Edku: July 1996

Move backwards to June 1996.

1.
But for their mansions,
Vices, goods, and chattels, we
Don't envy the rich.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

2.
The Dead seem so dead.
Yet the eyes of the tiger
Just see meat for lunch.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

3.
On the Moon's backside
Aliens sit watching TV.
They like X-Files best.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

4.
In interstices
Of Time we feed off past minds,
Scavengers of thought.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

5.
Godzilla loved King
Kong. No racist prejudice.
Justa coupla apes!

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

6.
Strange sexography.
Why grow odd bumps and obscure
Clumps of useless hair?

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

7.
Shakespeare, Mozart, Blake,
Jung, Einstein, Yeats, Joyce, and Plath
Stayed for tea last week.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

8.
The Kalashnikov
Bullet spins lengthwise. Causes
Full maceration.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

9.
Night raid. Roof sited,
Transfixed, I watched fire bombs fall,
Bursting red downtown.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

10.
Sergeant Guerrero
Kicked Death's ass, won three minutes.
Bravo Alfredo!

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

11.
Xiaoping is dreaming,
Colonials not sleeping!
PING PONG IN HONG KONG?

--Rory O'Connor, mickman@intonet.co.uk

12.
Eighteen Billion Bill:
No matter how rich he is,
His products still suck.

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

13.
Yeltsin, Zyuganov
Neck and neck rounding last turn
Who will finish first?

--Kevin O'Brien, KOBrien@erols.com

14.
"Why are there wars, Mom?"
"Without wars, son, there'd be no
Peace. Now go to sleep."

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

15.
supercalafraj
alisticexpiali
docious...Just a thought!!

--Rory O'Connor, mickman@intonet.co.uk

16.
Dalai Lama's choice,
Tibetan people rejoice,
Chinese lost the Boy!!

--Rory O'Connor, mickman@intonet.co.uk

17.
We have a new war!
It's against the "terrorists."
New TAX looms ahead!!

--Applecheeks, pphhrogg@communique.net

18.
Yeltsin and Lebed
Waltz their way to victory.
But who's leading whom?

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

19.
Campaign promises
Come home to roost in Kremlin,
Shit on Yeltsin's head.

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

20.
Next for Hillary:
Tired of seances, she sticks
Pins in voodoo Dole.

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

21.
Trade with China, not
With Cuba. Must be China's
Larger body count.

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

22.
U.S. growls fiercely
At Karadzic, its tail tucked
Firmly between legs.

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

23.
The power of words?
Self-fulfilling prophesy?
Balkanized Balkans.

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

24.
West plunged in darkness
By massive power failure.
Militias take notes.

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

25.
Independence Day.
We Yanks roast hot dogs instead
Of royal weenies.

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

26.
Reagan: "Vote for Dole!"
But, fifteen minutes later:
"Uh...Who was that guy?"

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

27.
Yeltsin elected.
Puppeteer's sigh of relief:
"Whewh! He was heavy!"

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

28.
GM settlement:
One grand off more of our cars!
Whoah! What a great deal!

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

29.
187
Proposition Number? No.
Number of blows thrown.

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

30.
Cells filled with sound of
Uncontrollable sobbing
Menendez brothers

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

31.
"Hooked on cigarettes?
Poppycock! They just taste good!"
Bob Dole can't be fooled.

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

32.
For more campaign funds,
Bob Dole would be willing to
replace pen with butt.

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

33.
"My fellow (cough cough!)
Ameri- (hack hack, snort!) -cans,
I would (gasp, choke, THUD!)"

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

34.
Idiotic crap
These people are very bored
Please cut your own throats

--Nick Clear, nclear@heald.edu

35.
Clinton and Dole in-
Flate balloons. Greenspan holds the
Strings. Who holds the pin?

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

36.
Constipation is
Thief of Time. Diarrhea
Waits for no man. Ooops!

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

37.
Ozark man tells truth.
Court lawyers go berserk but
Commode market booms.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

38.
Atlanta makes plans.
The homeless are pushed aside.
Who really loses?

--Edward J. Gustina, 76642.2025@compuserve.com

39.
Sparks fly and blades slice,
takeoff no longer assured.
Pratt spat with Whitney.

--Alec Proudfoot, alec@netcom.com

40.
Life's a cigarette
Some glow, some puff, then some smoke
We all end brown stubs

--Kanthi Tripathi, tripathi@erols.com

41.
Dole hires Bob Villa
To renovate his campaign.
Project This Old Man.

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

42.
South African snow.
Children see their first snowman--
Frozen homeless corpse.

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

43.
Clinton and Bibi:
Think: "I like the other guy."
Say: "I support you."

--John Cho, jync@mit.edu

44.
Clinton's dopey wife
Is constantly messing up
Their dirty laundry

--Eric Feldman, ef16873@goodnet.com

45.
God gave us hands for
Qwerty finger discipline
On plastic keyboard.

--Kanthi Tripathi, tripathi@erols.com

46.
Here's a sad haiku
'bout the Ulster fiasco
seen in recent days:

--Kevin O'Brien, KOBrien@erols.com

47.
Battle of the Boyne
three hundred six years ago;
one more died this week

--Kevin O'Brien, KOBrien@erols.com

48.
You and you, get brooms
Sweep the sky now, clean it up
I don't want clouds here

--Kanthi Tripathi, tripathi@erols.com

49.
Summer, Atlanta,
Gymnast, sponsor, cop, and hope
Olympic mixture

--Kanthi Tripathi, tripathi@erols.com

50.
I.R.A. gunman
Bigoted British Army
Shatter lasting peace

--Paul O'Kelly, pokelly@nmrc.ucc.ie

51.
Silver kisses on
my lips. The full moon opens
the night to such bliss.

--Maria Demetris

52.
Wiping shit from the
fan, the tired teacher says
to try it again.

--Maria Demetris

53.
J. Edgar Hoover,
in a long trailing dress, looks
in the mirror. Smiles.

--Maria Demetris

54.
Mango ripens on
my shelf. A fly buzzes at
my kitchen window.

--Maria Demetris

55.
I dreamt the same dream
for a week straight. The sky had
opened up again.

--Maria Demetris

56.
Nations war for a
bit more power. People's fate
become more sour.

--Maria Demetris

57.
Hit the campaign trail
running. No issues, morals,
honor--just funding!

--Maria Demetris

58.
Strip a city street
of all the cold concrete, then
injured earth you'll meet.

--J. E. Barby

59.
TWA
Gentle souls forever lost
Will the madness end?

--emmett williamson, emmett_williamson@ama-assn.org

60.
The ocean is blue
Like the heavens above it
But the air is dead.

--marilyn gore, egore@earthlink.net

61.
A bomb for an eye.
A bomb for a tooth. And now
A bomb for a kiss.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

62.
Atlanta bomber;
Withered soul seeking status.
Nobody loved him.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

63.
Whence this gas bladder,
This fart bag, this red balloon?
Why, it's Santa Claus!

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

64.
Poor lustful lost sperm.
"Where's that lady egg? Gotcha!"
Miracle of Life.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

65.
Heavy tanks on stage.
Long steel tubes spit hostile flames.
Run, run, run, RUN. Where?

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

66.
Oh Lord, let me die
With Dignity and Respect.
Laugh only softly.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

67.
In tree tops birds sing.
In forests the great beasts roam.
In zoos, brothers dream.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

68.
The Men In Black hissed
"We have come for you." I said
"Urinate elsewhere!"

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

69.
"Scoff not Earthling or
We exclude the pain-killers."
"Who's waiting?" said I.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk


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