Cold Rambler

Is the Pope a Catholic. It is said so, and a Humanist It would seem so. Or just a human speaking out into the silence speaking of  “cruelty not war”  in Gaza and of “genocide”  there in Gaza, speaking out in a small act of rebellion.   Is J D Vance a Catholic. It is said so still. The unanswerable question is  why the Pope allows lets him be. Why  he doesn’t have a word in his ear direct, why  he doesn’t use his power to act where he can direct  action to excommunicate  the Catholic arming this cruelty blind to this genocide. Such a small act of rebellion speaking only  out into the silence.   Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She has been nominated for Pushcarts, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com and...

After work, Buchman drops in  at his local watering hole, a studied dive called  The Triple Zero, to drown the day in boilermakers. Tyson, the bartender,  polishing a beer mug with  a stringy red towel,  inches down to Buchman’s lonely seat at the end  of the battered oak counter. “I can see,” Tyson says,  “you had another shitty day  in retail sales. Big surprise.” “Yeah,” says Buchman,  between sips of Old Style. Tyson sets the empty mug down  on the bar and drapes the towel over his shoulder. “You done any thinking about that million-dollar idea  I offered you halfsies on?” Buchman downs a shot of Bushmill’s. “Which one was that, again?”  Tyson grimaces and sighs. “Damn, Buchman, you got to start thinking big to move up the ladder. Time’s running out for guys like us.  Do you think I want to be here,   pouring drinks, until I die?  The idea is called. . .Honuts.” “Honuts,” echoes Buchman. “Come on, I told...