Boston to Buenos Aires by train
Reading in English to blind Borges
    Theroux breaks through

Interviewer:  Why do you write?

Paul Theroux:  To make you see.

The Bible gives you the Middle East
But the Church gives you Europe

America gives you hypocrisy
Canada gives maple syrup

Taiwan gave me welcome
And students very kind

I give Taiwan my heart
And I invoke the Buddha mind

                      silent sign

the yellow moon last night
     morning sun begun
             the boys!

The overwhelming ignorance
Of the American public

Their violence
Their love of war

Their pornographic President
Have I been here before?

Othello employed by Venice
I saw the cathedral in Siena

Drove from Tel Aviv
Flew from Jerusalem to Vienna

Out in New Mexico
Some say the aliens landed

While over in Iraq
George W. killed and stranded

The Republican Party is ignorance and hate
Thus it is now branded

David Brooks is so disgusting
Arrogance through and through

William F. Buckley
Was a hate filled racist too

George F. Will
Conservatism without God

He hates and fears black power
Hey, Shakespeare! I'm just Todd

But let's get those *******
Words wondrous strange and odd!

Turtle Island, Turtle Island
Turtles all the way down

The battle in Seattle
Chicago can be found

At times I think I'm near it
At times I'm paranoaic

Salvador Dali in St. Pete
I hope I get my boys back

Yes, some think I'm crazy
Including in my family

Which is why still I pray
To dearest Emily

Species stands beyond?
What then is biology?