Author Archives: jackpelham

I would learn in timeThat it was your policyTo handle me with Tatemae.

It is generally our human privilegeTo create new babiesPassing along our heritage on the EarthAnd making a name for ourselves—For a time at least. And I suppose we don’t think enoughAbout either the import of thatOr the honor of it. … Continue reading →

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.