Sputterpub's Blog

I know the media exaggerate
the odd and shocking, but what is this shit
about barbaric acts of public hate
involving women who decide to spit
at people? Words like “inappropriate”
fall short, describing assholes lacking qualms.
While right-wing women shame themselves and hit
at air, the left erect a wall of moms.

(Huitain)

Some thought Coronavirus was a flu
like those we knew, and bound to hibernate
when our humidity and warming grew,
but summer’s here and illness won’t abate.

The optimists assert it’s like a cold,
and though our URI’s are not controlled,
they think directed research might prevail
to battle colds and COVID. Yet they fail.

In my opinion, both those views are wrong
(and lacking facts, opinion’s what I own;
it feels like all we have’s a big unknown).
I’ll cleave to science, reason, and a strong
aversion to pronouncements from a throne
(I wish it were November now, I groan).

(Pushkin Sonnet)

The journalists wanna rake over
the evidence Feds won’t make over.
But research is clear
tests would just interfere.
We can’t let the science take over.