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- April 22nd, 2024, 2:52 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Parable of the Bigger Gun
- Replies: 2
- Views: 361
Re: Parable of the Bigger Gun
The moment it sunk in that my Church tied faith to politics, war and destruction, it was dead to me. Decades ago. Never been back.
- April 16th, 2024, 2:14 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Parable of the Bigger Gun
- Replies: 2
- Views: 361
Parable of the Bigger Gun
I grew up in that era, and the
Church tried to tie it to Jesus,
all those murderous weapons.
Church tried to tie it to Jesus,
all those murderous weapons.
- March 30th, 2024, 9:06 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Superheroes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 387
Re: Superheroes
Yes, infinity laughs at us.
And the power of simple
basic kindness and respect.
No one gets that lately.
And the power of simple
basic kindness and respect.
No one gets that lately.
- March 28th, 2024, 4:18 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Illegal Drugs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 564
Re: Illegal Drugs
They gave us endless
tribal War for centuries
as an illegal drug, so yeah,
about time someone asked
a few damn questions, not
the easy, packaged ones.
tribal War for centuries
as an illegal drug, so yeah,
about time someone asked
a few damn questions, not
the easy, packaged ones.
- March 21st, 2024, 1:53 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Now is cool
- Replies: 2
- Views: 457
Re: Now is cool
Tis true.
- March 18th, 2024, 6:35 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: I Think We're All Pretty Good People
- Replies: 5
- Views: 575
Re: I Think We're All Pretty Good People
Yes, it's tragic. No words can adequately express my revulsion to that whole situation and its long, long ugly history. As for my comment, I meant would-be combatants. I remember one time, Dad said something like "What if they tried to start a war and nobody showed up?" It's almost a ridiculous noti...
- March 18th, 2024, 1:05 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: I Think We're All Pretty Good People
- Replies: 5
- Views: 575
Re: I Think We're All Pretty Good People
The thing about war,
you have to acknowledge
there is a war in the first place.
What if we just don't?
you have to acknowledge
there is a war in the first place.
What if we just don't?
- March 15th, 2024, 2:49 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: I Think We're All Pretty Good People
- Replies: 5
- Views: 575
Re: I Think We're All Pretty Good People
I hear you, Doreen. We're swamped with religious and "cultural" dick-waving. We have open talk by "leaders" of nuclear warfare. So it wasn't just a nightmare I woke up from decades ago when what was left of my optimism for "us" peaked somewhere in the late nineties, like HST's wave, the one he wrote...
- March 15th, 2024, 2:38 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: I'm sure his grave is restless
- Replies: 3
- Views: 485
Re: I'm sure his grave is restless
The worst part is, we're doing it to ourselves.
We are buying the snake oil con.
Talk about an own goal in our elimination match in the Big Soccer Tournament of the Coming Apocalypse.
I keep wanting to tell myself it won't be, or couldn't be, as bad as I imagine it will get.
We are buying the snake oil con.
Talk about an own goal in our elimination match in the Big Soccer Tournament of the Coming Apocalypse.
I keep wanting to tell myself it won't be, or couldn't be, as bad as I imagine it will get.
- March 13th, 2024, 1:54 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: I Think We're All Pretty Good People
- Replies: 5
- Views: 575
I Think We're All Pretty Good People
Politics and war
is just trying to ruin us.
is just trying to ruin us.
- February 28th, 2024, 2:18 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: bring on the spectacle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 550
Re: bring on the spectacle
"Outrage porn."
Pretty much describes it. Well done.
Everything is porn. I knew it would come to this. We have everything and nothing (very Zen) in the explosion of tech and everything and nothing and I suspected it would come to this sooner or later or maybe later or sooner.
Pretty much describes it. Well done.
Everything is porn. I knew it would come to this. We have everything and nothing (very Zen) in the explosion of tech and everything and nothing and I suspected it would come to this sooner or later or maybe later or sooner.
- February 25th, 2024, 7:21 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Snow Moon Rising
- Replies: 1
- Views: 572
Re: Snow Moon Rising
Not sure why.
What's it matter?
Random greed,
brute power.
Tender folds.
Earth watches
the show.
What's it matter?
Random greed,
brute power.
Tender folds.
Earth watches
the show.
- February 5th, 2024, 3:00 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: On a Personal Note
- Replies: 3
- Views: 726
Re: On a Personal Note
That old little Nissan took me all across the American desert southwest 20+ years ago during the difficult time of 9/11 and beyond, and it was amazing on narrow trails. At the time I just assumed they'd keep making trucks like that but I was wrong.
- February 3rd, 2024, 7:16 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: On a Personal Note
- Replies: 3
- Views: 726
On a Personal Note
I have an old Nissan truck parked
across the street and another truck
newer, bigger and ten times as good
parked in front of my door.
The old Nissan is still my truck.
across the street and another truck
newer, bigger and ten times as good
parked in front of my door.
The old Nissan is still my truck.
Re: watching
You had me at exasperation.
I don't know. Honestly, I don't know.
I don't know. Honestly, I don't know.