Poetry of Issue #2                        Page 1
Table of Contents Click page 2 Click page 3 Click page 4 Click page 5 Click page 6 Click page 7 Click page 8 Click page 9 Click page 10 Click page 11 Click page 12 Click page 13 Click page 14 Click page 15 Click page 16 Click page 17 Click page 18 Click page 19 Click page 20 Click page 21 The Blog Bog The Mag Rack	FOURTH OF JULY MEDITATION Bombs bursting in air. Of course. Why not? Still, who is here who is not glad to be here? Well, There's the old countries. See your bride blown up on your visit to Sicily. In auld Erin you're too fast and they're too slow And you're just another Yank. My land is the Ukraine. How's that For a laugh. We got out around the time of the Kishinev progrom, and a little before the Beilis trial. There's Israel, our mythic homeland. Always powerful. God met us there. A friend of mine said once, "I love America, but Israel's home." That's how he felt. I respect that.            Donald Lev   7/14 __	COCKTAIL HOUR, SNUG'S, NEW PALTZ Soccer both screens? Might be anywhere in the world! I have mourned European colonialism, The typewriter, and the Cold War. Is it too early to mourn American Exceptionalism?            Donald Lev    7/14__ ______________________________            HITLER            It is uncanny            And not a little alarming            To notice how similar in spirit            We are, or were, or are:            Both of us truants,            Late risers,            Lazy,            Both of us preferring            Our own ideas about things            To things.            Neither of us should ever have been trusted            With a country to govern.                       Donald Lev   7/14__	MOMENT OF HOLLYWOOD HISTORY Did I ever tell you about the time I woke up and found myself on this funny boat In the middle of the ocean And this big party was going on Girls in exotic costumes Lots of booze, animals, and Roman soldiers It was pre code Cecile B. DeMille and I Found myself on a couch between Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert, and it was my job to introduce them But I'd forgotten their names. Meanwhile, the code took effect so everyone Put their clothes on and Fred and Claudette Introduced themselves.                        Donald Lev   7/14__