Category Modern Life
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 […]
Other Mornings
~~~~~ Misty mornings where I walk Horsetails grow in profusion As to myself, out loud, I talk Seeking escape from confusion Primitive the plants which grow Primitive also this modern man With more misty dawns to know At least that is my current plan ~~~~~ VOTE, November 3, 2020! ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is […]
A ‘70s Lament and a Moral
~~~~~ Hearing the music of a long forgotten song, A classic, yet we don’t remember its name. It’s not always even what we would choose. Life is its own agenda, some win, some lose. Reminds us, can’t see what tomorrow brings. How any moment might be paupers or kings. What I would say, choose […]
Entropy Increases, Ya Boy Howdy
~~~~~ Why don’t they come haul his ass away? He gets crazier with everything he say. He lives for himself, all alone in his own head. It wouldn’t matter if we all dropped dead. He never ever does the things he oughta. Though I’m sure he would hug his daughter. He’s a senile, demented nut […]
Even When We Don’t
~~~~~ As always, in the middle of the night, Some things will be wrong, some right. It’s not even always what you choose. Life has its own agenda, win or lose. No one knows what tomorrow brings, Our next now, may be paupers, kings. Still, we must always live in this now. Do it, even […]
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