Beware of the Spiderless Web

Exposing the dangers of internet porn

Curves and angles
bodies tangled
just a click away.
Your heart beats faster,
but disaster
stalks you like a prey.

Air-brushed vixens
lure you to them
with their lustful eyes.
And though they’re phony,
men real lonely
stare and fantasize.

Cyber sex sites
twist your insides
like a hurricane.
Be sure they’ll duly
(and quite cruelly)
flood your life with shame.

Don’t live guilty
feeling filthy.
Break the cycle quick.
Though you may seem fine,
you’ve become blind
to what makes you sick.

If you’re peeping
you are keeping
wrongful company,
for those you’re Googling
will start ruling you
just wait and see.

Or better yet, don’t.
Say, “Lord, I won’t
ever look again.
And through Him you can
be a new man
unconcerned with skin.

Deep Throat Comes Forward

Why others need to too

A Federal informant
with tattles to tell
divulged off the record
the truth he knew well.

His deep-throated whispers
three decades ago
led Woodward and Bernstein
to pave Nixon’s woe.

His secrets uncovered
the lies we’d been told.
And though he was nameless,
we knew he was bold.

Deep Throat blew the whistle
on white collar crime.
He dared to be daring
and pointed out grime.

The world needs more like him
who’ll stand up to wrong.
Who won’t bow to pressure
no matter how long.

It also needs Woodwards
who’ll vow not to snitch
and then keep their word
rather than getting rich.

In short, we need voices
who’ll say what some hate.
Who’ll recognize scandals
and cry “Watergate.”

America’s Most Wanted

A plea to the President to find Bin Laden

Bin Laden’s been hiding
for too gosh-darn long.
That he’s escaped justice
is just flat-out wrong.

This most-wanted monster
deserves to be dead.
So why do we let him
run freely instead?

What keeps us from catching
the Al-Qaida king?
Don’t we have the means
to perform such a sting?

There’s global positioning,
smart bombs and more.
Our covert intelligence
must know the score.

So, please Mr. President.
Time’s slipping by.
Redouble your efforts.
Osama must die.

Rhymes from the Front Lines

Contemplating on a never-ending conflict;
Adding up What Divides Us

The Gospel According to a Prison John
Why you shouldn’t always flush

If you are called an infidel
by Islam’s holy book,
it’s doubtful you will read it all
or even give a look.

And though you might be tempted to,
don’t toss it in the john.
To flush it down as human waste
is not your right. That’s wrong.

Imprisoned soldiers still are men
and worthy of respect.
The things they deem as God-inspired
aren’t targets for our spit.

I guess what matters most of all
is doing what you’d want
if your worn Bible was found out
the moment you were caught.

To desecrate a book or shrine
is what some countries do.
But that is not our nation’s way.
In war there’s justice too.

Adding Up What Divides Us
Why keeping score of the war isn’t easy

It’s been THREE years.
TOO long some say.
ONE wonders FOR what cause.
A FIVE star general in D.C.
admits to fatal flaws.

In war the numbers don’t add up.
The totals are much more
than those who’ve died
and dollars spent.
There’s all the bloody gore.

But don’t forget
what’s been achieved
as freedom spreads its wings.
Iraqi women, kids and men
have heard their future sing.

Graduation Joys and Woes

Calculating the cost of a college education

Just last week my firstborn daughter
(clad in tasseled cap and gown)
proudly clutched her college sheepskin
in a small Midwestern town.

I could see her back in preschool
as she walked across the stage.
But then when she turned and smiled,
my young princess came of age.

In my head I started adding
just how much her B.A. cost.
But those exponential numbers
avalanched and I got lost.

There is more than just tuition.
You’ve got books and room and board.
Then there’s clothes and spring vacation
(and insurance for the Ford).

That diploma’s worth a fortune.
So it makes sense (don’t you think)
that my daughter’s name be printed
with pure gold and not black ink?

Yes, I mined the bank but never found
the hidden Mother Lode.
It’s the price a father pays while
traveling down the Parent Road.

You spend all that you’ve been saving
to invest in your kids’ lives
and then pray they finish their degree
in four years not in five.

Still and all I can’t help wonder
now that Kristin’s finally through,
having majored in psychology
what can she really do?

Did I hear someone say grad school?
Are you kidding? Don’t you know?
I have other bills that beckon
and have two more girls to go.