by Randal Matheny

Never be a cynic, though sincere,
Nor, to the devil's insult, help a sneer.

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One Vanchel Lindsay said, "Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil." Good advice.

by Randal Matheny

On me, most drab of all,
with rainbow aerosol,
fell God's transforming squall.

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The poetrix above was inspired by Sam Brown's "I Don't Know What Happened."

What's a poetrix, you ask? Here's your answer.

© Randal Matheny

Alone in thought, alone to walk the streets;
The more alone the greater crowds he meets.

... of postmodernism:

"After all we are post-modernists and, thus, we are really free to do anything."

Doesn't sound much different from the ancient hedonists to me.

Now you can do it, literally. It is now possible to transplant a human face to another head. So says Dr. Peter Butler of London's Hospital Royal Free. But he says the question is not whether you can, but whether you ought to do it. The morality of putting on someone else's face is the more complex issue, according to the surgeon.

I say, just grin real big and you'll have a whole new face.