Overheard at Table 2: DC Breach by Dead Kandinskys

Last year, MR wrote the poem "DC Breach" in response to the January 6 insurrection.

This year, the Dead Kandinskys set the poem to music ("The discordant chords of riot" as they call it).  

NOTE: the video was found on YouTube and the original link is referenced in the description.  While the length is perfect, the images do not track exactly with the poem.  MR recalls that, on the evening of Jan 6, after the sun had set, several news outlets showed live feeds of quiet streets of Washington DC.  An eerie calm.  Why were the insurrectionists allowed to walk around?  Wander about?  Strangely though, as the Dead Kandsinsky went to make this video, they could not locate footage of those media outlets from that night.  Perhaps they didn't look hard enough, but hey, everything is supposed to be at your fingertips with Google, right?

Overheard at Table 1: Headlines, Christmas Week 2021

 

Headlines, Christmas Week, 2021

Dua Lipa Wears Nothing but Bikini and Furry Hello Kitty Snow Boots in Freezing Weather

Hong Kong University Removes the Pillar of Shame Monument to Victims of Tiananmen Square Massacre.

 

 

 

Follow up to Headlines, Christmas Week, 2021

Of the two headlines featured in the previous poem, for one fifth of the world’s population, one of them will be completely removed from any digital record.

Overheard at Booth 2: Christmas Poem 12

Christmas Poem 12

 

son asked me what are
you gonna get Mom
for Christmas.

well I said
that new house
and that new floor

I think that pretty much
wiped me out for
anything else.

good point
he said
and walked away.

MR

2021-1212