As the old year slips
away, what have you learned that’s
worth taking into the new?
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Years; they come and go
as, in my experience,
do all things, both fair and foul.
As the old year slips
away, what have you learned that’s
worth taking into the new?
~
Years; they come and go
as, in my experience,
do all things, both fair and foul.
NOTHING stays the same
in our stunning Universe.
Bad news for Conservatives.
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Still, some things are worth
conserving: integrity
and the earth to name a few.
With the clock ticking,
our anxiety grows great.
Will we act in time?
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There is always hope.
That other clock’s been ticking
seventy-five years so far.
What’s this nausea?
Is it a stomach virus,
or is it just politics?
~
It’s a systemic
virus. That we know for sure.
Let’s take the steps for a cure.
The impossible
takes a little longer, but
some of us want it right now.
~
Is it possible,
as we await perfection,
that our wants might change?
Conspicuously
absent in our government;
from whence will three wise men come?
~
This time around we
should be looking for three wise
women and the gifts they bring.
On this day of His
holy birth, may compassion
at last take root on this earth.
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Render unto man
all the manly attributes
espoused by the NRA.
Negativity
very rarely yields results
of a positive nature.
~
But what if what you’re
seeking is not addition
but just subtraction?
Could it be that these
two, Franklin and Lindsey Graham,
are, as the Brits say, crackers?
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Fissures dating back
to earliest childhood
yield fragmented brittle men.
Sometimes poets just
need to sit and drink a beer
and leave the cap on the pen.
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While staring at the
froth and foam of existence
inspiration might appear.