“I’ll be away from my desk for a few days”
As if everyone must re-schedule his life
And wait forlornly for Mr. O’s return
Nothing else remains 404 Error 404 Error
404 Error 404 Error 404 Error 404 Error
Lawrence Hall, HSG
The Spirit of Art
Is
The
good, the true, the beautiful
Not
The
sullen, the resentful, the envious
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Smoke Drifting Across America
“Zionists Don’t Deserve to Live”
Columbia campus protester apologises for 'kill Zionists' comments (bbc.com)
Ash-grey smoke drifts across America
“That’s a false narrative”
“That’s a false narrative”
“That’s a false narrative”
The narrative is metaphorical; the smoke is real -
Ashes and smoke from Auschwitz, from burning Jews
