barely one leaf flutters on the cottonwood, if that
and the date of the month
is 3 days short of the number of lines I have
to observe that heaven is not seen upside down in sad puddles
     on the 127th birth anniversary
     of Voltairine de Cleyre
owing to gloomy overcast
just hours before House dice are cast
as the Bush-Clinton team
moves ahead toward the magic 218
getting all the pigs to eat in the trough of protection
for sugar, peanuts, citrus, whatever can be
manipulated by Kosher Zion investment bankers
     against whom 1 Republican will vote
     because NAFTA - - shades of LaRouche - - encourages job-creating investment
     South of the Border rather than where jobs be losing
      - - never mind what usury does for Mexicans...