Category Thoughts About Art & Culture

End Up Dead

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Going in and going out, can you tell me now or later, What it’s all about? It doesn’t matter what I have known or when. I have known it, been it. Miracles and sins. Then always comes too late. Not a question of love or fate. Straight […]

When After Finds Before

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ When Walter went to the drugstore, he wasn’t buy drugs, but looking for relief from his aches and pains. When Walter went to the supermarket ,he didn’t think of everything that had died, but shopped to find the healthiest foods. When Walter went to the movies on […]

Where You Start?

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The birds singing in the morning and at the close of day settle now upon your branch in your nest. No time to sing or sway. Life will hold you close to hand, even if you do not understand. Begin again, the kits, the cubs, the fawns. […]

Don’t Look Back

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Like the March of the Marionettes, Muppets on their hands and sticks. We go along our way, perform our tricks. Step up to the window, place your bets Find the winner is sometimes unexpected. The horse with the greatest odds will win, the favorite edged out at […]

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Speech Incomplete Sometimes, I think of today. Could it be more than I recall? The evenings misty mien open to the elements where we stood. Sometimes I think of tomorrow and wonder about the weather, whether our mood will color our remembrance of our day. Rarely do […]

Hiding Aside

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth~~~~~ ~~~~~ In my youth, there it sat, inour refrigerator, big and fat.Cut into thin or thick slices;catsup, mustard, mayo. Spicesotherwise were quite optional.Often borderline transactional.A tasty, less-than-healthy snackin lunch, my mom would pack.And Twinkies might go in, too;spongy cakes filled with goo.Another snack I’ve put aside.Here’s the truth I […]

Could And Can

~~~~~ ~~~~~ How confused most would be hailing from an earlier time or place, everything so rapid and our identities found or lost within our gender pronouns. He/him, she/her, and they/them. I feel and believe I contain all of the above, that I could and can claim any or all of them. ~~~~~ Diversity is […]

Magic Touch

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Oh, to have the magic touch, the ability to wave my wand and change the world would mean so very much to me. Does that make me sound deranged? ~~~~~ Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Unite the World ~~~~~ Please, […]

The Child You Are

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Children play, screaming their joy at pitches that make adult ears cringe. Huddled on the fringe, surrounded by other age-mates. Have they forgotten how to play? Any day, no more than chores, opening and closing doors, tending to dinner and turning off the lights at night. Turning […]

Life as We Have Lived It

People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Fill my heart with all good things. Take from me the pain of grief. How will I know when one is transitioned to the other? Both are always present to some degree. And without pain, how will I recognize joy. Without chaos, how, then, peace. Chaos has […]