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To The Right

2009-06-10T21:48:00.000-07:00

They're moving
Further
To the right
To the right
I don't think they'll
Come back soon
You can mock them
All you want
But to the right
In step they'll move

Those
Who see it
Do it
And think it
Their way
Are alas a
Dying breed

So they need
Fertile ground
To harvest new votes
So to the right
To the right
They'll sow their seeds

It’s been nearly
Six months
Since they’ve
Been victimized
Of their country
They’ve lost control

So they’ll secede
Tea Bag and
Filibuster
Maybe even murder
To accomplish their goal

Watch them scare up new votes
In the scariest places
They'll shake the nation
Right down to the core

Because what they desire
Is to light the fire
That will launch
The next civil war
To the right
To the right
To the right

In honor of Stephen T. Johns
Who was killed in the line of duty
Today in Washington DC
At The National Holocaust Museum

Malen

One Song, Many Voices

2009-06-10T14:38:00.000-07:00

In honor of Stephen T. Johns, the security guard who died today, heroically in the line of duty at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Please take a moment to listen to the song and meditate on its meaning. Pass it on!

Malen

Not One But Two

2009-05-23T23:04:00.000-07:00

There Will Be No Forum On This Topic
Due To The Sensitive Nature Of The Content

The Future

2009-05-20T22:15:00.000-07:00

Malen visits the future and returns with a provocative message. Do you agree that his prognosis is a real possibility?

A Few Bad Apples

2009-05-18T23:24:00.001-07:00

They say
That a few
Bad apples
Fell from
The apple tree
But more and more
Bad apples are
Falling
All over
Society

Bad apples
Are falling
In Detroit
Falling
Within the
Military elite
Bad apples
Are falling
In the media
They’re
Falling
Furiously on
Wall Street

With all those
Bad apples falling
The trees
Aren’t bearing
Very much
Good fruit

And yet
Society continues
To avoid
Investigating
All
The
Apple
Tree
Roots

Malen

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Transformation

2009-05-17T12:19:00.000-07:00

Everyone is compromised
Every institution
Colluded
The executive branch
The congress
Business
Media included

It’s a
Horrid
Festering
Stinking
Vile
Of arrogance
Greed
And corruption

No checks
No balances
No oversight
Just complete dysfunction

No special prosecutor
Or truth commission
Can uncover
Enough facts
To restore our faith
And innocence
We can’t put
The baby back

Yet this baby
We must cling to
It is our only
Salvation
But to see her
For who she truly is
We’ll need a
Spiritual transformation

Malen

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America Under Stress

2009-05-13T20:47:00.000-07:00

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Dead Right

2009-05-09T22:21:00.000-07:00

I do not want to
Burst your bubble
Just to prove
That I am right

When the truth is known
I hope you’ve grown more
Ready for the fright

The facts will strike a
Mighty blow
Illusions
Will be shattered

Until you see it for yourself
My lectures will not matter
It’s taken half my life
Many victories
For me to see the light

That it’s self defeating
Always needing
To be
The first
At
Being right

Malen

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The Three Parts of Life

2009-05-07T19:16:00.000-07:00

You never know when or where
You’ll be blessed with wisdom
Yesterday someone graced my life
With a
Delightful
Insightful idea
So elegant
Simple and profound
That it lingered all day
And into the evening

My friend Molly said
That life is made up
Of three parts
One part
She said is filled with
Stuff that just happens
That’s just plain bad luck
Nothing you can do about
Except deal with it!

She went on to say that
Life is also made up of
Stuff that happens
That’s just plain
Good luck
Nothing to do
Except treasure it!

And finally Molly said
Life is made up of stuff
That happens - that comes to us
That we’re
Responsible for
Through the choices
We’ve made

I thought about
Molly’s words all night
They resonated
Deep within
And then came
The hard part
Would I have
The courage to
Honestly
Place each event
Each experience
In the proper place
Bad luck
Luck
And
Choices
The three parts of life

Malen

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Understanding Life

2009-05-05T18:37:00.000-07:00

I’m convinced
That if the people
Who spend more time
Trying to
Understand life
Had more say so
About how
The world worked
And the people
Who spend
More time
Trying to control life
Had less to say
There’d
Be greater balance
In the universe
And we’d
All be a lot better off
What would it take
To pull that off
Please
Begin to imagine
The answer
Today

Malen
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The Status Quo Committee

2009-05-02T16:07:00.000-07:00

Status and Quo called a meeting
To review things one more time
Status ensured that t’s were crossed
And Quo dotted every i

They required committee
After Committee
To make detailed presentations
Status and Quo commissioned such
Reports to provide
Ongoing validation

Status and Quo made
That the way things are
Is the way things
Would always remain

They weren’t charmed by data
So if the data did not jive
With Status and Quo’s agenda
Then the data was revised

To Status and Quo reality
Was putty in their hands
But one day reality teamed up with facts
And unleashed an wicked plan

New facts flooded Status and Quo
And began to rock the boat
Hunkered down behind their ego moat

They weren’t about to surrender power
They weren’t about to bow
So they called in reinforcements
Called fair haired boys and sacred cows
They thwarted all reform
They repelled all transformation
They sabotaged new hires
They even threatened litigation

And in the end
Status and Quo
Silenced the blasphemy
So things remained
The way things were
The way they were
Meant to be

Malen

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What Would You Do? Part 2 of An Intimate Discussion On Torture Between Barack And Malen

2009-04-22T21:08:00.000-07:00

What if
You were President of the United States and you knew that
The whole economic system could come crashing down at any moment
Thrusting the entire global society into chaos
What if
You can’t make this declaration openly
Because as President of the United States
That would undermine confidence in the global economy
In its current fragile state?
What if
While you were trying to stave off potential economic disaster
Others within your party
Some allies and loyal principled people
Some just looking for red meat
But all of them were calling for
A National investigation into torture of the
Former administration
What if these investigations
Are going to involve current high ranking employees
And others further down the chain of command
Of many agencies involved in protecting our
National security including
The CIA
The FBI
The NSA
Homeland Security
The Justice Department
What if
You knew your adversaries will frame the investigation as
One political party punitively and in purely partisan manner
Going after a former party in power
And they fight you tooth and nail?
What if
You’re worried that this will lead to a new negative precedent of
Going after outgoing administrations?
What if
The result was complete partisan government gridlock?
What if
The media fanned the flames of this
Because it was good for ratings!
What if
Very little legislation could be passed in this environment?
What if
The resulting dysfunctionality will end
Any attempt to deal with other serious issues we face?
What if
You remember that nothing happened in Washington
During the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton?
What If
Your advisories are delighted by this
Because it will render you impotent and ineffective
What if
You are slammed for violating your campaign promise
To bring a new tone to Washington
As the government is consumed in a death spiral of
Scandal of such mammoth proportions
That your attention is directed away from the economy
What if
This caused further lack of confidence in the economy?
And this sad dynamic was the straw that broke the camel’s back?
And the economy collapsed
How would you tell people
Who are eager for this investigation
Some for the right reasons
Some for the wrong reasons
That they are wrong in pursuing this now
Without you looking weak or complicit?
How do you tell people that they’re right?
Dead right
What would you do?

Malen

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Belief Systems

2009-04-20T19:52:00.000-07:00

When you accept someone
Else’s belief system
It defines who you are
And who you are in relation
To that person or group
Within your family
Culture or society
Societal mindsets
Have grown much more powerful
Because we humans have lost
Faith in our ability to
Challenge them
We may feel like we’re
Fighting battles
But we really aren’t
Hurting anyone but ourselves
We’re really only shadow boxing
We can’t win because
We’re playing the game by their rules

Malen

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The Now

2009-04-19T20:47:00.000-07:00

During the "cycle down"
The past is dead
The future
Is not guaranteed
And way too far way
Consumerism can only exist
By controlling the now
And controlling the now is
So much more difficult
Than it use to be
Since the Barons
Can no longer control
The apparatus of opinion
And information
So Kaleidoscopians
Be on the look out
For the status quo
To make a move
Very soon
To attempt to regain
Control of the now

Malen
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Barack And Malen, An Intimate Chat About Torture

2009-04-16T22:38:00.000-07:00

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Eating Away

2009-04-15T14:04:00.000-07:00

Twizzlers
Jelly Beans
Ice Cream
A slice of
Key Lime Pie

Sour Cream Donuts
And candy corn
And a complex
California wine

These are the treats
I love to eat
They offer comfort
During these stressful times

I’m not a drunk
I’m not obese
I have no mental
Affliction

I’m focused
Sharp
And driven
That’s proves
I’m not addicted

But day after day
A snack
A munch
A nibble
A sip of cheer

But it’s not my eating
That’s eating away at me
What’s consuming me
Is fear

Malen
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Loose Screw

2009-04-11T15:12:00.000-07:00

You’re just
The kind of person
Who really
Vexes me
You’re just
The kind of person
With whom
I seriously
Disagree

It’s so easy to ascertain
That your
Sanity is cracking
And any connection
To reality
In all honesty
You’re lacking

Your ideas are on the fringe
Too deranged
To be debated
You’ve demonized me so
Seems you’ve forgotten
We’re related

I’ve tried to exorcise you
Of your
Devilish
Ideology
But it’s buried
So deep inside of you
What an irrational
Pathology

So I’m sorry to say
There is no cure
To tighten
Your loose screw
You’ll have to
Learn to live with it
And
I’ll have to
Learn to live with you

Malen

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Blue Day

2009-04-09T22:05:00.000-07:00

It’s a blue day
When nothing seems to
Settle in just right
All day wondering
In
Silent
Secret
Exasperation

What’s the point?
Why does this matter?
Is any of this worthwhile?

Today’s news
Today’s news makers
Today’s news sellers
Are all spewing
The same
Redundadent

Same old
Spew
From the same
Point of view
That they did
Yesterday!

What’s the point?
Why does this matter?
Is any of this worthwhile?

At work everything is the same
Driving in my car
Everything is the same
Eating, drinking, cleaning up
Everything
Is the same

What’s the point?
Why does this matter?
Is this worthwhile?
How much more of this can I take?
Is there any way out?
Am I the only one who feels this way?
Am I alone?

That’s what happens
On a blue day
When nothing seems to
Settle in just right

Malen
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Listen to Patti Austin sing my theme song!
It's on the right side of this page.

Authenticity

2009-04-05T09:54:00.000-07:00

Watch Malen perform Authenticity below
and pass it on!

There is rawness
To authenticity
Your most primitive
Nerve is exposed
For better or worse
The instant is illuminated
One incredibly rare moment
When there is no filter between
You and me
And the pulse of life

The intensity
Of authenticity
Is sudden
Penetrating
Rapturous
Launching
Three
Two
One
Uncompromising
Union
With the all of it!

And just like that
My image
Recaptures me
And
Leads me back into
The mundane
World

Burdened with my
Social mask
Carved out of
Pride
Decorated by
Vanity… the
Mascara of
Vulnerability
I retreat
Behind my mask of
Social acceptance
That is seared
Onto my being

All the while
Craving by day
Haunted by night
To escape
Back to the moment of
Authenticity

This is what the soul craves
This is what the world bleeds
For
Authenticity

Malen

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Humility

2009-04-03T10:19:00.000-07:00

Our president speaks of humility
This is a refreshing change
But some see humbleness
As weakness
They think he’s very strange

To stand before our allies
And accept responsibility
For all the havoc
Our country men have reeked
With their recklessness and greed

The world is complex he told us
With many intricacies
It takes intelligence
And imagination
To navigate
All the ambiguities

Once upon a time
The world was flat
Then we discovered
It was round

But the shape
Of what’s to come
My friends depend on
Finding common ground

Common ground is not geography
You won’t find it
On a map or chart

Because the pathway to
Mutual understanding
Begins in the human heart

There will always be those
Who huff and puff
And threaten to blow
The world down

Those who believe the way to
Security begins with a threat
And a frown

But a journey Of transformation
Always reveals
Unfamiliar territories

Learning to traverse
The new terrain
Requires humility

By Malen

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White Collar Crime

2009-03-31T14:51:00.000-07:00

White collar crime
White collar crime
Is breaking out
All over the place

Some say it’s about
The color of the shirt
Some says its about
The color of the face

Is it stereotyping
Or just plain fact
The men are mostly white

They rob us blind
Then get bailed out
When other we might indict

White collar crime
White collar crime
Is really a disgrace
But do we blame the collar
Or do we blame the race?

By Malen
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Mediabation

2009-03-31T09:20:00.000-07:00

What do you call the practice
Of syndicating a lie?

How do you blame the media
When what they’re selling?
We readily buy?

He has no plumber’s license
And past taxes
He’s not paid
He’s even been on welfare

But others who have
He shames and blames
They call him Joe the Plumber
A wholly fabricated sensation
His rise to fame deserves a name
How about “Mediabation”

The media needs to relieve the
Pressure just like you and me
But when they jerk off With
Joe the Plumber
There’s no satisfaction
Guaranteed

By Malen
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