eric sundin

Seems I just glanced at her, sadly
should’ve looked her in the eyes, madly

While by Summer enchanted
she was gone by morrow
had taken her for granted
neglect turns deep sorrow

the more my life’s focus scatters
the more its flies by in tatters

edited 10/13/23 1030

Collapsing cultures
bring wordy vultures:

Slipshod sentences keep churning
words wobbly, promptly crash land
leaving us puzzled and yearning
to connect and understand

Language perishes by drought
meaning lost, while we lose clout

edited 02/02/23 1810

Claiming to be percipient
while jumping to conclusion
on what’s merely incipient
shall at best stir confusion

If you think you understand
try hold off til explained
Spouting answers beforehand
shall appear featherbrained

Dismissive impatience
hangs out with complacence

+)
percipient: characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving

edited 10/11/2026 0755

Tar du för givet att ha fri vilja?
Då kanske också kor å persilja?

Livstigen oförutsebar
så Mänska hålla dej beredd!
Fast av oss oöverblickbar
kanske av Ödet vägledd?

Förutbestämmelsen skylld parodiskt
mens Fria Viljan hyllad melodiskt

edited 10/27/24 1545

“Hey, just some quick research on the Net, and I’ll hold my own against any expert in any field! Advanced degrees & years of practice is just for the slow learner!”

Many a Net acolyte
goes from sheer neophyte
to solidly erudite
by mere keyboard tap light!

Thus she or he presumes
by unique prerogative
to learn from iffy fumes!
Ain’t that too rebarbative?

Not just naively superficial
but to sound outcome prejudicial!

+)
rebarbative = causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion

edited 08/15/23 1640

Medan alltmer skuldsatta
i livets hinderlopp
jagar vi som besatta
vettskrämda av köpstopp

Inte är vårt samhälle
(fast påstås framskridet)
längre ett smultronställe
men skonlöst snedvridet?

Så oundvikligt ta tillflykt i kortsiktigt
vad som händer på sikt får väl bli oviktigt

edited 01/08/24 1805

Through Neoliberal contortion
said to ‘free us’ from solidarity
we thrash about in self absorption
unbeknownst of our insularity

But the ‘freed’ claim is specious
far from innocent gaffe
nor is the claim facetious
since on us is the laugh!

If we don’t fight together
that fierce One Percent Bunch
for sure (not about ‘whether’)
shall devour us for lunch!

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-One Percent Bunch = the Power Elites (more like ‘point one percent’) who are stealing our economic, social and environmental commons, by the methods of Neoliberalism

edited 01/22/25 0830

By remorse acquainted
have tried paint over my past
but by past I’m tainted
so the gloss just would not last

My body dinged, dented
mind mushed, fermented
my poor soul tormented
A Life repented

On Life’s ladder I wobble estranged
fear being put in the ground unchanged

edited 10/05/23 0920

Dawn finds me writing hushed verse
flows calmly gushingly
Still should the day turns adverse
it reigns unblushingly

and so each day shall end in afterglow
till I breathe in verse again tomorrow

edited 12/20/23 1440

Whining, be it with passion,
plain fails to stir compassion

So try step out from yourself
as the Self a mere illusion:
A cruel mischievous elf
how she traps us in delusion!

edited 06/13/22 0655