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-Lang Syne or -Reekie or Just Auld

Posted by agarrabrant

0

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.

 

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Dec·31

Still…

Posted by agarrabrant

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NOTHING stays the same

in our stunning Universe.

Bad news for Conservatives.

~

Still, some things are worth

conserving: integrity

 and the earth to name a few. 

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Dec·30

Dueling Doomsday Clocks

Posted by agarrabrant

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With the clock ticking,

our anxiety grows great.

Will we act in time?

~

There is always hope.

That other clock’s been ticking

seventy-five years so far.

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Dec·29

Throw Up And Throw Out

Posted by agarrabrant

0

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.

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Dec·28

Moving Targets

Posted by agarrabrant

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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?

 

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Dec·27

Be On The Lookout

Posted by agarrabrant

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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.

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Dec·26

Expecting Too Much From Divinity

Posted by agarrabrant

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On this day of His

holy birth, may compassion

at last take root on this earth.

~

Render unto man

all the manly attributes

espoused by the NRA.

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Dec·25

Pluses And Minuses

Posted by agarrabrant

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Negativity

very rarely yields results

of a positive nature.

~

But what if what you’re

seeking is not addition

but just subtraction?

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Dec·24

Sins Of Their Father’s

Posted by agarrabrant

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Could it be that these 

two, Franklin and Lindsey Graham,

are, as the Brits say, crackers?

~

Fissures dating back

to earliest childhood

yield fragmented brittle men.

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Dec·23

The Pause That Refreshes

Posted by agarrabrant

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Sometimes poets just

need to sit and drink a beer

and leave the cap on the pen.

~

While staring at the

froth and foam of existence

inspiration might appear.

 

 

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Dec·22

Mitch McCarthy?

Posted by agarrabrant

0

 May we find a way

to contribute our gifts to

the well-being of the whole.

~

Collectivist thoughts?

You’d best be careful there girl,

lest the Senate name you Red!

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Dec·20

A Matter Of Numbers

Posted by agarrabrant

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And the dice are cast…

All that remains to be seen

is which numbers will come up.

~

It seems everyone

has his number. The question

is how and why they’ll use it.

 

 

 

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Dec·19

Polarizing Polemics

Posted by agarrabrant

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Struggling to find

our way in the midst of all

the fret and fury.

~

Gavrilo Princip’s

rash, impertinent action

once touched off a powder keg…

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Dec·18

Monster Magic

Posted by agarrabrant

0

The sound of his voice

has that magical power

to cause all ears to bleed.

~

If it were only

ears that bled, it wouldn’t be

as bad as it has become.

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Dec·17

That Which Is Deserved

Posted by agarrabrant

0

Ever wonder what

the Prince of Peace would make of

our violent ways?

~

If I remember,

the Prince of Peace was heard to

say, “Render unto Caesar…”

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Dec·16

Before The Curtain Falls

Posted by agarrabrant

1

History, Tragedy,

Comedy, and Drama all

have their place upon the stage…

~

 At this stage we need

less tragedy. We’ve had quite

enough and could use a break.

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Dec·15

Craving Recognition

Posted by agarrabrant

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If he can’t be Time’s

Person of the Year, he can

 still be Idiot in Chief.

~

When the bigly man’s

trumped by a mere teenage Swede,

any superlative works.

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Dec·14

Where The Problem Lies

Posted by agarrabrant

0

It’s not just earthquakes

that rend this land asunder,

rageful rancor does it too.

~

If we avoided

fracking and fractious debate

quaking would subside.

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Dec·13

Grade School Governance

Posted by agarrabrant

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It’s the twelfth day of

the twelfth month and our leader

acts like a weird twelve year old.

~

Meanwhile, Congress

counts coup in five minute chunks

and Senate sucks their thumbs.

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Dec·12

Extreme Denial

Posted by agarrabrant

0

It’s Sixty degrees

with snow forecast by morning.

That’s Virginia in winter.

~

This, in the era

of radical climate change,

has become the new normal.

 

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Dec·11

The Ranker Member

Posted by agarrabrant

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Be on the lookout.

It’s possible sanity

might make a brief appearance.

~

You’d need keener eyes

than mine, to find the barest shred

among all that murky verbiage!

 

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Dec·10

Critical Matters

Posted by agarrabrant

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When people offer

constructive criticism,

some feel unjustly censured.

~

Humility helps

us all to listen and learn,

but it doesn’t come easy.

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Dec·09

Fun Fact…

Posted by agarrabrant

0

Seventy seven

years ago today, the one

who gave birth to you was born.

~

Seventy-seven

is the smallest integer

pronounced with five syllables.

 

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Dec·08

Not Lost But…

Posted by agarrabrant

0

Deep in the jungle

of a lifetime’s collection,

what might the descendent’s find?

~

It’s not what they’ll find;

rather, it’s what conclusions

they will draw from their findings.

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Dec·07

Singing For Bloodhounds

Posted by agarrabrant

0

When the song you sing

has only shrill notes, who can

harmonize with you?

~

Dogs will howl along

with your high pitched keening:

whistles only they can hear.

 

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Dec·06

The Good News Gospel?

Posted by agarrabrant

1

Merry Christmas, Y’all!

Scrooge hands down the gift of choice;

the poor must choose, heat, or food.

~

He just took Christ out

of Christmas, but will his

 evangelical base care?

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Dec·05

Preventative Maintenence

Posted by agarrabrant

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Hard not to lose heart

when those in power show none

and we have much to repair.

~

Repair all you want-

if we don’t fix the breakers,

we’re in for endless despair.

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Dec·04

True Roots

Posted by agarrabrant

0

People can argue

about the ways and means if,

at least, their goals coincide.

~

Therein lies the rub.

Some act like they have the same

goals, but in truth they do not.

 

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Dec·03

Bioluminescence

Posted by agarrabrant

0

 Every now and then

we catch a glimpse of the light

that abides within.

~

Inner glows are fine,

so long as we have refrained

from ingesting radium…

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Dec·02

Tripping On Tryptophan

Posted by agarrabrant

0

As the tryptophan

coma begins to subside,

we’ll see what Black Friday wrought.

~

The coma persists

but on Black Friday it’s one

of the walking kind.

 

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Dec·01

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