Obama, My Socialist Friend
By Reid Baer

A job loss
sends me back
to the Big City
to live in a once grand house
that has been turned into
...

None So Blind
By Reid Baer

I am born too well
to borrowed light

To see for myself
my narrow niche

Or ever admit
my...

Sisyphean Mission
By Reid Baer

I’m carrying a deep red
velvet pack like Santa
over my right shoulder
and gleefully sharing
my great gifts with...

CONPIRACY
By Reid Baer

There’s a truly evil
cabal alright just this
side of the veil and past
the next where human beings
and elusive...

Barack Obama is clueless especially about Iran because the U.S. president has no principles on which to stand and make decisions. He’s going to vote “present” on this one, too.
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D.H. Lawrence Revisited
By Reid Baer

Money, money, money
I must spend your money!
Every last bit of it –
every copper penny
tax your hard earned...

Howdy Doody Time!
By Reid Baer

When I was very young
smiling wasn’t for fun.
It was a visual aid.
A family secret and
a pathetic charade.
...

Civilian Casualties
By Reid Baer

I got a low number in the
last year of the Vietnam draft
so I went to that damned war and
when I returned to the home...