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Buried Assets

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Cat leaves small presents.

I sadly decline. Perhaps

you’d like to opine.

~

All those moles and voles,

though not appreciated,

will eat no more Iris bulbs.

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Feb·08

Gauging The Heat

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Cold indifference,

hot hate, or warm love? Always

check your temperature.

~

Core temperatures

runs hotter than the surface

in this chaotic climate.

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Dec·08

Fear

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Reacting from fear

often leads us to defend

actions indefensible.

~

As FDR said,

“The only thing we have to

fear is fear itself.”

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Jun·30

Talking or Walking

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Even though the truth

stares us in the face, we’ve learned

to rely on lies.

~

Truth’s hard to swallow

while lies slide down real easy

when you only talk the talk.

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Mar·29

The Irrational Fight

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As the years go by,

more and more lives are lost, but

many resist gun reform.

~

As the years went by

more and more lives were lost, but

many resisted seat belts.

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Mar·27

She Blinded Me With Science

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Polarizing does

not cool us off on these days

of constantly rising heat.

~

Polarizing just

sharpen the contrast

between bright lights and darkness.

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Jun·24

Rousing Red Shirts from Repose

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Without supporting

facts, the answers we receive

are based on their needs, not ours.

~

What you’re describing-

the very definition

of crass demagoguery.

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Jun·17

Solitary Confinement

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Talking to myself

I learn nothing new. That’s why,

fellow poet, I miss you.

~

Sometimes life allows

no time for introspection;

so we grind, ever onward.

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Feb·25

Last Bastions

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Searching the White House

for common decency and

common sense, but it’s not there.

~

I beg to differ!

Decency and common sense

live… in The Secret Service.

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Oct·10

Ways And Means

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How many times must

we go down these roads before

we realize they are dead ends?

~

As long as we walk

with eyes and hearts and minds closed,

we will ever lose our way.

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Feb·06

Here, There, And Everywhere

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Mimicking Lenin,

another tyrant defends

stripping freedom from the press.

~

Autocrats always

prefer suppression over

open dialogue.

 

 

 

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Nov·17

For What Shall It Profit A Man…

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How can patient care

be a very distant third

behind prestige and profit?

~

Ask those at the top.

This must be in line with their

authentic values.

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Nov·09

What Say You?

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New realities,

open possibilities –

will we open mind’s closed door?

~

I say mind’s closed doors

conceal possibilities

long dormant, for good or ill.

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Aug·28

Wonder At The Louvre

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Wandering the Louvre

wondering where people are;

Ahh! Queued for Mona Lisa!

~

That enigmatic

smile draws folks in, enchants

across centuries.

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Jun·17

As To The Anosognosia Question

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From ridiculous 

to sublime, I was looking

for something along these lines:

As it was in the

beginning, is now, and will

always be – completely (w)hole.

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Dec·11

Challenge Accepted

Posted by Joan

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The Invitation

came out of the blue – I was

asked to a poetic duel.

“It sure beats writing

my obit,” I said and picked

up my pen for mondo zen.

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Oct·26

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