Politics

Growing Cynical

Rattle / April 22, 2025

Sometimes, lately, I don’t believe it:
the news, the grocery store flyer hawking
deals on things I never buy.

Rattle / August 27, 2017

The moon was so quiet, we hardly noticed the sun’s absence. Gradually, the land went dark, pasture by steaming pasture.

Rattle / August 20, 2017

Nuremberg Museum Göring leaned over to Hess to crack a joke— they’re with those other killers who meant no harm:

Rattle / August 17, 2017

but Ansel is sweet like raw raspberry pie. He hugs and kisses my breast before latching for his morning milk.

Rattle / August 14, 2016

The news has gone so far beyond absurd that I can’t watch it anymore; the little boxes with their talking