#22 When The Going Gets Weird

pics: Bolton by leash.
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Finster Fest will be held in downtown Summerville,Ga., near Athens,
where Finster's home, Paradise Garden, is being restored, on
Saturday May 5th 10a.m.-6p.m. & Sunday May 6th 12p.m.-5p.m. 2012
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Dead at 22. Marine Sgt. Merlin German was
burned over 97% of his body by a roadside bomb
explosion beneath a Humvee in Iraq.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/05/iraq-miracle-ma.html

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Rhino Pic
This is sick, and sad, and disgusting
and whoever did it should be shot to death.


They kill the rhinoceroses for their tusks,
I believe, which are worth quite a bit of
money to some sick sadistic wealthy prick.
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I was taught to go after the who what when where
and why of The Situation.
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To Show Me The Stars

There is nothing to calm the fear of a day
full of creditors who cant be satisfied,
dunning letters that can't be replied to,

except for,

a walk in the dark to the store for ice cream
with a dog happy to see me,
and a daughter who brings a flashlight
to show me the stars.
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What's the solution to war?

What's the solution to war?
We should send old men and old women
to war, let them kill themselves off
in the name of bigger cars and better
air-conditioning.

Let the congressmen and the kings,
the presidents and the heads of state
pull out guns and knives and battle
to the death.
Why should my son or daughter fight
for you, you fucking cowards, you killers,
you creeps.

You hide behind your hallow halls,
you hide behind your laws that money buys.

I want you out in the open
looking down the barrel of a gun,
see what my son would see,
before he pulled the trigger,
a man just like himself,
scared just like himself,
put there just like himself
by a man like you.

The blood that spills
the guts that pour
should be yours, Mr. President.

The guts that pour,
the blood that spills
should be yours, Speaker of the House.

The brains that splat,
the guts that pour,
the blood that spills
should be yours, Senator.

Teenagers should not be killing teenagers,
they should be studying math.
or tearing down an engine,
or hitchhiking through Europe.

War is not a game of chess.

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Different Strokes

They are knocking on doors
and making phone calls
trying to make a sale.
I am sitting at my desk
trying to write a poem.
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I think that it is best to start your day with silence,
and then move into some music as you write. I don't
think tuning into The Cable News, first thing in the
morning, is the best idea: I like my thoughts to be as
much my own as possible.
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Mikel K is my hero, and my daily dose of
don’t give up. I’m happy he’s on WorldWideHippies.com.

--Cyndi Craven
http://cyndicravendesign.com/

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It seems like tits should always know when you have
seen them. I just opened a picture on this guy's page,
and a nice pair of jugs in a skimpy green dresss
jumped out at me. I wonder if the girl's boobs could,
somehow, feel my eyes upon them. That girl let someone
take that picture of her, and now it is out in cyberspace
for old men to look at.

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Sometimes, we believe in things
and we have no idea why we believe.
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“Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever
intimacy a cup of coffee affords.”--Richard Brautigan
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I am going to fix me a second cup
of coffee, but first I am going to piss
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A chat with a lawyer with heart and soul:

Mikel K Poet: Hey Kimmerz; how is the world of law?
Kimmerz Dougherty: It depends. That is always the
lawyer's answer. Ha ha.
Mikel K Poet: Do you think that most lawyers have
a great heart, and soul?
Kimmerz Dougherty: Nope.
Mikel K Poet How do you maintain your integrity?
Kimmerz Dougherty I'm just me. I've always had
a strong ethical character and that will never change.
It's part of the core of who I am.
Mikel K Poet That's a good thing, Kimmerzz;
your parents done good!
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Play the Game

Follow the rules
you'll be rewarded.
Play the game,
there is something
in it for you.
Follow the rules,
don't make waves.
Follow the rules,
don't be a fool
and deviate.
Play the game;
it's the only way.
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Ordinary Things

I may have missed
the window, this morning
on writing poems, and
I will have to content myself
with such ordinary things
as washing the dishes
and taking the dogs out to piss.
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War Is Over

She is fighting her battles,
and I am fighting mine;
and when the wars are over
we meet in the middle for some fun.
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Note to Brandy: I don't know how many times
I have said to gals,"Look Dear...I'm a sailor."
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In The Long Run

Somewhere, there is a man
who is sure that it is the right thing to do
to send the soldiers who he commands
to their death. In the long run,
businessmen will profit.

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But you will never meet them

Somewhere, there is a woman
who you could love.
Somewhere, there is a man
who you could love.

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How the fuck did they do that?

What made them think that way,
that they could discover such a thing.
If it was left up to me, we wouldn't
have hammers, or toilet paper; and
we would be walking everywhere.
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Reid believed Rafferty was fundamentally unsuited to
the pressures of celebrity: "He struck me as a very,
very sensitive man and for someone like that, fame
was probably not appropriate."--Wikipedia

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The dogs, and I, just did an hour walk. We all feel
very accomplished about this. The dogs are bummed out
cuz there is not water in the bulding, just a plumber
working on pipes.
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I'm not much fancy

I don't go to fancy restaurants.
I don't have a fancy car, or any car at all.
I don't live in, and own, a fancy house.
Fancy that.

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If it's the only game in town,
do you have to play it?
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Shame on you

You shame easily
The Nuns and Priests
have done their job.
You'll never steal from
them, and if you do
you'll confess it in a
booth, sometime before Sunday.
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He got so high that he forgot that
he was listening to The Grateful Dead.
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I like CNN's John King, but find it very boring,
and confusing, when he stands there pointing at
states on the screen, and spewing percentages
at me during primary election coverage.

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"Mikel, you always bring up such interesting plurally applicable questionings, yet you have a wonderful inclusive quality about you- that few genuinely have, I enjoy your wallspace and the colourful array of banter it brings around this long table. Thought you should know that..."

--Candi V. Auchterlonie

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I close my eyes, at night
and sleep peacefully
knowing that I have not
ripped anyone off.
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I was born in The North,
but have lived most of my life
in The South, so am I still
a Yankee?

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I've read that the levels of pesticides in strawberries,
and apple peels, is high. Someone said don't worry
about it, the body kills the poison. Is this true, or is it
true that the pesticides will, eventually, kill the body?
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