Category Humanity’s Insanity
What’s Always Been True
~~~~~ Hear the bells ringing, oh so far away. Yet the sound grows louder as they’re Echoing carillons nearer to our home.. Do they sing of joy or sing of danger, Wedded bliss foretold death’s sorrow? For all these moments we ring bells. Often, heedless what their story tells. We are gnarled into the noises […]
May 24th, 2022
~~~~~ Another date that lives in infamy Because it marks the base murder Of 19 grade-school children and Of two teachers and one husband. I tried to think of a gentler name For murder. Ended is euphemism. But it is not inaccurate, only weak. An 18-year-old boy shattered life, broke hearts and crushed all hope […]
They Failed to Act
~~~~~ They spend their money to conceal their shame.Not in the dirt, but beneath piles of filthy lucre.They pretend to think and pray, as they prey onThe souls of youth, offering no hope or succor.They’ll frown, rapidly don their mask to glower.Wring their hands, and deposit our grief in theReliquary of their callous, stony-hearted deceit. […]
U.S. of A. Gun Violence Lament
~~~~~ As we lay on the ground bleeding, we thought of all we were needing. When we knew what must be said, it was much too late; we were dead. ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~
Eons Upon Eons
~~~~~ A train whistle sounds in the distance, shifts and moans, jams with the night. The critters are there, hiding, stalking. Nest of coyote pups yips, demanding now their mother’s home; me first me. We might find the process disgusting, gross, though sometimes, we’re fools, without wit, wisdom of a court jester, or a town […]
Turn SCOTUS Roe v Wade Into Voting
~~~~~ Roe, Roe, Roe your vote, you know just what I mean. Verily, verily, verily, verily, strife is just their scheme Wade in the water. Wade in the water, Wade in the water, we’ll win Good trouble turns out voter. Turn, turn, turn out and vote. There is a reason, learn, learn, learn. Know a […]
Songs of War ~ Songs of Peace
~~~~~This is an older piece, but it never seems to go out of date. And will the savage songs of war never end,Replaced by simple, sweet songs of peace?How can we, forever, our loved ones send,Knowing they will feed the slavering beast? Do we wonder why we never grow sane,When the best, the brightest are […]
Current Reality
~~~~~ Are you haunted by the future Though we don’t know what’s to come? Does your head play the “Twilight Zone” theme? Perhaps it’s the eerie theremin of “Forbidden Planet” or surrendering control to “One Step Beyond”. No matter what you imagine, it’s not more frightening than our current reality ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World […]
War on One is a War on All
~~~~~ We must learn that a war on one is a war on all. Not only nations, states, cities, communities, groups, ethnicities, orientations, political, sexual, and religious, but also on each individual, everywhere. Thus, if anyone harms another through venal, rapacious neglect or verifiable intention, they have harmed all. each and every animate and inanimate […]
All Day Long
~~~~~ I should be watching the primaries, and keeping track of all their races. but it has all become a terrible blur of many different names and faces. Online and daily news, all day long, inundated with figures and places. Makes me want to scurry and hide. Don’t think I’ll find enough paces. Some posit […]
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