by John Goggin
Pat Buchanan
thinks that he can
still pontificate.
He should stay home and masturbate.
The Right Reverend Wright, when
he was told to sit tight, then
incurred public pillory;
although he has a life-long friend in our Lady Hillary.
Chris Matthews
discussing issues
always shouts.
I never know what the fuck he’s talking about.
Monsieur Colbert
finds himself quite “cher”.
As a master of smarm
I [...]

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From Gene’s notebook

…and there I am on my bike, corner of Boca Chica and Central Boulevard, looking at the $3.55 gas, looking at car upon car and truck upon truck, single person in each …. The heat builds, near 95 degrees; the southeast wind rips bank flags. Half the drivers in those cars and trucks [...]

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A new clerihew by John Goggin
Ms. Brittany Spears
confirms our worst fears
that fame’s but a drug.
Perhaps she just needs a big old hug.

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A poem by Rudy H. García
No one really knows how old
She is.
But she sure does look old,
Under those Mexican dresses
She wears to school every day
She looks older
Than the rest of us,
Because her feet,
Her feet, give her age away.
Like thirty maybe? Maybe more…
You can tell by
Looking at her toes… sticking out from under her huaraches made [...]

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a poem by Eugene (Gene) Novogrodsky
Push and wind, up go the shutters,
Noisily, in Mexican shops, with morning sun building.
Young women, maybe some junior high, and
Then then pour water on the sidewalks,
Then, sweep it away … wetting gutters ….
Hit a button and up go the shutters in malls.
The women, maybe some high school, in suits,
Ready to [...]

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Renowned author Victor Villaseñor will speak at South Texas College’s Pecan Campus Library located at 3201 West Pecan Blvd in McAllen on Friday, May 9, 2008 at 7 p.m. He will discuss his bestseller, Rain of Gold.
The evening starts with a reception at 6:30 p.m. and Villaseñor will sign books and meet attendees following [...]

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