Category politics
What’s Going On ~ Rise Up, Rise Up, Rise Up
Marvin Gaye, and a group of talented musicians, writers and arraigners crafted and recorded the song and the album,” What’s Going On in 1970/71 and it resonates until this day. There are conflicting stories of how it came to be, but whatever the details, the music and the message live on. Sometimes, for me, when […]
What and Why #8
What? In a nation founded On the genocide of One people and fostered By the enslavement Of another Why do we still need to ask this shit? Do you want a President who started a for-profit school he called a university, which was sued for fraud, to the tune of $40 million, by the New […]
At Least Who We Believe
Pause now, mere moments, amble along city streets. Stroll down brassy, brightly-lit boulevards, replete, Preening, peering at our distorted reflections, why, Sumptuous shop windows, blank-eyed passers-by. Captured in and by the lenses of many-eyed CCTV. Our life’s digital Camera Obscura in 360 degrees Do not stare nor act furtive, upturned collar, hide, Do not ever […]
I Assure You
It is not as close to Spanish as you think Nor, I assure you, does it taste like chicken Although we are much closer to the brink And, believe you me, the plot does thicken I cannot tell you this with a nod and a wink It makes my dry mouth, my pulse quicken Left […]
I Know, I Know
I realize without radical changes in government, in the greed of the wealthiest among us and in our paranoid national mindset, we will never implement more restrictive gun laws. Guns are part of our culture, and will, no doubt, remain so for many years to come. I’m not opposed to this, except when guns are […]
Anything and Everything
Anything you can imagine Have imagined, will imagine Has happened, is happening Will happen; believe me Here, somewhere, elsewhere Get a clue; the cosmos is So, breathe deep Sit back and relax Enjoy the show, The only one in town If you contemplate A better show than this It’s, quite simply, Up to you to […]
What and Why #6
What? In a nation founded On the genocide of One people and fostered By the enslavement Of another Why do we still need to ask this shit? Do you want a President who pleaded the Fifth Amendment 97 times, mostly on questions regarding other women, while being deposed in divorcing his first wife? See more […]
What and Why #5
What? In a nation founded On the genocide of One people and fostered By the enslavement Of another Why do we still need to ask this shit? Do you want a President who told friends that his first wife’s awkward English and Czech roots might become a campaign negative if he ran for the highest […]
Look Around
Mostly life moves day-to-day The big pictures matters not Then wonder how it got away Look around, life’s not so hot We worry and we rush around Treat life like it’s some big race Better if not competition bound Breath deeply, slow your pace ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital […]
What and Why
What? In a nation founded On the genocide of One people and fostered By the enslavement Of another Why do we still need to ask this shit? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you want a President who lies as easily as he smiles? Save
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