April 6th, 2017 | Categories: communication, cultural, empire, political

With scant knowledge of history
some of us lack perspective
allows the Elite’s sophistry
to provide slant deflective

Media gives space generous
making each crisis to seem
unforeseen, sui generis
Follows Power Elite’s scheme

stirs up endless spin
showing how they win

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-sui generis (soo-i ge-ne-ris) = that which is the only one of its kind – thus not providing contret or perspective

edited 10/17/2026 1550

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April 3rd, 2017 | Categories: empire, political, short & sweet, top ranked

MSM’s faux storytelling
& Wall Street’s greedy windfall
hasten Empire’s unraveling
tripping us into free fall

The violence visited upon
the outer edges of the Realm
has come home resoundingly foregone
regardless of who’s at the helm

Harsh havoc caused on those ‘small countries grungy’
snapped back in Empire’s face as if by bungee

edited 10/26/23 1025

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April 3rd, 2017 | Categories: communication, cultural, short & sweet, top ranked

Words swooping in screeching flocks
on rash repeated raids
whether aiming to flummox
darting out from deep shades

May seem fetching while hollow
coming across inane
Glib, quick, too hard to follow
they know not of restrain

Verbiage self-promotional
insincerely emotional

edited 01/17/22 1020

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March 31st, 2017 | Categories: emotional turmoil, empire, political, short & sweet, top ranked

While to own profits adherent
‘The Orange Ego Coddler’
in policy incoherent
A vainglorious toddler

The ‘Stable Genius’ despot
ignorant & feckless
How he spouts without respite
a Demagogue reckless!

He untiringly trumps up ‘tantrumps’
amidst golf at casino sanctums

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-stable genius = Trump has self-diagnosed as an ‘extremely stable genius’
-tantrump = (license) tantrum by Trump

edited 03/10/22 1620

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March 30th, 2017 | Categories: consumer mind, cultural, empire, environment, short & sweet, top ranked

While the grass is thought to be greener
on the other side of the fence
the barking dog there may be meaner
How do such fantasies make sense?

The Human Race is in dire distress
because we constantly want more
Always way too willing to aggress
so we can further up our score

Mired in constant complaint
as we know not constraint

edited 02/13/23 1510

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March 25th, 2017 | Categories: swedish, top ranked

Hur det kännes att trängta
efter att kunna uttrycka
Hur det kännes att längta
efter att kunna samtycka

Våra ord blir bräckliga
om ej från vårt hjärta
sorgligt otillräckliga
ibland alltför bjärta

Undvik ord som högmodigt skramlar
men stöd de som åtminstone famlar

edited 07/13/23 0630

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March 25th, 2017 | Categories: empire, short & sweet, top ranked

That not so veiled U.S. threat
of militant action
dim term but still Beltway’s pet
while crises gain traction

But aren’t those ‘options’ always
foregone on the table?
Restless warhorses upraise
to bolt from the stable:

Galloping for regime change
as Empire’s fables derange!

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-upraise = cause to come alive again

edited 03/08/22 1705

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March 21st, 2017 | Categories: swedish, top ranked

Från dess början till slut
är livet en strid
Varför vet vi ej hut
mest bråk, sällan frid?

Nja, hade Gud en god ide
med vår stackars mänsklighet?
Men det gick ju snabbt helt på sne
för vi saknar hovsamhet

Vi tycks skapa själva vårt lidande
i en malström av gråt å kvidande?

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-hovsamhet = måttfullhet, återhållsamhet, hänsyn, sans

edited 03/11/22 1810

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March 21st, 2017 | Categories: art, communication, short & sweet, top ranked, verses celebrational

All these zealous stanzas
trying hard to kinda rhyme
No extravaganzas
while they do aspire to chime

Format of quatrain
does steer the verse
shall rarely constrain
when tight & terse

When quatrain floats the trite
it does not need our pity
might instill some delight
when soaring on wings witty

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to float = to be free from attachment or involvement

edited 12/26/25 1510

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March 21st, 2017 | Categories: swedish, top ranked

Ingen i ringen slog till bättre då
tyckte en gröngöling grabb som såg på

Ingo: En snitsig urstark en
till sin sista svett droppe
Tills jag såg han i folkparken
hade tänkt skaffa moppe

Så i stället för en moped
skaffade racercykel
för Ingo visste ju besked
utan larv eller hyckel:

Att inte kan man hålla sej i form
i 50 cubik tvåtakts rök å gorm!

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-i folkparken = i Göteborg när jag var grabb
-Ingo = Ingemar ‘Ingo’ Johansson, en hemstads grabb, blev några år senare världsmästare i tungvikt boxing. (Själv blev jag en tävlingscyclist, som inte alltid kom in sist)

edited 11/24/23 1040

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