eric sundin

Alltid i samma rutin
i dess kraftfulla bil
som bälgar i sej bensin
kör de bekvämt i stil

Trots De Gröna för fram bevis
för att köra mindre, å cykla
så tar Vettigt Folk ej notis
mens logik å fakta de knyckla

Har Vettigt Folk listat ut
att ‘klimatkollaps’ en komplott?
Gröna borde veta hut
röra till sån korkad kompott!

Vettigt Folk vill tro att snart
skall det visa sej uppenbart
att klimatet med full fart
skall bli svalare å hållbart!

Så de fortsätter köra utan ånger
och njuter i doften av bensinångor

edited 05/07/25 1100

Originally written during the first Trump presidency

Acquiesced to the Upper Classes
propagandized, maligned Masses
now fawningly fall for Fascism
turn foot soldiers for Barbarism

Incited by The Leader’s rants
join jumbling frantic forces
while shrewd sycophant fancy-pants
play on God-owned golf courses

Still some seem surprised, haplessly forlorn
Had we not seen enough be to forewarned?

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apotheosis = the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god

edited 03/05/25 1700

Prior to restored eyesight
was bumbling benighted
had felt anxious & contrite
with outlook unsighted

I just couldn’t envision
the light beyond cataract
before the incision
had seemed remotely abstract

Since as if by Kliegs enhanced my eyesight
would that next my soul shall fill with insight!

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-benighted = overtaken by darkness or night; mired in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness
-Klieg = an intense carbon arc light especially used in film making

edited 04/18/22 1140

If you attempt nuance and grace
you may come across as ‘wise’
to those aces in verbal Mace
and they’ll cut you down to size

Cliches they’ll shout
thought-ending
absent all doubt
truth-bending

Their bearing & manners cocky
think Life is like football, hockey

edited 06/05/26 2100

Feeling ignored, down in the dump
as others by mere dumb luck
have gotten famous rich & plump
not you despite gutsy pluck?

Case you still feel neglected
without millions minions like Trump
try not feel too dejected
imagine you’d been a sump pump:

You’d gurgle & clank in cellars wet, dark & dank
doomed underground regardless of how hard you crank!

Edited 10/14/2026 1000

Shiny the lacquer
that positively screams:
“Here drives no slacker
but someone lives their dreams!”

Lighting, screens gleaming
painted darkly, sized huge
with gadgets teeming
No measly subterfuge!

Keeps conniving
through windows tinted
pushing, driving
to self unstinted!

But not hard to figger
why the rush to bigger:

Mighty fortress wheeled
of menacing power
as cave, as crutch, shield
We’re King in our Tower!

edited 03/30/24 0815

Should you ask perchance
what is my opinion
I may look askance
can’t be your dominion?

Could you leave it unasked?
Be it of my own making
got set up in the past
mortified, poor pride aching

So won’t be baited yet again
aftermath just too cruel
So I’ll adamantly abstain
being again that old fool

Even when earnestly solicited
my opinion won’t be elicited

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-askance = with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval
-sedge = thicket, underbrush; here: of the emotional kind

edited 11/09/23 0845

Since the Romans has echoed the jingoistic cry ‘Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori’ or ‘It is sweet and right to die for one’s country’:

Awash in gushing
about what’s ‘sweet & right’
while not much blushing
of others’ dead end plight

While some ‘laid down’ their lives
at home Jingoists grandstand
keep slapping their high-fives
while just The Dead know first-hand

But why bother taking time to reflect
when easier just accept or reject?

edited 04/07/24 0750

I livet vi oss klantar
både till själ å kropp
oroar oss å fjantar
om påhopp å blodpropp

Syns livet oss för torrt
förutan snabbmat
eller åskådarsport
skryt eller kallprat?

Gömmer vi oss i tomhet eller fromhet
var å en sin egen atlet eller profet?

edited 05/11/24 0850

A drunk could sort this one out
on a cocktail napkin soggy
or after a knocked-out bout
so would any boxer groggy

While you, Ace Consumer
keep chasing more to possess
consumed by ill-humor
ear-plugged, eyes on GPS:

aren’t reconciled to that your apps
won’t heal your cold heart or flabby abs

edited 03/27/24 1735