eric sundin

“All options are on the table!”
Beltway adulterated
phrase, a repeated worn fable
brainwashed, acculturated

Elite chattering
with scrounged-up oompf
in self-flattering
here goes, harrumph:

Blurting the same old canned phrase
(like talking dolls with battery)
piling on Empire’s proud praise
amidst harsh weapons clattery

Virtuous Officialdom
sure to expunge Evil
They stand up for Christendom
and Freedom’s Retrieval!

Those hard toiling ribboned Elite elves
they simply just cannot help themselves

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-Christendom = the worldwide body or society of Christians; the Christian world:
-elves = elves seem thought of as beings with magical powers while ambivalent towards everyday people
-ribboned = here: honored with service ribbons, medals, awards etc

edited 08/11/24 0745

How lightning fast she shovels
words in to the hopper
phrases flimsy like hovels
while no one can stop her

Nor can she. How sadly
as distracting madly

edited 08/29/24 1115

In early morning still
not the time to lounge
From early morning’s chill
must keep going, scrounge!

No time shall be wasted
get hopping, scurry!
Much needs to be hasted
stir up a flurry!

For ain’t living calmly, serene
but for laziness a smoke screen?

edited 06/17/22 0950

Never mind I treat him crudely
for I live by this dictum:
He may not talk to me rudely
or I’ll turn aggrieved victim!

So what if I kicked him
he’s just too hapless!
His grasp just slow & dim
so sadly sapless!

Only I may claim victimhood
at least in my own neighborhood!

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victimhood = here: ‘victim mentality’, an acquired personal or cultural trait in which a person tends to see themselves as a victim and to behave as if this were the case even in the face of clear evidence that he or she is not, or even rather the perpetrator

Hellre habegär
än vettig karriär
Hellre sisådär
än hjälpsam karaktär

Struntsnackande skenheligt
i skamlöst hyckleri
Egenkärt å självkeligt
i grymt grunkfrosseri

En gnisslande samhällig kakofoni
i sagolik ‘harmonisk’ idioti

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-grunkfrosseri = (påhitt) otyglad konsumtion av grunkor
-idiot = ett ord de gamla grekerna använde om de som var alltför trångt självupptagna å inte brydde sej om samhälle, nation eller världen bortom

edited 08/26/23 0920

Driven raskt av affekter
annars tyckes urtrist
med urusla ursäkter
för idelig tidsbrist

Mänskligt att storspela
söka briljera
likaså att vela
å kverulera

Var dag jäktande å banal
utan, kan de synas, själskval?

edited 01/10/26 1215

Make sure to keep any facts
freely adjustable
In case they restrain our acts
make them combustible

No need to succumb
treat facts tentatively
For favored outcome
use them lenitively

For evidence is no more fact
than our groundless opinion!
Need not impede our desired act
so don’t grant it dominion!

Best keep our lizard brain
on a mindless tight rein

edited 09/30/25 0940

Never thought it mere trivia
when something that we lament
manners head for oblivia
feeling unrestrained to vent

That pebble on our path
turns into mighty mountain
precipitate our wrath
spewing from ire’s fountain

Does attempting to hide in what’s trivial
sustain but a fleeting mood convivial?

edited 11/26/25 1805

Låt ej sinnets hetsande vreshet
övertala, överrösta
det varma hjärtats stilla vishet
Sök att lyssna och förtrösta

Mens tankar arroganta, bjärta
stilla bollsinne har vårt hjärta

Nattens vindar susar i träden
gångjärn gnisslar i fönsterkarm
hjärtat slår lugnt iväg från världen
likt spädbarns i mors trygga barm

Mens sinnet är uppe hela natten
och försöker överlista katten

edited 07/18/23 0910

Att fått lov med min ungdoms hemtrakt
styra ut i en sista dans
Svävar ljuvlig hennes sommarprakt
musiken nu vedmodig vals

Om ens livs resa kan man tycka
navigerad i märklighet?
Hur än kan uppfattas min lycka
ostridigt nu min verklighet:

att stillnas mitt livs lopp
rullar fram mot fullt stopp

edited 05/10/24 0710