We Didn't See These Things
Under Our Tree In 2023:
But Hope Springs Eternal,
And Still...We Want More:
Here Is ALL We're
Asking For, In 2024:
<"Now Renting..."/The Reckoner>
Under Our Tree In 2023:
But Hope Springs Eternal,
And Still...We Want More:
Here Is ALL We're
Asking For, In 2024:
<Decent (Affordable) Housing,
That Doesn't Force Us To:>
A) Empty Our Wallets
W/Rampant Abandon.
B) Flee Our Abodes Every Five Years,
Because The Speculators
Wanna Jack Up The Dow Jones.
C) Give Up Our Firstborn
Wanna Jack Up The Dow Jones.
C) Give Up Our Firstborn
(Not To Mention Those
Who Have Yet To Be Born).
Who Have Yet To Be Born).
<"Don't Miss This One..."/The Reckoner>
<Enough Of Rampant Greedflation
That Forces Us To...>
That Forces Us To...>
A) Crack Open Every Last Piggbyank
That's Still Hidden Under The Bed.
B) Dry Up Our Bank Accounts
("What Accounts?", We Ask).
C) Eat Ramen Noodles, 3X A Day,
For Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
B) Dry Up Our Bank Accounts
("What Accounts?", We Ask).
C) Eat Ramen Noodles, 3X A Day,
For Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Because We Have To Feed
The Property Barons First (Remember)?
"Just Another Number..."/The Reckoner>
<Fire All Those Fake Insurers
That Force Us To...>
A) Cancel Every Last Subscription
To Whatever Resurrections
To Whatever Resurrections
May Still Beckon.
B) Delay That Bucket List Item
We've Been Contemplating
For The Umpteenth Time.
We've Been Contemplating
For The Umpteenth Time.
C) Extinguish Whatever Hopes
We May Still Entertain
For An End To The Status Quo
That Dogs Our Daydreams.
We May Still Entertain
For An End To The Status Quo
That Dogs Our Daydreams.
<"It's About Time..."/The Reckoner>
<Get Ready For A Reckoning,
& Avoid Running Into
Those Same Old, Same Old
& Avoid Running Into
Those Same Old, Same Old
Unforced Errors...>
A)Because...Maturity Shouldn't Mean...
Rehashing The Mistakes Of The Past*.
Rehashing The Mistakes Of The Past*.
B) Because...We're Sick 'n' Tired...
Of The Same Old Broken Record,
Of The Same Old Broken Record,
Playing Over & Over & Over, In Our Heads.
C) Because...We're Weary Of Hearing...
Why We Still Have To Wait...
For What The Austeritycrats
C) Because...We're Weary Of Hearing...
Why We Still Have To Wait...
For What The Austeritycrats
Say...We Still Can't Have.
And Remember:
Talk - Action = Zero (DOA)
<Here's Looking At 2024:>
The Reckoner & The Squawker
(*Thanks to Jello Biafra, for making this observation on all our behalf!)
Out and about, taking a shortcut via the utility lane behind the strip mall, I beheld a clerk from the dollar store taking a break with a cigarette and musing...what I suspect was the "Seerauberjenny" solo from "Die 3 Groschen Oper", the part where the maid in tatters dreams her ship has come in...and I thought of you. Actually, I thought that a) Lotte sang it best b) pre-War German jazz was better than Cabaret and c) I have indeed vergessen most of my Deutsch. Hope all is well with you and yours, wherever you are.
ReplyDeleteI took two years of German in high school, and two more in college, and it's fair to say, I'm probably a bit rusty myself, so don't feel bad! Ironically, though my folks hailed from there, I don't think the likes of Brecht/Weill were big in our household. That era was a fairly sensitive, off-limits sort of subject back in the '70s, when I grew up, so maybe they didn't want to be associated with it, I don't know. The campy portrayals of shows like Hogan's Heroes probably didn't help the cause, either, I imagine. But yes, we're doing OK at the moment. As usual, existing on funds that are far from superfluous, but getting by, which counts as a major win in these blighted times. More to come shortly -- I know it looks like we haven't been doing much, but we have. Lots of woodshedding, if you will, and it'll be worth the wait. Or (and I'm going from memory here), as Jimi Hendrix told the press, on the eve of his forthcoming Electric Ladyland album -- "Oh, don't worry, we'll still be around, doing this and that. But there are other scenes that we want to get into." Thanks for writing. --The Reckoner
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