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By and By

Trumpery is Reality ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Could I ever write something so new That I can never ever explain it to you Paint images you cannot comprehend That offend you, tell you I’ve sinned Could I conjecture a world so strange It goes far beyond your limited range And if I could, would it really matter Riddles […]

In the Wake of the Storm

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now, we’re told this contretemps is done Some are really happy, some have no fun I counsel, this is a time we must be kind Your point was proved or lost your mind In the winner’s circle, on the pile, […]

Choose Peace

“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Choose Peace: Don’t Retreat, Retweet, Repeat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings and opinions at: Pen’s Might Philip Brent Digital Art Brent Harris Fine Art The Extra Mile Art, shirts and other gift items Scriggler TPM Niume Vida Voices

Lighter

“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He engaged in conversation With a woman he didn’t know She cleared his table, but Both smiled and connected If only for that brief time When both of them occupied The same space together Though beyond doubtless They would never meet again […]

Riff on Saxophone

“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saxophone was the instrument I wanted to play when young Now, I sit listening to plaintive Notes play, paint mind pictures Water thrown from a window Greeted by a curse from below As corner toughs point, laugh School children smirking, run When […]

What’s All the Fuss?

“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Every day you do something that is old Which is new, while you’ve done before It feels like doing what you’ve been told Makes you want to ask what all this is for Get your daily coffee, buy your groceries Do the […]

All Goes On

“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We always fail at peace, fighting war to reach it Same with poverty, drugs, countries and people It is like battling the ocean to staunch the storm Think firing bullets at the sea, dumb as it sounds While all we do makes […]

Keeping a Whether I

“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He told me he owned many great books And wondered if that would be counted Certainly, it would total up to something Proving only conspicuous consumption Yet, our cosmos does not rely on proofs The meager, meaningless games we play Pretending that […]

Subject Block

“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality”–   I’ve been posting recently with material I already created. I have other pieces I could type up and post, but I’m feeling stuck. I don’t have writer’s block; I think I have subject block. Politics is the subject that is making problems […]

Unless

“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” A conference room Friday, don’t ask Dealing with a financial and legal task Sums that large bring tears to my eyes Life ruled by crossed t’s and dotted i’s A future set by professional strangers We hope we spot any hidden dangers Whether […]