Le-Soldat

It has recently become an American fad to complain about "skyrocketing" gas prices. It is true that in the past three years the price of a barrel of oil has increased from $25 to $75 (200%). It is also apparent that although the United States has a very healthy economy, gas prices have limited domestic growth. Are the prices, however, really unfair? There have been periods in history in which gas was not only expensive, but shortages occurred. There was mandatory rationing of fuel in World War Two so that gas could be readily available for army use. Although this was a nuisance, the effort was controlled by the government, and the results w

It is a beautiful spring day. The chartreuse blades, rows of them, are finally thick enough to roll around on without getting covered in mud. After lunch, I decide to wanter outside and sprawl out on the ground to stare at the cream-puffed silhouettes passing by. As for Dad, he's perched on the steps wearing baggy ash-colored Champion sweats, His contacts are hidden somewhere, so he is wearing his massive glasses that are reminiscent of those worn by some blue-collar worder from the sixties. He is reading that boring newspaper called The Wall Street Journal. I do not understand why he would waste his time reading a paper with small pring and

Shall we dream of that grassy knoll? Blue skies and cream clouds, Doux skin and goth shrouds. Blank stare into your eyes, Admiring thy iris' dyes. Cachéd maw of my soul, Burns like fires of hot coal. Isn't inverted egotism grand?