How soon we forget: Past leaders acted the same As today's leaders.

Ayn Rand, an author? Tiresome conservative Drivel I ignore!

Just above five leaves, Trim the dead blossoms often. Watch out for the thorns!

The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Ken Burns directed.

Muir first explored, Then saved our first national Park, Yosemite!

Many haiku float Around, about this full head-- Only one survives.

Regretting the day A confused phlebotomist Mislabeled my tube.

They without honor Rule iron-fisted, never Knowing our respect.

Two stones sit sleeping; Millennia pass quickly. What are the dreaming?

There's a small hole in (About the size of Tolstoy) My education.

We spend our lives Bathing in chemical soup; How does Mother feel?

Trouble finds us all. Misfortune cannot be dodged. Karma seeks us out.

Words, what do they mean? Of time, mountains, and rivers Jon sings abstractly.

I've grown quite adept At preventing severe falls. Balance: my good friend.

Instrumental

Summers at the Lake: A teenage requirement. I seldom partook.

Ghost in the machine, Patterns from the soulless beast, Speaking unto us.

Is the really art? My muse cannot tell for sure; All the same to her.

Piltdown Man, a hoax? Don't buy it. He is alive In our midst today. Piltdown Man arrives In a black stretch limousine And grey flannel suit Piltdown Man survives (Anthropologists agree), Thwarts those who say "nay." Piltdown buys and sells…

Yesterday, today, Tomorrow, all illusions: Fractured bits of NOW.