Chancay whirl
"While their purpose remains unclear,
experts suggest that figures
such as this one may have functioned as
likenesses of the deceased to
symbolize passage into the next life."
— Chancay pottery notes
Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, California (2025)
We're in our next life
while poems
without ornamentation
etched into this terrestrial plane
"their purpose remains unclear"
all memory of us extinct
leaving our descendants to
create ourselves for themselves
And when we meet
we need no introduction
we need no ceremony
there is something glowing
in the light
poisonous
1980s Max Headroom goes full MAGA Trump in 2026
I have a theory
God is not telling
anyone anything
the world will descend
into layers of theories
lies secrets cabals
We eat and drink poison
We eat and drink-k-k poison
We eat and drink p-poison
God is not telling
anyone anything
I have a theory
We poison each other
We-w-we poison each other
We p-x-poison each other
Whirling precarious state of things
Found poem constructed from an interview with Bill Moyers
We are at a very critical moment
in the equilibrium, where
no society, no human being,
can survive without balance.
"Nothing in excess" —
the ancient Greeks said. Now,
the power of money
trumps the power of democracy today.
Democracy should be a brake
on unbridled greed and power,
because capital (capitalism), like a fire,
can turn into an evil master.
"That will make you pessimistic. But then
you have to exercise your will optimistically."
Postscript
Bill Moyers was known for beginning each day by imagining a more just and confident future, and then attempting, through his work, to help bring it about. He died in 2025 at the age of 91.
Notes and Source
This poem is a found poem composed entirely of phrases drawn from a recorded interview with journalist Bill Moyers. Line breaks and punctuation have been edited for poetic form, but the language is Moyers' own.
Source:
Democracy Now!, "Remembering Bill Moyers, PBS Icon on Corruption of Corporate Media and the Power of Public Broadcasting," broadcast December 26, 2025.
Transcript available at:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/26/remembering_bill_moyers_pbs_icon_on
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