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Time is Money – A Lost Early Poem

If time was money millions would die so that the few could live forever. They will pay you just minutes and charge you in hours raising prices till you run out of time. The rich will own the centuries cleaning … Continue reading

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Transparency

Wild daughters Absent fathers Bourgeoisie bedrooms Nosferatu comes from Mexico to take your wife Utopias and horrors Ghosts and martyrs Doppelgangers Authority; insanity Fascists and Communists Psychiatrists, Psychologists The dictator is already present carrying out master’s orders Soulless Faceless men Power … Continue reading

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Snortin’ Mammon

Do you think we’d see the light if sunshine cost the wealthy something or would we live in blackest night outside the gate and out of sight? “Mo money! Mo money!” the chant heard from within a choir sings the … Continue reading

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Weekend Delusions

A Re-post.  Today I’m busy working on my tax returns.  The polls are open in South Carolina’s Democratic primary and it is predicted that Hillary Clinton will bury Bernie Sanders on the strength of the black vote, which is in … Continue reading

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NLRB Rules Against College Football Players

Well the college football season will soon be upon us and here in Florida as well as in the rest of the country the hysteria will continue until the national champion is crowned.  Having attended City University of New York … Continue reading

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Weekend Delusions

  Facebook, Instagram, texted and tweeted sedated; redacted, unfriended, deleted it’s an exciting world out there so don’t make important decisions while doing  coke. It’s all a delusion of course, living in a bubble you schizo-cynic of the Facebook age … Continue reading

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Snortin’ Mammon

Do you think we’d see the light if sunshine cost the wealthy something or would we live in blackest night outside the gate and out of sight? “Mo money! Mo money!” the chant heard from within a choir sings the … Continue reading

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On Being Had

It was the first half of the 1970s, I  was in my early thirties  and was an up and coming young “executive” working for the Great American Travel company (Don’t leave home without it!). We were having some problems in … Continue reading

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Timepiece

I have a temporary home at Bulgari on the via Condotti, out of sight of the hoi-polloi. I am seen only by those who matter by appointment to those who are driven rather than drive who live in palazzi or … Continue reading

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Time is Money

If time was money millions would die so that the few could live forever. They will pay you just minutes and charge you in hours raising prices till you run out of time. The rich will own the centuries cleaning … Continue reading

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