Hurricane relief?
Why bother when there are so
many jets to charter?
~
If we took those jets
and flew them ’round hurricanes,
the cash would be better spent.
Hurricane relief?
Why bother when there are so
many jets to charter?
~
If we took those jets
and flew them ’round hurricanes,
the cash would be better spent.
Sometimes a respite
at exactly the right time
can recharge flagging passions
~
The wise among us
know that sometimes a white flag
is no sign of surrender.
Sometimes even the
best of us draws a blank. We’ll
let the reader complete this piece.
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When we’re heading down
familiar paths that lead to
pain, what helps us turn around?
~
Agony’s byway
has so many deep worn ruts,
breaking free is quite the chore.
How can we keep track
of the constant info flood
without some medication?
~
We must build dikes to
keep the floods at bay and thus
halt the need for med-evacs.
When the seductive
siren of self-aggrandizement
calls, what will help us hang up?
~
Answering machines
help us to avoid the calls
of unsavory critters.
As chaos fosters
rhetoric more bellicose,
can we step back from the brink?
~
You’ve got the order
wrong. As rhetoric grows more
bellicose, chaos ensues.
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Why can’t we see Truth
even when it stands before
us glowing with light?
~
Often glowing truths
are really will o’ the wisp
hastening us to our doom.
Where is the healing
in base iconoclasm
even if the idols suck?
~
Sometimes we have to
say no to beliefs that cause
pain before we can start to heal.
We choose our focus.
Will it be thorns or blossoms
or the value of both?
~
Both the bloom and thorn
serve a unified purpose:
assuring reproduction.