It’s Like Aesop Said (an Election Year Cautionary Tale) Oh these silly frogs, all day long they cry God tossed back His head, annoyed, with a sigh They pray for a King and don’t want to be free What shall…
Bathroom Law- New Poetry by Marius
I am in the middle of a shit storm without a scrap of toilet paper Trans and token and barely tolerated in Texas, Though way past school-age The news these past few days like a Jerry Springer marathon on one…
“S.I.S is Coming to Town” by Marius
This past December Marius’ unit performed The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry and sang carols including “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Feliz Navidad.” Marius wrote and performed this song to the tune of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.”…
“The Masai Mara Dreams of Vultures”- Poetry by Marius
Dust rises like a silted fog between the Serengeti plains and the mighty Masai Mara Wildebeests in mass migration, heavy-headed, spindly-legged Improbable and plenty, walk the beaten path in jeopardy Relentlessly, attended by the watchful lions, in turn followed By…
“Barbed-Wire” and “An Unusual Mortality Event” by Marius Mason
Barbed-Wire One day in the prison yard, the resident grey cat chased heedlessly A bird, who’d landed on the roof, all enclosed with steely swirls And slipping through the curling razor wire, stalked Until it caught her leg and stopping…
New Poetry
Cecil the lion: ‘We knew this is how he would die’ By David McKenzie, CNN Give Me One Of Them A dentist and his luggage arrive in Zimbabwe Cash and carry-on, pushing the buttons of privilege and pardon That his…
New Poetry
The River ran Yellow in Colorado (2015) When the river ran yellow past The outfitter’s shack, kayaks lined up Colorful, in Back They could smell it coming first Loaded with silt and clouds of poison A heavy-hearted river full of…
Painting and Poetry – Trophallaxis
“We have fed you all for a thousand years, And you hail us still unfed…” these Stark words of the old Wobbly song Still time enough now, a hundred years on. But more so, for millennia more (now) The tiny,…
Why You Can’t Bomb Your Way To Peace – Poem by Marius Mason
Why You Can’t Bomb Your Way To Peace Imagine A steel-walled room, enclosed and full Of children playing, grandmothers and the wash and angry young men with an ax to grind. Oh yes, and a single shooter. The loaded pistol…
Why I Can’t be Introduced in Texas (or Say My Name)
It is illegal for those who are incarcerated in Texas prisons to change their name. This law denies those imprisoned one of the most fundamental aspects of a person. Marius’ legal team will be fighting this in court. We’ll keep…