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  FOR MEDICINAL USE ONLY     When Medici once ruled the roost, To Renaissance they gave a boost In Florence, town of Tuscany, By prompting minds to wander free.   To God no longer gave their vow, But Greeks and Romans lured them now. Upon their pedestals, the saints By art and science were replaced.   Giovanni, patriarch began […]

  AFTER THE FACT   The mystery of history Reduces all to sophistry If fecklessly, not skeptically, Accept we its validity.   Did Kennedy form strategy Preventing Cuban tragedy When quarantined Fidel at sea? Or was it serendipity?   Did atom bomb need dropping on To-be-defeated-soon Nippon, Because Japan, to its last man, Would fight invasion hand-to-hand?   Was Civil […]

IN WILLIAMSBURG In Williamsburg we learn How freedom ours was earned, At least for lucky born Of alabaster skin. Their independence claimed By declaration famed That Founding Fathers framed, Though was still had to win. But if from continent Of African descent, Whatever effort spent Was not for likes of you. Four score and seven years Still had to bear […]

CRIMEAN PUNISHMENT   Apparently,once the gods had fumed Atgrowing decadence, they were doomed. Nolonger culture pre-eminent, Atlantisunder the sea was sent.   Competingtheories have been put forth Ofancient civilization north Ofwhere the Black Sea has always lain Ononce quite fertile Crimean plain.   Onefaction claims Plato had it right – Atlantisvanished in just one night Whenearthquake cracked geologic flaw Releasingdeluge […]

  “FOUR” CAST   The earth’s been here four billion years, But humans mere four million. How often has the atmosphere Received a “global killing?”   Have comets many seared the skies, Volcanoes oft erupted? What oceans parched till desert-dry And climates left disrupted?   How many times has planet warmed, Engorged with greenhouse gasses, While glaciers melted and reformed […]

  CLICHÉD   Beggars can’t be choosers, For there is no choice for losers, And as paupers we must stand with open hand. Seeing is believing, But can also be deceiving When you’re grieving that you’re down and out again.   Cruising for a bruising, If you’re thin-skinned, makes excusing Your intrusions not so simple of a chore. Striking while […]