I guess when you are
a genius president, you
don’t need input from intel.
~
This current culture,
replete with egotism,
tends to engender “fake news”.
I guess when you are
a genius president, you
don’t need input from intel.
~
This current culture,
replete with egotism,
tends to engender “fake news”.
Is a rigid mask
any less dysfunctional
than explosive emotion?
~
It’s been so long since
I’ve seen a rigid public
mask, I wouldn’t know.
Sow seeds of smallness.
Short-circuit signs of service.
Sacrifice your soul.
~or~
Contemplate chaos,
consider coalitions,
cultivate community.
Aging gracefully
is not for the faint of heart
or for the weak of spirit.
~
Aging gratefully
can strengthen the muscles of
both heart and spirit.
Where do you turn when
it’s your turn to take the lead
and no one follows?
~
People are often loath
to play follow the leader.
Just lead anyway.
Is this compromise,
or more amoral slight of hand
by the greatest shister in chief?
~
Less compromise than
cave, an act driven not by
cleverness but fear…
The sun refused
to let those dark clouds define
the day. It shone anyway.
~
Some deluded sons
think they shine bright regardless
all dark cloudy evidence.
An ugly knit toque
balms pains of knitter’s passing
simply by wearing
~
By wearing the toque
you honor the knitter and
your place in her heart.
Froth’s a pleasing tease.
Matters of substance take time
to digest. What’s Trump’s meal plan?
~
A sop to the right,
totally lacking substance,
is exactly what we have!
When frigid breezes
blow in from the frozen north,
will the swamp ice over?
~
Ice comes and ice goes,
but the swamp remains, lasting
home of swampy things.
If words were enough,
he could have built a stone wall
miles high by now.
~
Already been done-
written walls ’round stone cold hearts-
“Fountainhead” to “Atlas Shrugged”.
There’s more to courage
than expressing indignation
in the face of injustice.
~
The heart of courage –
facing adversity with
dignity and some humor.
If we could only
see beyond our “no’s” perhaps
what we see would change.
~
When the sea change comes,
even the “Party of No”
will know the party’s over.
Let us not sorrow,
even though we would like to.
Instead, let’s walk with Mary.
~
To walk with Mary
we must be ready, like she,
“to dance for the world”.
Time and time again,
we ask “Why me and why now?”,
but never get an answer.
~
Allusive answers
are often nature’s response
to ill-conceived inquiry.
Patiently waiting
for the people to bestow
a resounding obloquy.
~
The majority
didn’t and don’t support him.
His enablers must go.
For now the White House
is aptly named. Its coldness
tries to pass for purity.
~
Compassionless frost
and ever deepening snow
can not mask its swampy stank.
Winter melody –
that gentle, quiet chiming –
falling sleet on frozen leaf.
~
Meanwhile, inside
joyous song erupts when kids
learn there’s no school tomorrow.
“I ask you to judge
me by the enemies I
have made.” – FDR
~
“A wise leader must,
while loving his enemies,
also hate his friends.” – Nietzsche
Why does Congress fear
to rap him ‘cross the knuckles
like some pre-teen miscreant?
~
Knuckles and backbone –
the body politic seems
unable to find either.
Let’s watch a liar
inspire only ire:
five alarm dumpster fire!
~
The questions remain:
how will that ire be used,
and by whom and to what end.
Ignoring signals
regarding our nation’s health,
he barfs up a wall.
~
When your daddy’s sick
with Munchausen’s By Proxy,
who can guess what ailment’s next.
Flying in the face
of all logic and reason,
some remain convinced they’re great.
~
Disconfirming facts
must be ignored for the grand
illusion to thrive.
Healing is furthered
when hearts and arms open wide
and mouths sometimes remain shut.
~
Perfect recipes
can yield distasteful dishes
if ingredients are missed.
HARK! That sound! Hear it?
Is that Nero fiddling
a fevered Saint Vitus’s Dance?
~
It’s the erratic
twists and turns and tweets of our
resident Nero-in-chief.
Even fools know when
statements are tightly scripted.
Free men don’t say the same words.
~
At a loss for words,
dear fellow poet, but as
a free woman I won’t use yours.
There’s always room for
improvement, but why must that
room keep expanding ?
~
Feckless leadership
demonstrates, by example,
just how huge that room can be.
The hour has past
for one of us to begin!
It must be a whole New Year.
~
Thanks for picking up
the thread I dropped and making
things right as you often do.
A New Years Party
found less than satisfying;
All doctors, nurses, and me.
~
May you leave behind
the pain of the old and find
healing in the new.