Author Archives: jackpelham

A dent guy can see dents you can’t seeBecause he’s not looking for the dents themselvesBut for how lights and shadows from other thingsPass over the dents as he passes by.

Even simple-minded people—Who believe that things are generally Supposed to be simple—Will adopt beliefs that,Whether true or not,Require a great deal of intricate workTo explain well to an audience of Honest, rational, and responsible people.

Given how much a person can learn by experience in his lifetime,Wouldn’t it really be something if some genius were to invent a wayBy which that learning could be transmitted to the young?

He who thinks that believing is not a workHas not worked at thinking about belief.

When man worships at the Shrine of ConvenienceHe becomes perfectly comfortableIn not knowing the natureOf his god.

Let us all give thanksFor the Internet and email and text messages and TV and radio—Those unassailable domains of the marketers,Who, being the heirs apparent of all humanity,Have brought our race finally to this glorious maturity,Born again by way of … Continue reading →

You can think about whatever you wantAnd you can think about whatever I wantBut no two people are going to think about all the same things.

I am dissatisfied with how my life is turning out regarding my involvement in the nature of this planet. I do little more outdoors than to walk for my health most everyday—mostly in a local cemetery in Laurel, MT, which … Continue reading →

I have to quiet my mindIn order to aptly imagineWhat this world would be likeIf everyone wanted only enoughAnd no one wanted more than that.And the difference I calculate is striking.

Is it the especial right of mothersTo kill their babies,Denying that self-same right—And every other—To their own progeny? Is there not more at stakeThan her own wishes? Does not the baby belongAlso to itselfAnd to its fatherAnd—if you can accept … Continue reading →