Category Modern Life
Unexpected
~~~~~ When you meet, expect it to happen this way. Though I’ve never been sure what this way is. Never expected it, know it happened anyway. Happened years ago; it’s changed since then. It’s likely happened many times, don’t know Why I did, my state of mind, where or when. Still, I am sure, I […]
Where We Stood
~~~~~ Would I be willing to show you the shabby shelter Which I keep hidden deep inside my head? It’s not much except a place I can hide When the world weeps and cries, Full of our false and futile sound and fury. People standing on their doorsteps Screaming obscenities at anyone, Everyone who does […]
Your Turn
~~~~~ Once a lonely child dreamed the universe. While it could be better, it could be worse. Now it’s your turn, so, what might you do; If creating the cosmos were up to only you? ~~~~~ VOTE, November 3, 2020! ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ See […]
Turning Over, No Ignition
~~~~~ I’ll start out, just string words together, to see what might come out. Out of my mouth, out of my mind, out of time, out at home plate on a controversial call. Don’t stall, get busy. In a tizzy. Write something, anything at all dig deep and don’t stop digging until you find something […]
No Escape
~~~~~ The Most Addictive Drug What is, do you think, the most addictive drug? If I suggest possibilities, you may nod or shrug. It is neither heroine nor is it prevalent nicotine; It’s something that makes us act more obscene. What, you say? You believe it is crack cocaine? By comparison to this, we could […]
No Escape
~~~~~ Majestic and soaring a green willow grows. Gracefully, its branches sway and drape. Cut down late or in its prime, no life flows; No matter our time, place, we can’t escape. ~~~~~ VOTE, November 3, 2020! ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ See more of my […]
Will We Ever Heal?
~~~~~ I look around and life goes on, Though we face new requirements. Yet old problems, storms, pandemics And massive unrest; how will we fare? Would I walk through certain streets Under a half moon glow, with stars above? While still the night turns on the gears, The years of the cosmic clock, our destiny. […]
Neither Nor
~~~~~ To the poor, no is an answer. To the rich, no is a challenge. Alex Irvine Anthropocene Rag Neither Nor It is neither just a game Of accurate perception, nor Will it hurt to call its name. Believe it is a positive for Engaging, focusing your heart. Though reason is the engine, […]
Apposite Opposites
~~~~~ What is the apposite of opposite? Which can sit beside it, apropos? Commends it, no other need stay Like near and far seem a near fit Their distance means it’s a no go Apposite opposites, night to day ~~~~~ VOTE, November 3, 2020! ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy […]
Why This Is
~~~~~ In any time and any place most will stay, but some must go. It doesn’t matter where or when, they feel the need to travel. And this is a need, and not a want, though it involves desire. You wonder why others wander, while those who do, must. And during their ramblings, they reinvent […]
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