Why do we allow
the mongers to peddle us
fear in these wholesale job lots?
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We’ve forgotten how
to laugh them out of business.
Let’s begin right now.
Poetry
Paralysis
When fear takes over
what becomes of honor? Where
do mind and heart go?
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Fear freezes the heart,
enshrouds the mind in mist, and
honor takes a nap.
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More Than Pretty Words
Please, can we not stand
together and united
against rampant injustice?
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Perhaps we’ll listen
to ourselves pledge liberty
and justice for all.
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As To The Anosognosia Question
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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Grand Plans
When cows jump over
moons, what possibly remains
for humans to do?
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Corporatists might say,
“Strip mine the moons, eat some steaks!”
Or did I get that backwards?
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The Best Course
Acting in haste or
paralytic inaction.
Which course yields greater damage?
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When faced with questions
like this the best course is to
stare and back slowly away.
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Thoughts and Deeds
When our hands are tied,
what can we do to untie
all the knots inside?
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The knots grow tighter
when bathed in attention.
Ignore those thorny knots. ACT!
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Heart And Mind
Has not your heart’s path
tugged you to some places
your mind would deny?
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My mind has often
played second fiddle in heart’s
long, meandering parade.
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The Questing Path
Seeker, why do you
insist on looking for what
can never be found?
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That which is sought may
never be found, but along
the way, there will be wonders!
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What We Seek
Eat me or drink me
or step through the looking glass.
Is the unknown all we seek?
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If we sought the known
where would the adventure be
and what would be the reward?
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One Pill…
When pushed beyond their
limits, is there another
place the wise ones go?
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Like Lewis Carroll,
some go down the rabbit hole.
Others soar like eagles!
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Willingness
What compulsion drives
us to act against our will?
Altruism? Karmic Debt?
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Sometimes we draw strength
from a mysterious source
and set our will aside.
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It’s about the Journey
Are we lost when we
think we’re found or is it the
other way around?
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Again, are we stuck
thinking of destinations
not focused on the path?
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Hmm…
What expectation
seems best for, thinks this wise fool,
ulcers and flagellation!
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So we’re skipping all
questions now and going straight
to declarations?
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Nobody Expects the…
What can we expect
from the unexpected and
how do we prepare?
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Prepare for the worst!
Maybe the unexpected
will be a pleasant surprise!
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What’s Great
AND ANYWAY, what
is so great about wisdom?
It keeps no demons at bay.
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Demons come and they
go and those on wisdom’s seat
simply watch the show.
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Sophistry or Solipsism
What do children and
fools have to offer that wise
men struggle to grasp?
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Being a child
And a foolish man some call
Wise, I have no quick reply.
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What’s The Sound Of One Poet Talking: A Solo Mondo
On a star-less night,
with no moon and no flash light,
what can guide my way?
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You might take this as
a sign to stay inside and
write some silly rhymes.
Are crickets chirping
On balmy summer evenings
Perhaps the sound you’re longing?
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Surely not hollow
Echo resounding off the
Walls of vacant, empty halls!
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When All Else Fails
Since Heat Death holds no
Hearty appeal, what must we
Do to stoke our passions’ blaze?
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Perhaps giving thanks
will reignite the fire
or provide the fuel.
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Banking the Embers
With no fire in
my belly and no wood to
be found, what then, Friend?
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When all passions fade,
Logs consumed, all that remains
Is Universal heat death.
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Letting Go
Has anybody
Asked about a down side
To the existence of God?
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Through the ages those
who want more control always
seek out the down side.
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Being There
When Jesus, Buddha,
and Mohammad find common
ground, will we stand there?
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“Can we stand there too?”
may be the question to ask.
Or, could we stand to BE there?
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The All That’s Missed
And in that quest for
Ephemeral potency,
What all must they sacrifice?
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What they don’t see is
the “all” they must sacrifice
includes their own selves.
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Insatiable Hunger
What lets folks claim for
themselves what they’re unwilling
to allow others?
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Those poor souls, without
any real power, yearn to
seize it however they can.
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Where Truth Lies
For the small minded,
is their terror justified,
since truth is so relative?
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Perfect love, they say,
can cast out fear when minds
are small, truth unclear.
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The Wisdom of Obi Wan
If there are many
answers to the big questions,
can they all be right?
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A wise Jedi once
told me, “Everything is true,
from a certain point of view!”
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Seek And Pay
Why are life’s pleasures
So much easier to seek
Than the prices are to pay?
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Seeking is sometimes
much easier than paying
the price for what’s sought.
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Heart and Hearth
When winter winds blow
and we’re still far from home, What
must we do to tend the flame?
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Cherish the warming
of remembered smiles’ glow
and smokey hearth’s aroma.
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Moving to B
If wise Divine knew
The mettle of his stewards,
What might be his good plan B?
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It’s been said that His
stewards need to stop stewing
and open their hearts to be.
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The Nature of War
Now that the battle’s
almost won, does anyone
know what the fight was about?
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Do soldiers ever
question why the bullets fly
once the battle is joined?
Mondo Sedoka 