Metastasized Through The Entire Species — Make Them Think It Is Normal He swung his AK-47 around—in slow motion—the barrel now resting on his shoulder. Without even turning his head around to see where he was shooting—one finger on his ear to buffer the sound, the other on the trigger—he sprayed his load of bullets into…

Restless Horizontal — He lay his head on the pillow, eyes closing to the outlines of the room created by the streetlight through the curtains. And so his ears took over the vigilance. As his body relaxed on the bed he pulled a cool smooth sheet over himself. They had made love. She was…

A History (With A Soundtrack) — This is the continuation of The Wars and I (1951–1971) The Wars and I (1951–1971) A History (With A Soundtrack)alexanderhirka.medium.com And so here we are today. I was going to begin by saying that I have lived, since Vietnam, through many many other wars. The most I can truly say is that I’ve lived through many many protests in the streets against these ongoing atrocities. Afghanistan. Iraq…

Harshing The Holiday Mellow (A Whimsical Environmental Diatribe) — In the panoramic pandemonium of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting —“The Triumph of Death” (1562)—the earth is on fire, a scorched landscape. Armies of skeletons are laying waste to everything and everyone. A few leafless trees, no other vegetation. Ships sink into the ocean. …

Splendor In The Cemetery — Tree-hugging hippies that my life/art partner Tammy and I are, we love spending time with these amazing living entities whose time frame of life is very different from ours. Our backyard—a mere couple blocks away—is the North Woods area of Central Park. …

Autumnal Angels in The Bronx — Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. Located in the Bronx, it has the character of a rural cemetery. …

There Are Men To Wake Up, Wars To End — Ladies! Statistics. “As of 2021, There are 3,970,238,390 males in the world, representing 50.42% of the world population. The population of females in the world is estimated at 3,904,727,342 representing 49.58% of the world population. “ — World Sex Ratio (2021) War. The dictionary states: —“A state of armed conflict between different…

So Good At Keeping it Unreal — (A fictional tale told with words, videos and music.) Lock and load cupcakes. Her mother waltzed Matilda into the station wagon with a tray of cupcakes for the fifth-grade class. Frosted blue and yellow —to show solidarity. Military-industrial reflex. Oh Daddy was furiously raging at his co-worker, who (over a ham…