No More Fairy Tales, XLIX
coal-soot haze hangs
over a field of farmhouses
Four More Years crooked
FYI: This haiku could be read as a sequel to mine below:
clean coal billboard ...
a fork-tongued thought
darkens the night
Added: No More Fairy Tales, L
rows of wind turbines
a field of prairie grass
bends in twilight
FYI: This haiku could be read as a sequel to my tanka below:
No More Fairy Tales, XLVIII
COP30:
more fossil fuels
or green energy?
a question smeared in ash
from the burned Amazon
Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LXXXVI
in gold-color
Trump holds Epstein’s stretched arms
from behind
on the National Mall:
King of the World Statue
Added: Trump Empire, Inc, LXXXVII
the peanut-brained man
behind the Resolute Desk
grins to cameras,
"just a little excursion"
oily clouds over Tehran
Added:
billows of smoke
from Beirut neighborhoods ...
the war chief vows,
we will take the territory
block by block, street by street
FYI: Haaretz, March 13 2026: Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday morning that he had "warned" Lebanese President Joseph Aoun following Hezbollah fire toward Israel. "I warned the president of Lebanon that if the Lebanese government cannot control the territory and prevent Hezbollah from threatening the northern communities and firing at Israel – we will take the territory and do it ourselves," Katz said.
Added: Politics of Distraction, I
oil-dark clouds
hang heavy over Tehran —
reporters squint
at row after row of black bars
in Epstein’s redacted files
FYI: Politics of Distraction is my new writing project. The title is taken from Al Jazeera: February 26, 2026: Epstein and the politics of distraction
Scandal individualises corruption, creating a spectacle that redirects anger away from structural power.
