Is It Not Strange?
That in a world of
Diametricly opposed
Polar opposites
With coordinating labels
Liberal, Democratic, left, blue
Conservative, Republican, right, red
That both sides equally support
Either aggressively or passively
(Basically, War Hawks or Dove Hawks)
The Military Industrial Complex
Because their constituents need jobs
To support their “patriotic” families
While other families lose their members
To violent unnecessary deaths
Because corporations need access
To cheap and plentiful resources
Is it not strange?
In a cycle of wash rinse repeat or
Brainwash, regurgitate, retribution
Profiting of off killing God’s children
In a convoluted, us vs. us strategy
Even though everyone shares
More than 99.9% of the same DNA
Is it not strange?
Plus, both sides adhering to
Some version of the rule of law
As long as it doesn’t apply to the Hawks
Likewise, the Prison Industrial Complex
Flipping coins to see who lives or dies
Interchangeable never questioning why
In a gambit of legalese wrangling
As long as power says
It is okey dokey to do
J Q public will put up with it too
Since it is not happening to them
Is it not strange?
When the major religions
Feed off different distinctions of
Love thy neighbor as thyself
Unless of course, one does not
Believe in the same prophet/profiteer
In a do as I say not as I do behavior
Jesus loved everyone and from what
Little I’ve read, didn’t kill anyone, ooops
Advised forgiveness of one’s enemies
That whole turn the cheek thingy
Is it not strange?
All are driven to distraction
Away from their divinity by
Following bouncing balls
Of many sizes and designs
Iridescent shiny objects
Each more appealing
Everytime they bounce
Is it not strange?
Safety, security, serenity
Is just around the corner
If only each could be caught
Placed back in Pandora’s box
Each side wanting the same
From different perspectives
Immigrants, transgenders
Criminals and homeless
While the other side wants
To eradicate billionaires
Bosses and politicians
Both tucked away nicely so
One could live free, freely
Is it not strange?
Meanwhile, not seeing ourselves
In the perfect mirrors
Reflecting back ourselves
In any given moment
The good, bad, beautiful, and ugly
All moments every moment
Is it not strange?
Looking at the world through a windshield. 
You’re leading us in the right direction.
Do you think it’s natural that we want to “get rid” of the opposition? Some holdover of tribal survival? Is our media and politics designed to reflect this native antipathy towards the “Other”? Or is it that they re-animate and amplify that vestigial low-mindedness?
If we look at society in general, it’s SO much better than it ever has been! In every quarter of the world (for poverty, hunger, disease, etc). Part of why some only see it as bleak might be because we’re always striving to be even better than we already are. (glass half empty vs glass half full vs both)
Even if one side “got rid” of the other side, no doubt they’d look again for the next contestant to fill that slot.
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There must be an underlying petty perspective of playing king of the mountain, in the hopes that once one gets there, they can stay without further effort. (Thinking, outwitting, getting stronger, etc.. As I write this, it is how people generally want to perceive “their” God. All powerful all-knowing, when instead, doubt and challenges would probably strengthen their God as even more powerful because of the thoughtful scrutiny. The lazy unquestioning is so much easier, though.
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