The to-do list incompressible
keeps flashing iridescently
In habitude irrepressible
she complies acquiescently
Locked-on she performs
brainstormingly
stirring up dust storms
barnstormingly
Her comportment audacious
at peak pursuit tenacious
edited 03/12/25 0835
Unfazed by our own pretension
grasp of issues flagrantly hazy
Hard to listen, pay attention
when intellectually lazy
Fleetingly attracted
we find what’s brief protracted
Swiftly we’re distracted
too much from us exacted
Triggered as if by bump stock
with scant effort to aim
we keep spraying our stump talk
through story line still lame
Relieved when can finally defect
& hop on to a next fresh subject
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-bump stock = part that turns a semi-automatic weapon into an automatic
-stump talk = stump speech, same old
edited 10/03/2026 1120
Kusligt hur minnet nu minskas
steget rangligt i yrsel
tanken i sinnet försinkas
otillräcklig dess styrsel
Krämpor uttrycker sin ilska
mens utblick alltmer diffus
Lynnet i vanmäktig trilska
ångar i ångerns bakrus
Vågar vi hoppas efter år i konflikt
att gläntas äntligen dörren till insikt?
edited 11/17/25 0720
“Sköt dig själv och bry dej ej om andra!” En förbryllande uppmaning. Menas det sorgligt nog att självupptagenhet är eftersträvansvärt?
Kanske så? Sköta sej själv
å strunta att hjälpa andra?
Men stigen längs Livets älv
kan lätt bli enslig att vandra!
När vi snubblar ska vi hinna
blir ej tid antagligen
att först då försöka finna
en som kan få tag i en?!
Ej heller hjälper det att skylla på andra
vi har ju så ofta oss själva att klandra
edited 12/04/23 1510
How we whip up the batter
amidst spills & splatter
with clanks & clinks & clatter
shall tastily matter
May frantically fiddle
watching out for mistakes
by the sizzling hot griddle
shaping up the hotcakes
Can the essence be found, sweet or awful
solely in the eating of the waffle?
edited 10/13/2026 1620
Calling oneself ‘poet’
hold it there, slow it!
uncorking the Moet
might overdo it
Calling oneself ‘great friend’
or ‘great at one’s craft’
part of self-absorbed trend
once unseemly daft
Like for self briskly clapping
would once been an aberration
as erstwhile own back slapping
frowned on as self-nomination
Now why wouldn’t it be our druthers
let any praise, come from others?
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moet = contrary to French grammar ‘moet’, when in Moet & Chandon champagne, is pronounced mo’wett
edited 12/09/23 1140
Dog eat dog
while cats scratch cats
frog jump frog
rats rat on rats
While animals are absolved of blame
might not humans gain from owning shame?
Humans to humans inhuman
nefarious plots thicken
Stirred by uncaring acumen
from rectitude we chicken
Through infallible perversity
humans create own adversity
edited 07/01/24 0800
Strive for the role of the avower
who explores the Truth together
Shun arguments to overpower
which makes us our lost bellwether
Don’t throw in that red herring
surreptitiously non-glaring
diverts the discourse, erring
away on fallacious bearing
Such a disingenuous hoax
throws off good faith dialogue
like the stick thrust in bike wheel spokes
leaves our quest crashed epilogue
Been losing our sweet tooth
for what erstwhile was Truth?
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-avower = someone who declares openly, bluntly, and without shame
-red herring = something we say that misleads or distracts from the relevant issue at hand
edited 04/30/24 0840
Some ‘swamp’ dwellers gone
most often forthwith fired
but replaced with (yawn!)
folks even less desired
Despite long time since spoken
the ‘swamp’ remains un-drained
another promise broken
Check replacements harebrained:
How morally disheveled
those retrograde refills
ethically bedeviled
on corruption’s treadmills
The Prez keeps clomping
on a cringing world stage
Trumping & whomping
trapped in fantasy’s cage
How he bombastically mirrors
the nation turned sneerers & smearers
edited 12/13/23 0730
The smartphone obsession
impairs our mental mettle
restrains in regression
fades fast erstwhile fine fettle
Claims of ‘doing our research’
just clicking profusion
Silly stupefying smirch
cutting short conclusion!
Thus we’re torn asunder
while we’re going under
edited 11/08/23 0920
