Exquisite Politics The perfect voter has a smile but no eyes, maybe not even a nose or hair on his or her toes, maybe not even a single sperm cell, ovum, little paramecium. Politics … more
Posts tagged Municipal Elections
Municipal Elections: Don’t Think Governments End the World
Don’t Think Governments End the World Don’t think governments end the world. The blast the burnings, and the final famine will be brought on by mistake. “I’m sorry,” the last anxious man at the … more
Municipal Elections: “Like tiny pushers…”
Election Year Wandering the flea market, I ran across a box full of old campaign buttons marked $1 per, and without thinking about it I began to run my hand through them, these stolid … more
Municipal Elections: Why I Voted the Socialist Ticket
Why I Voted the Socialist Ticket I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life’s unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the unloving, say life should be lovely. I, that … more