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My Profit; Your Loss.

Posted by agarrabrant

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Some say to workers:

“Give me the economy

and I’ll give you death.”

~

Some lie to workers:

“You must return to your jobs;

your labor is essential.

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Apr·30

Goofing Our Way To Success

Posted by agarrabrant

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Oops, I goofed again!

Should have taken sage advice

freely offered by the wise…

~

If we don’t want to

remain a goof, we first have

to acknowledge them.

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Apr·29

Wizardry Works

Posted by agarrabrant

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What are some good tips

for staying sane even though

insanity reigns?

~

Harry Potter gives

a clue: yell ‘Ridiculus’;

imagine he’s a boggart.

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Apr·28

A Sweet Reprieve

Posted by agarrabrant

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Silence is golden

after days of endless noise.

How long can this respite last?

~

It’s surprising what

talk of ultraviolet light

and bleach were able to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apr·27

Weak End

Posted by agarrabrant

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Rainy Saturday.

Of all available

options, I choose sleep.

~

Sleep is for the weak.

Never for the weekend, Mom!

Time to rise and shine!

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Apr·26

Ultimate Disinfectant

Posted by agarrabrant

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Since he’s always right,

perhaps his loyal faithful

will follow his every word?

~

We can only hope

he’ll take his own advice and

swallow his words whole.

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Apr·25

A Passing Moment

Posted by agarrabrant

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Until now we’ve been

able to avoid facing

life’s uncertainty.

~

An uncertain life

can never be avoided

for longer than a moment.

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Apr·24

Canned But Not Preserved

Posted by agarrabrant

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Some people just love

to exercise their power

by canning the competent.

~

When competent folks

are seen as threats, power filled

tactics are employed by fools.

 

 

 

 

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Apr·23

Show Me The Money

Posted by agarrabrant

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Where denial thrives

we now know – Florida

beaches are the place to go.

~

In the callous mind

of Governor DeSantis

economics trumps safety.

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Apr·22

Who Knows?

Posted by agarrabrant

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Do I have a start?

Now that’s a burning question

without a pressing answer.

~

You might be burned out

from listening to all Trump’s

starts and stops and non answers .

 

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Apr·21

Not Quite Isolated Enough

Posted by agarrabrant

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Nowhere to go, but

plenty to do. I think I’ll

sit and mope instead.

~

No time for moping!

There is a garden to plant,

among other honey dos…

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Apr·20

Mutual Satisfaction

Posted by agarrabrant

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There’s satisfaction

to be found in laboring

elbow deep in the good earth.

~

It’s satisfying

to me too that it’s not me

laboring but you.

 

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Apr·19

The Veil of Busy Work

Posted by agarrabrant

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Sometimes memories

penetrate the veils of time

and leave us breathless with awe.

~

Timeless memories,

hidden by mundane concerns,

still hold our history’s power.

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Apr·18

A Plan A Day

Posted by agarrabrant

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What is it today?

Some new cockamamie plan

designed to usurp glory?

~

A plan a day keeps

the reckoning away or

so he fervently believes.

 

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Apr·17

Blowing Sunshine

Posted by agarrabrant

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Buttercups basking

in the sun gently soothed my

heart with golden promises.

~

Don’t you yet distrust

sunny golden promises

made by orange buttercups?

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Apr·16

Nursery School Politics

Posted by agarrabrant

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Giant man-baby

only displays leadership

to those who really like him.

~

Rock him, singing songs

of praise. When he falls asleep,

adults can get real work done.

 

 

 

 

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Apr·15

Seclusion’s Stupification

Posted by agarrabrant

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Right now I yearn for

topical anesthesia.

The news frays my every nerve.

~

Topical won’t do!

Naught to do- nowhere to go;

I want to be sedated!

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Apr·14

Profit And Loss

Posted by agarrabrant

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Let’s not sacrifice

our aged, wise, and infirm

like some modern paschal lambs.

~

If those with plenty

were willing to sacrifice

profit, they might gain their souls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apr·13

Listening These Days

Posted by agarrabrant

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Are you listening?

Do you hear the trill of birds,

the sweet whisper of your breath?

~

As long as breathing

lacks the rattle of rhonchi

or crackle of rales; good!

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Apr·12

In Praise Of Folly

Posted by agarrabrant

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Maintaining distance

while assisting someone’s move:

an exercise in folly!

~

 Necessity is

the mother of invention.

Folly paves the way.

 

 

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Apr·11

Authoritative Guidance

Posted by agarrabrant

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Why are we given

answers to questions we don’t

ask and none to those we do?

~

One way to tell us

what they prefer us to think

is to give us those answers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apr·10

When Spoonfuls of Sugar Don’t Help

Posted by agarrabrant

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Days in close quarters,

surrounded by those we love,

is enough to drive us mad.

~

A little bit of

wine, whiskey, or beer can help

the togetherness go down.

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Apr·09

Beware

Posted by agarrabrant

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When we’re buried in

have to’s and must do’s, we are

actually buried alive.

~

When one is buried

beneath an endless task list

it is hard to see the light.

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Apr·08

The Way of Nature

Posted by agarrabrant

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Spring sees no reason

to despair, throws caution to

the wind and blooms anyway.

~

 Many flowers bloom.

Fewer are pollinated.

From them, futures germinate.

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Apr·07

Adieu

Posted by agarrabrant

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A week’s endless work

continues through the weekend;

socially isolating.

~

Much that went undone

is now being done though it

seems weekends know no reprieve.

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Apr·06

Stay at Home Orders

Posted by agarrabrant

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That turtle – is he

any clearer about his

destination than are we?

~

He’s clear he’s lucky.

Wherever he is going

he can go and still stay home!

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Apr·05

Distillations

Posted by agarrabrant

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How can one distill

a lifetime’s experience

down to one meaningful page?

~

One sentence might do:

“I learned not to waste my time

frequenting distilleries.”

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Apr·04

Cleansing Light

Posted by agarrabrant

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Writing poetry

can open the closed window

of my fearful mind.

~

Perhaps the closed mind

was to keep something hidden

from the blinding light of day?

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Apr·03

The Promise Of Green

Posted by agarrabrant

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Starting seeds indoors

lacks the smell of the soil

heated by the mid-day sun.

~

Soon the seeds will sprout

and in no time you’ll both be

sweating in the sun.

 

 

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Apr·02

Ship Of Fools

Posted by agarrabrant

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On April Fool’s Day

we honor the huge genius

whose initials are D.T.

~

Some fools are too huge,

at least within their own mind,

to be praised for just one day.

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Apr·01

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