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COVER TO COVER with Nina Serrano and Jack Foley Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 3:00 –4:00 p.m., KPFA 94.1 FM (available at the KPFA website) These are the times that try men’s souls And women’s too—may they try Trump These times of rigs and rigmaroles And, Darling, do you feel that lump? These times of fear and daring, too When forces of evil meet “The Squad” And oh, the fearful hullabaloo Goes all the way up to the ears of God She (God) says, “Heavens, look to Me, Don’t those people have any brains? May Trump and Pence forever flee— May Nancy Pelosi take the reins! YEAH! May Nancy Pelosi take the reins!” So opine Nina and Jack. And perhaps others too. Nina writes, Poem Flame that burns in my heart pumping the urge to fan the fires and fulfill my desires as strong as any wind I’ve ever felt blow my hair and the palm leaves in one direction * Climactic Conditions Condition You Shaken awake last night by an earthquake Today “Sheltered in place” by an oil refinery tank burning “Close your doors and windows You are under clouds of toxicity and smoke” Last week we were told our electric power would be shut of because of high winds and threat of fire No light or refrigeration or electrically powered medical devices Explanations and orders emanate from computer and TV screen The night sky a backdrop for the silent moon herself under threat of invasion and siege … Jack writes, CALIFORNIA wind bangs tree limbs against my roof lament of the burned houses: as if the trees suddenly revolted we have souls, like you as if the trees were aware they scatter into ashes of what we have done to them and foul your air over the centuries MALOS AIRES but I know we house this is only my fancy: your most intimate possessions I have heard of the evacuations, the vineyards, the foul air, the flames they vanish with us I know why my eyes are beginning to sting into the dangerous wind * waiting for the axe to fall waiting for the axe to fall the bell to chime at midnight the bell to chime at midnight waiting for godot to finally show waiting for godot to finally show waiting for götterdämmerung waiting for götterdämmerung waiting for the kiss waiting for the kiss to reach the lips to reach the lips (the stretch of time between) (the stretch of time between) waiting for the murderer waiting for the murderer who you know is merciless who you know is merciless and who has you in his power and who has you in his power to do you in to do you in waiting for the age of anxiety waiting for the age of anxiety finally to end finally to end waiting for the apple waiting for the apple to fall to earth to fall to earth from the ancient tree from the ancient tree waiting for the white pill you have just swallowed waiting for the white pill you have just swallowed to do its work to do its work waiting for PG&E waiting for PG&E to turn it all off to turn it all off