Spock, Diogenes, and It
by Charles Potts
Spock, Diogenes, and It
Leonard Nimoy rallies for
Senator George McGovern
Pocatello, Idaho, 1972.
I’m carrying a kerosene lantern
To ask my question how about
GI Bill benefits for Draft Dodgers?
Nimoy demurred
Not politically feasible
McGovern, A decorated pilot veteran of World War II
Was crushed by Nixon’s smarmy patriotism.
Are we left to believe
Nixon’s ignominious resignation equals
The dead millions of Vietnam?
The many psychological maladies
The incoming re-erected dick
Suffers from a terminal case of
Peristalsis upside down ness.
Only shit comes automatically
Out of his always open mouth.
There are reasons the human race
Collects shit in lagoons
Such as Mar a Lago
Where the creature from the black lagoon
Swims in his shit, stirred
Until sunlight and oxygen
Disinfects this beautiful planet.
January, 2025