Piker Press β€” Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

No champions for the better

"...like a river flowing the course...

No champions for the better

Remembering on another insomnia anxiety ridden morning before the sun rises…
MOSS
crimson letters
a green invasion
forest green
moss covered letters
moss mob
mob mayhem
moss throbbing
each letter
a pulsating land star
QUEEN
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Eliza-beth
Queen Eh-Liz
LIZ
Liz-her
Liz-herd
Lizard
Queen Lizard?
THE BIG SHORT
Michael Lewis -- yeah I can buy him as a serious writer
not unlike Jack
JACK
Jack Kerouac
Jack-off Kerouac? -- yeah you can say that
near death
change is constant
life is suffering
there is not self
high school football player scholar
drop-out desolation angel headed hipster
rightwing red-scare drunkard narc
like a river flowing the course
change, changed, changing
just not for the better
lizard people
social engineering
prophetic bile







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