“That’s not change, that’s just calling some of the same something different. But you know, you can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.”
- Democratic Presidential Nominee, Barack Obama

These comments by the Illinois Senator set liberals a’clappin and the McCain Campaign a’cryin “Sexism”, “Sarah Palin ain’t no piggie!”.

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“You know what they say is the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick.”
- Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin

This unscripted quip by the Alaska Gov’ner and VP Nom drew cheers at the RNC and punning headlines all throughout the media. Not that I’m one to take anything a politician says seriously, but [...]

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…
sitting by the shore,
a generic fisherman
craves a cigarette
..
three splashing children
reinvent themselves as shapes
they once saw on screen
..
a mother, reading
paperback, anticipates
the next rendezvous
..
a boy, eyes grinning,
unwraps a milky way bar
- first time shoplifting
..
watching other kids
play, a lone girl swears to guard
the secret of eels
..
lovers in the shade
make up names for babies
they would never have
..
“What democracy?”
a man [...]

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