3 poems by 3 poets

illustrations by palomine studios

the dream by wiggly jones, "the little hippie boy" stalin never wore a suit and tie because he was just a regular guy and neither did mao ze dong because he truly loved the people all day long the human race was willing and eager to be saved by woody guthrie and pete seeger but j edgar hoover and richard nixon betrayed their dreams by putting the fix in if lorca and gary cooper had defeated franco and john garfield and henry fonda robbed every bank, oh there might still be time to save the earth from the koch brothers’ stalactitic mirth as the earth fries like a slice of spam who will denounce the oligarch’s evil sham where’s emma goldman? rosa luxembourg? mike gold? down moloch’s hill the world’s already rolled

soupy fedora by chuck leary he wore a soupy fedora in the streets of gomorrah and waited patiently for autumn in the alleys of sodom as the train pulls out the flower girls shout and the newsboys cry for a slice of cherry pie the rain pours down on the fedora’s battered crown and the downturned brim hides the infinite sadness of slim chance flashed him a card and he tried very hard to remember its contours and down the rain still pours

fair ladies by corinne delmonico all women can not be the same they must play the beauty game someone must be placed above all others in desire and love billions of ladies crowd the scene but one must be crowned queen for to see them all the human brain would collapse under the strain paris hilton had her day in the sun we hope she had some fun then it was kim kardashian’s turn she still has fame to burn now fate has given the world a gift taylor swift no need to cry and cuss when you also have miley cyrus