Monday, June 27, 2022

Fade to Black

 

Photo: Tracie Mitchell, iStock Photos

I try to find a street

In the white fog.

I shortcut through backyards

of angry homeowners

with high fences in

a bleak, gray industrial area.

A pissed-off homie with a machine gun

makes me sit and wait.

I escape.

It is night, now.

I am lost.

Monday, June 20, 2022

"Texas Republican" the new "Florida Man"


Photo by Steh Nobre: https://www.pexels.com/

An article by Brad Press in the Hill begins with the headline, “Texas GOP adopts anti-LGBTQ platform, refers to being gay as ‘abnormal’” As always, Texas Republicans seem suspiciously obsessed with how other people express their sexuality. I’ve already had one of those Texas Republicans tell me that, when Trump returns to the White House, “those people” will be isolated from honest hard-working Americans, along with “evolutionists,” atheists, and abortionists. He did not specify what form that isolation would take, but judging by the tone of his comments, it would not surprise me if he meant concentration camps complete with ovens.

Read the full story at: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3529268-texas-gop-party-adopts-anti-lgbtq-platform-refers-to-being-gay-as-abnormal/

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Does Bigotry Come with a Dress Code?


 Photo by Paulina Zimmerman on Pexels.com

Drag queen = pedophile?

Does that mean no one in the Proud Boys owns a dictionary?

Does bigotry carry a dress code?

So many questions.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Tells Proud Boys To Dress Appropriately for Protests

BY DARRAGH ROCHE ON 6/18/22

https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-proud-boys-dress-appropriately-protests-1717116