Tag Archives: light
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 […]
Climbing
~~~~~~~~~~~~ “War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Climbing A lone, patient figure, without, within Standing quietly upon a mountain top Deep within a forest, one with a waterfall Steadily climbing up the stairs of the sky Tenuous, strong, watcher and watched ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings […]
Always
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh so many ways we can dream and hope Some near, some distant, need a telescope Find what we want or want what we find Spend years so depressed, out of our mind Will we start to understand which is which Or […]
Nothing Hence
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Early Monday morning, August 15th, one of my best friends died. I say one of my best friends because the other is her daughter, my wife. That my friend was also my mother-in-law may be involved in my struggle, but I’m not sure. Talking about her the other night, someone said many people called […]
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 […]
Our Future Is Not Bright
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I went inside a McDonalds today This something I almost never do I only wanted a cup of coffee, hey Confirmed something sad but true Could’ve been any fast-food joint Drive-through line long vs in short That was why I chose it, […]
Brief Rest
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flames roar higher above my head No matter how I turn, I find dread Death’s face shadowed on the wall Yet not my time to answer the call Shrink myself small and still more Slip through the atoms in the floor […]
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 […]
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