If we can’t love our
neighbor, can we at least treat
them with decency?
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Loving thy neighbor,
sometimes tolerating them,
can be a major challenge.
If we can’t love our
neighbor, can we at least treat
them with decency?
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Loving thy neighbor,
sometimes tolerating them,
can be a major challenge.
Those we raise on high
will eventually fall
much as Ozymandias.
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But love’s legacy
raises us up and endures
though statues may fall.
The two viruses,
covid-19 and hate, are
highly contagious…
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And easily spread
if we can not be bothered
with basic mouth management.
Taking the long way
often pays you dividends
not found on the Interstate.
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The quickest route is
not the best if you hope to
find unexpected treasures.
Sometimes the sunset,
replete with many colors,
exceeds imagination.
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And in parting leaves
behind a memory that
warms the coldest night.
Polarizing does
not cool us off on these days
of constantly rising heat.
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Polarizing just
sharpen the contrast
between bright lights and darkness.
In this modern age,
does the old guard stand a chance
on the social medias?
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What old and young need
are improved listening skills
whatever the medium.
Skip the daily dose
of lies and propaganda;
we’ve got brighter things to do.
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You sure got that right.
For a start, I’ll sing a song,
smell some roses, stop the fright.
Oh! Blessed silence!
We have forgotten how loud
everyday life can be.
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Without supporting
facts, the answers we receive
are based on their needs, not ours.
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What you’re describing-
the very definition
of crass demagoguery.
Dear President Trump,
My niece is more self-made man
than you’ll ever be.
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President Bone Spurs,
unlike your niece, made himself
using tweets and slurs
Our consuming rage
and the violence it fosters!
Can this be the only way?
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Controlled rage gives us
the energy we need to
persevere and build anew.
So many changes
in such a short time – enough
to bring us to rock and rhyme?
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Change is a constant,
steady as bedrock beneath,
sometimes, even, with reason.
Heroes will remain
untarnished longer when kept
in hearts than on pedestals.
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Not just untarnished
but unvarnished, heroes held
in hearts will remain.
Sometimes a small act
can have a big impact and
bring unexpected results.
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An act of kindness
will always yield benefits
that far outweigh any cost.
Trackless wilderness
seems all dark and foreboding
until you set foot therein.
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Those first steps are full
of trepidation as you
venture outside or within.
His greatest failing
is responding to shifting
aeolian direction.
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Perhaps he’s hoping
for a windfall of praise to
soothe his narcissistic soul.
Please, Andy Warhol’s
future, arrive like RIGHT NOW!
Someone’s fifteen minutes: DONE!
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His fifteen minutes
of fame will go down in the
large annals of infamy.
For several years
we’ve dealt with quarrelteens. It’s
really nothing new.
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Alas, quarrelteens,
though they may be nothing new,
seldom get to run the show.