Hoping to escape but all in vain
cannot handle Reality
Instead we’re rattling bondage’s chain
whining dejected hyperbole
Helpless to abstain
flying high, smashed
Frenzied to deplane
before we crash
How our lives darkly constringe
when fueled by pills or syringe
edited 04/19/22 0700
Daunting the hypocrisy
when ruled by just plutocracy
or by kakistocracy
befouling spent democracy
How dismissively they act
to any thorough search of fact
Quite unable to react
beyond emotional impact!
Shrill the whistles of delusion
in music played on calliope
Minions marching in effusion
to music of faux reality …
Of consumption bewildered minions
churning out their fact-free opinions!
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-calliope = steam-whistle organ with a loud, shrill sound used to attract attention for circuses, fairs & parades
-kakistocracy = government run by the vile & worst, least qualified or most unscrupulous citizens (Greek kakistos: worst)
edited 04/25/25 1050
Watching my feet
flat on back in bed
in Summer’s heat
how toes wiggle, spread
Watching my feet contoured
against the open windows
most pleasantly endured
as a warm, gentle wind blows:
rushing between toes
as I lusciously doze
timed out from Life’s throes
in refreshing repose
In the very moment spared all woes
from my balding top to wiggling toes
edited 12/30/21 1515
He’s a hot air exhauster
ignorant, crassly truculent
this brash White House imposter
whose lies many find succulent
Conceited we might just wonder:
“Cannot do better, America?!”
Exceptionalism a blunder
by now hardly esoterica:
that when our egos grow outsized
as humans we’ll shrink to pint-sized
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-Exceptionalism = American Exceptionalism: “Trusted with the destinies of this solitary republic of the world, the only monument of human rights, and the sole depository of the sacred fire of freedom and self government, from hence it is to be lighted up in other regions of the earth, if other regions of the earth shall ever become susceptible of its benign influence.” – Thomas Jefferson
edited 07/09/23 1535
Ought not feel a blush
if some clueless minions
carry on & gush
sharing my opinion
Would not regard as auspicious
or melt down all affective
but would rather feel suspicious
in attitude deflective:
As I’m so rarely acknowledged to be right
suspect someone who agrees can’t be too bright
edited 08/05/24 0800
I’d keep on spouting rickety yack
my train wheels going clickety-clack:
Seldom were I a locomotive
usually a mere caboose
Rarely dug deep down to emotive
just spouting cursory excuse
*
I’d be like a storm tossed ship
on vast ocean a mere blip:
Bow setting in waves slake
as memories fade remote
astern in churning wake
but briefly they stay afloat
*
If a car the whimsical Deux Chevaux
that purely minimalist, wheeled gizmo:
Watch it doggedly ‘dash’ uphill
engine whining wheezily
at speeds barely besting standstill
While downhill rolls easily
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-Deux Chevaux = the simple, lightweight & low-powered Citroën 2CV car
https://www.motortrend.com/vehicle-genres/citroen-2cv-history-photos/
edited 06/13/24 0800
When sensing vertigo
and spinning unfolds
not the wise place to go
climbing up scaffolds
Humans do embarrassing acts
with self-importance gone to our heads
been clueless of obvious facts
when common sense left on floor in shreds
Worldwide now out-of-control head spinning
as Species head into the last inning
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inning = an opportunity for activity
edited 10/02/24 0855
Fast utan överblick
med trogen tillit
vartenda ögonblick
så länge profit
Föga merit
tycks teologi
mens grym aptit
på teknologi
Så knogar vi på livets stig
i trångsynthet mer stram än vig
edited 01/03/24 0755
A Democracy that works for most of us depends upon a well informed and consistently engaged public.
By main stream media conformed
erstwhile ‘hard news’ turned entertainment:
offers up a worldview malformed
keeps us powerless by containment
Opinions spouted unformed
by impatience upstaged
To facts & logic not warmed
in ignorance encaged
From mounting calamities disengaged
with any sense of urgency assuaged
edited 03/09/24 0835
Doesn’t make an intellectual
just ’cause on mundane life’s path
he’s clumsy, ineffectual
or does not do well at math
No oratorical giant
when merely didactical
only impressing those pliant
dreamers most impractical
So before in verbiage he basks
best wait and see if anyone asks?
edited 04/09/22 1600
