Author Archives: jackpelham

If you would wrestle with meYou might win sometimesAnd that would beA huge victory for meIn a world in which so fewWill dare to stand toe to toeTo plead their caseAnd would rather assumeThat I would not listen.

Once fake money is introduced into an economy, the people who print it have nearly-unlimited power to do whatever they’d like to remake the society as they want it to be. And this leaves few easily-traceable footprints other than inflation—and … Continue reading →

They will invite you up frontAnd hand you the micAnd let you have a go of itHoping they have foundA new championAnd judging the matterBy little more than the levelOf the audience’s enthusiasm.

He who thinks that authority on EarthIs a stick to be wielded cavalierlyHas got another thing coming.

He reposes in humorAs if on a kind sabbaticalFrom weightier mattersIn deference to the sensibilitiesOf a fragile worldWho can at presentHandle nothing more.

Some have gotten themselves so emotionally conditioned that they simply cannot endure the amount of drama that it would take to improve their lives, or anyone else’s. Thus, they rule themselves out from the improvements, opting to walk away from … Continue reading →

It will gall you to knowThat I can sense your gaslightingEven before I have figured outThe particular trick you’ve gotWrapped up in it. You are not as opaqueAs you believe—Nor I as stupid.