Headline surfing | Michael Dickel

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Headlines in my NYTimes
App this Morning 

Trump Is Found Liable for Sexual Abuse and Defamation [1]

and really no surprise
amid shrugged shoulders
knowing his fund raising letters
will return twice the five-million dollars
while he appeals the juries truth
denudes justice and morality
and delays payment until
profits are huge again
George Santos Is Said to Face Federal Criminal Charges [2]

election funding violations
possibly Ponzi scheme dreams
selling influence a confluence
of narcissistic streams
Biden and McCarthy Reach No Consensus as a
Possible Default Looms [3]

no glass ceiling this crash
banging government treasury
heads against the hard-right dash
seeking glittery proof of handling
a clash of power while sowing
chaotic destruction in the
name of fixing
On Muted War Holiday,
Putin Tries to Justify Invasion of Ukraine [4]

a war hero in his own dreams
rebuilding an empire of false fronts
pleasing to the lady who never stepped out
of her carriage while riding through the countryside
of starving serfs he emulates this broken fantasy
killing his own and another country’s next gen-
erations iterations of life and real dreams to
make meaningful relationships in the world
with their friends with the children they
may want to see grow up in peace
       On a trip to woo European
       leaders, China’s top
       diplomat was immediately
       confronted about the war
       in Ukraine [4]



confrontations without consequences
because no government power can now
afford not to bend knees to autocrats or dict-
ators to feed  greedy economies unsustainably
sucking the 98% dry while filling the infinity pools
the fountains champagne bottles and garden ponds
of the 2% who make  more money  than all the rest
and many countries that so desire 2%’s largess to
hold any power the thin layer may deign to give
Tucker Carlson, Still Under Contract with Fox, Announces Twitter Show [5]

twittering birds will be drowned out by
screeching carrion birds circling overhead
scavenging wounded and dead with cavernous
maws open to eat what bullion may be thrown
their way as they call prey to kill each other
bullets flying well below their lofty height
Buddy Holly Wins
Best in Show at Westminster [6]

it ain’t no rockin’ hound dog
stepping on my blue suede shoes as
the world crumbles around floppy ears
remember to entertain the wealthy
game players wearing evening
down to a few drinks of
single-malt whiskey
Texas Patrols Its Own Borders, Pushing Legal Limits [7]

which is so much easier
then controlling assault rifles
or preventing mass killings where
children fall down under mulberry trees
dropping bloody berries onto their torn
bodies yes this exploded head is too
much to read let alone look at yes
this child had a life to live now
sacrificed to pushing the
borders legal limits
Florida Rejects Several Social Studies Books and Forces Changes in Others [8]

and even when they
let them breathe and live
they seek to limit learning to
politicize information so that
those who graduate accept
rape graft greed chaos
invasion evasion
guns and
more
less
er
Hong Kong Wants More Tourists, but Mostly ‘Good Quality’ Ones [9]

so we will all meet
the quality standards
of the autocratic oligarchic
rule makers who seek to
keep us in the barbed
rules of their wire
How the Legend of Zelda
Changed the Game [10]
but I will escape
into fantasies of power
rescuing and prevailing as
good over evil even while evil
runs unfettered in the land
unfeathered heads 
feasting on the
dead

accessed 10:36AM 10 May 2023 (Jerusalem time)
titles are as they appeared in the app on my iPhone 13 Pro
capitalization and wording varies from some of the pages
with the full articles, which are linked with the numbers

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