A Rock, or America, The Composite

MR, a work of vqndalism

I

I think of Mount Rushmore
and all the dead Presidents
and all the dead constituents

and think of the time
that would have been needed
to create this petroglyph

had the mountain been simply exposed
to cloud and pressure
and the other elements of weather...


II


There is a rock
that looks
almost carved


in a desert
hewn
by the wind say


or at sea
slavered over
by rain


suggesting something...
not a head
exactly


nothing in fact...
yet...
curiously suggestive...


making a mockery
of things... as they are...
as things...


III


What is the force that holds the words together?



Seconds pass with passing breath
A lifetime could be denied;
One is bemused unto death,
And a little terrified.



'Parker, will you listen to the man!'



Crazy Planet Trump. The humidity!






Tell me about the gaps in your cv?
The gap between The Personal Statement and the list of my achievements is the biggest... for obvious reasons.





Everyone has a moanologue in them.




Lose my inhibitions? You must be joking. Without my inhibitions I am nothing.





By day the copper pounds the beat
At night, alone, he pounds the meat

- Hello, I'm Jean Harlow.
- What a lovely name. Is the 't' silent?





'The Kardashians are a vulgar callow family of gargoyles that have done more to undermine American society than either Black People or the opioid epidemic.'



Taking the temperature of the Gloom






The shortest game of chess ever recorded occurred on April 1st, 1972 between the American Joseph Pertinsky and the Soviet player Mikhail Porodisky at the Interzonal Confederation held in the West German city of Kuntz when, without a single piece on the chessboard being moved, Grandmaster Porodisky to the astonishment of the Interzonal audience promptly resigned.







What's the difference between a dog and a human? With a dog there is s**t only coming out of one end.