RBG—rest in peace—
Was taken late last week.
A Supreme woman
Since ‘93
Gave this last decree:
Do not fill this vacancy
Until after the election.
Honored by some in the GOP—
Not named Mitt Romney—
This last call will face the wrath
Of one named Donald T.
On Saturday he’ll choose the one
To fill Ruth’s vacant seat.
Author: Christopher Unterberger
9.18.20 – Football, Debate, and TikTok Hate
Football is back in the NFL,
Quenching a thirst in a sports dry spell.
Big Ten brought back their guns,
Returning football next month.
Trump v. Biden has been floated to Rogan
While the Taylor’s were paid for Breonna’s murder.
All of these things came and they went
Throughout the week that much the time spent
Wondering with whom TikTok would fall
Only to find there’d be no TikTok at all.
8.28.20 – March in August
March in August
March in May
March until they hear you say
“We will march
Up to the day
We are seen
In the same way
As those before
Who went and came
Who earned respect
Unto their names”
Today we march
To be the same
We march in August
We march in May
8.27.20 – A Basketball Frozen in Time
The ball kissed off the glass,
Catching rim, sliding past
The nylon net that swooshed and swung
But—the basketball—it hung
In the air with our breath,
Sat between life and death.
The Milwaukee Bucks slunk away
To point the scope to cops today.
8.26.20 – Uncomfortably Numb
Below the waist
Is wasted nerve
Severed from shots
To the back
Blake lives
But others don’t
8.25.20 – Basketball Distractions
In Wisconsin—
Of all places—
The smoldering embers
Of George Floyd’s murder
Were slowly cooling.
But with one
Flash of gasoline—
Shots to the back—
Kenosha erupts in flames.
The attraction of basketball,
In a far-off magical place,
Distracts and detracts from
What matters most of all.
We must suspend our attraction
Till this ends
And Black Americans
Can sleep.
8.24.20 – Be Safe LA
Between a rock
And another larger rock
Sits Louisiana.
Two storms approach
In unprecedented fashion.
Stay safe LA.
8.20.20 – The Plot Thickens
The plot thickens.
Opposition: smitten
With ill.
Tea is spilled
And poisoned, too.
But by whom?
Is this a martyr attraction
Or serious distraction?
The Kremlin sends best wishes
As the plot thickens.
8.19.20 – Susan B. Anthony Haiku
Susan Anthony
Became the latest pardon
Within DT’s reign.
8.18.20 – UNC-Chapel Hell
One hundred thirty-five cases coulda been spared
At UNC-Chapel, but they didn’t care.
All they wanted was checks from the ‘rents
To pay for tuition of a semester spent
In a bubble of bugs. Sick and virus
Awaited the students’ return to campus.
But, today they were sent back to home to view
Their courses and learning at Hill Online School.
This Is Just to Say 