Govt. By the book

Orwell foretold it
fear and machines control us
the telecoms won

we have nothing to gain but our chains

Shield the telecoms!
Empower the police state!
Forge your own shackles!

Bad theater

Cheney starts two wars
then dies peacefully in bed
where's the catharsis?

vile weeds

clothing sticks to him
his skin oozes and sloughs off
rhus dermatitis

denuded

like a dragon's wrath
pre-emergent herbicides
lay whole hillsides waste

credit

The sign on the door
announces: IN GOD WE TRUST
all others pay cash

Total Information Awareness

Orwell warned of it
all information captured
we've built the spy state

spy state

Who has the power
to spy, blackmail and coerce?
phone companies

loyal

Covering up crimes
he dares not enumerate
Mukasey serves George

crushed

Will my head explode?
As this plane climbs, my skull throbs
ear infections suck

I deserved that

"wow, hello gorgeous!"
She thinks I'm terribly bold
I addressed her dog

lurking

Shiny lane markers
like half-sunk crocodile eyes
glint back from the murk

Dicked

Spying on ourselves
we're the new Evil Empire
afraid of free speech

Blocking impeachment - pelosi abets the crimes - this is 'leadership'?

what lies beneath

Shiny lane markers
like half-sunk crocodile eyes
reflect from the murk

sighting

Lined up like pool balls
earth's shadow devours the moon
ominous eclipse

Squandered legacy

How many settlers?
We could buy out the West Bank
for less than this war

diffuse

Cherry blossom clouds
float in a sky of green leaves
Spring's breath warms the hills

saturation

Turning up "mic gain"
god-awful squalking noises
replace flying talk

braggard

George crows of success
a rooster claiming credit
for the rising sun

cloud metaphor

Clouds of cherry blooms
float in a sky of green leaves
Spring's breath warms the hills

subtle clues

Smudge on my windshield
when I use the defroster
radiator leak

impressionist

Clouds of cherry blooms
float in a sky of green leaves
Spring breathes on the hills

new eyes

Looking back later
did this haiku mean something?
I've lost the context

formative

We lose those we love
and never get over it
mortality stings

variety

Try the roast puffin
it doesn't taste like chicken
fish-flavored poultry

Testament

if I disappear
or suffer an "accident"
suspect Mukasey

Immunity

D. of J. promised
not to enforce the FISA
unconscionable

extra-legal

Obama must know
Gonzales vowed to ignore
illegal wire-taps

power

The law means nothing
if your lobbyist has pull
there's no enforcement

sold!

Telecoms skate free
their sins will never be known
our rights have been sold

Justice for sale

Never mind the law
Ashcroft promised a free pass
keep the cash coming

dyslexic

nicotine-addled
too looped to read the "tips" jar
he fills it with spit

congested

Like trails of red ants
tail-lights converge on Berkeley
our ancestral nest

disoriented

Clinging to the bar
too drunk to read the 'TIPS' jar
he fills it with spit

learning-resistant

It's not Vietnam!
McCain tries to rally votes
Maybe it's Beirut. . .

sunset

Walls of purple flame
skies of the apocalypse
sunset in hell-lay

clear sky, empty mind

Much drier today
Are the thermals just not marked?
oh, to see the air!

no end in sight

John McCain avows:
our grandkids will hold Iraq
Who wants such vision?

too much

Help, I can't get down
I'll be sucked into that storm
toss me an anvil!

remorse

All the signs say "wind"
but i'm afraid I fucked up
tam looks really good

The wind whips the trees

The wind whips the trees
as clouds race to eastern skies
and I stand my ground

cloudbase

Diablo looked phat
but tam was lost in shadows
too damned much moisture

game over, game on

Wing-prints in the snow
report an owl's sudden stop
rat tracks stop here, too

ambitious

looking past Tuesday
John McCain's thousand-year reich
is based in Iraq

anticompetitive

Now Microsoft says:
we'll foster competition!
first we'll buy Yahoo. . .