Loose Leaf Notes

1. A New Game in Town same winner is HERE.

2. I danced to “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road” with Virginia Electric Saturday night at Dogtown, but I never got around to taking any pictures.

3. I push on in spite of / the crushed shell I see / with innards strewn
/ like tarot pulled and bloodied / because truth catches up /with the fast and the loose / because I am slow and steady / and there’s many of us. -Read My Trump Pandemic Poet from 2020 in its entirety HERE.

4. I still watch Saturday Night Live live. On Saturday Dave Chappelle was the guest host. He told some jokes and then addressed Trump saying.  “To Donald Trump, I know you watch the show. Remember, whether people voted for you or not, they’re all counting on you. Whether they like you or not, they’re all counting on you. The whole world is counting on you. I mean this when I say this, good luck,” he continued. “Please do better next time.” Chappelle called on the country to also do better and not to forget humanity…

5. “…And please, have empathy for displaced people, whether they’re in the Palisades or Palestine,” Chappelle said. Chappelle made his hosting debut on the late-night show in November 2016, directly after Trump won his first election. He said Saturday that show creator Lorne Michaels asked if he wanted to host again after the recent election. Chappelle said he’d take the slot near the Jan. 6 anniversary instead.”

6. Musicians, poets and comedians, it’s our job to truth tell.

7. HERE is a truth teller extraordinaire. I’ve watched this over and over because it gives me hope.

8. “Trump to take oath of office in chamber Jan. 6 rioters ‘desecrated’ -Politico Headline. That’s a line that appeared in Monday News Reel that I’ve been doing on Facebook for more than a decade. See Here.

9. Here’s another one: Billions of people worldwide are set to get their news from an information environment that has warmed to Donald Trump, even as he poses an unprecedented threat to America’s democratic principles…

1o. And one more:  “You did it! Our live stream of puppies and kittens for the Puppy and Kitten Inauguration was one of the most-watched streams at the same time as the actual inauguration. We also raised over $80,000 for the Humane Society to help with their critical work following the wildfires in Los Angeles.” Meidas Touch

11. Poets don’t wax poetic about the assault / on credibility, decency and the rule of law  / They don’t write verses / about the virus of violence  / or the super spreader leader of lies  / They rarely mention his name / or the variant threats that still remain / They don’t write elegies / on the loss of peace and normalcy / Even poets are at a loss for words.  Read The Stolen Years in its entirety HERE.

12. But I guess we do: It’s all fake news / sung from Trojan horses / while shooting down messengers / and drowning out truth / with rally cries and soundbite lies / that break skin / In sleeveless shirts with cold shoulders / we say our prayers and cross our fingers / while breaking records into shard pieces /  while boiling frogs alive – Read Slow Burn in its entirety HERE.

13. Best of holiday blur HERE.

____________Thirteen Thursday