Haiku in English is Rafferty’s Rules.
The joy of poetry escaped me for 60 years. One magical day Haiku appeared, which so piquantly paints Japanese thought I’m forever its prisoner of delight.
While subtle intricacies …
I have a question
Do presidents, on the first day of office, alight the yellow bus at 1600 Pennsylvania, down socks, defiantly swagger up the driveway, plastic lunchbox replete with jelly sandwich and apple, sidle …
Missives misgiven ~ Letters from Australia
SheepOverboard’s editors unanimously proclaim Australia [phon: oztrillia;oztraylya; tof: orstrellia] a leading combatant in the unseemly international brawl craving this coveted slur: 51st aspirant of that irascible empire, …
Messiah’s Lament
There will be no messiah.
No salvation. No redemption, judgment, ascension, or rapture.
Should Messiah walk the Earth, the stupor that owns this moment would pay no heed, and the beast that enslaves …
Alien Evaluation
Beasts of Lost Heart On this fading Eden civilization retreats. Paradise lies spent in carnage. Life in disregard, peril ...Read on →
Five-penny Tour of Paradise Oz
A nation is a vector of its citizens’ clamour. As the more cynical and paranoid of us know, ...Read on →
Trojan’s Cusp
When Enterprise is Predator Insane forces erode jungles, stifle atmosphere, sterilize oceans, and greedily combat the species-potpourris nurturing them. ...Read on →
Spiritual IT Support
Handling complexity is a state of mind SheepOverboard’s techies propose radical policies for Information Technology (IT) depart’mental’ handling of ...Read on →
Has Bin
What else died today? When the impenetrable greyness at the end of life is no longer a distant artefact ...Read on →
On not shedding a tear
Greed: taking more than one needs What in the human condition blinds you to stumbling weakened neighbors ...Read on →
Generosity
Style
Civilization ..
defiles itself
Times past when warlords, priests and royalty hoarded luxury, life was a short grim struggle. Today most enjoy obscene wealth yet still deny dignified survival to working poor, and ravage entire countries as collateral to our laissez faire fiesta.
A Century of Imperialism
hasn't dulled the urge
American foreign policy was never a pretty sight, of late resembling the mobile crane chase from Terminator 3. Exporting democracy? Cure seems worse than disease.Charity
~ its own reward
And what's going on in Land of the Free, Home of the Brave? As 40% of kids fail grad the Iraqistan wars suck $2.4 trillion [CBO 2017 est]. Imagine this staggering sum applied to rebuilding The Great Society. Courtni's quest is noble as her message pure. Lend her a hand.
This lazy unemployed
..crack-smoking welfare queen ran up U$15 trillion debt

If he's a welfare leech then your soul is with the sociopaths and predators who own Warshington and its minions, the Repugnicans and Dumfocrats, gutting a once noble nation that aspired to equality.
This elite will survive the US economic train wreck, land softly on 300 million plundered taxpayers, then from fortresses of luxury and privilege prey elsewhere for spoils.
The dawn of civilization was greatly exaggerated.












