There is nothing you can
Stand on so concretely
That it will not sink you
Into an abyss of dichotomy
“Just an observation, maybe I need different glasses.”
– Angelo Devlin
If you pronounce
All words properly
Enunciate clearly
Nobody will know
Including yourself
If they were all
Spelled correctly
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“Just an observation, maybe I need different glasses.”
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– Angelo Devlin
Is to achieve nothing
Or rather no thing
No anger
No regrets
No pain
Either incurred to self
Or bestowed upon others
Scarcity is increasing
In strange ways
“Just an observation,
maybe I need different glasses.”
– Angelo Devlin
First up…..
Toilet paper
OMG WTF would we do
W/o toilet paper
Deplete and hoard
Not regionally
Like for a hurricane
Rather Globally
Cause shit happens
Because it is easier
To react than think
Fine, that at least had an explanation
Everyone was convinced
Albeit unintentionally and irrationally
That they may be quarantined
For an indefinite amount of time
Who knew such a commodity
Would hold sway over our survival
That we might actually get wiped out
If we could not wipe away
Unike that scenario
This one baffles me
Loose change
I’m not a doctor nor do I play one on TV
Nor am I a geopolitical mathematician
Miner of cheap and readily available metals
Waiting in a green room conspiracy theorist
But I did stay at a fancy brand name hotel
Therefore that one makes the least cents
You see the signs at fast food establishments
Convenience stores and gas stations
Please have exact change
Or pony up to an even amount
So it can be donated to charity
Minus the 99% administration fee
Due to a national coin shortage
Without any rational explanation
Other than the catch-all Covid-19
As Alonzo Boden asks,
“Who’s paying attention?”
How long before rationing starts
Of Victory coffee and cigarettes
Razor blades and chocolate
Winston Smith wants to know
So he can stock up before
Returning to his speak-write
Where he alters the production numbers
Of pig iron and invisible boots
Droning on in the background
From telescreens all around
With news flashes about some
Glorious victory on the Malabar front
To keep the party members
Hopefully dismayed
As the wolf cries wolf
Conditioning society
That lack is the new normal
Where the proles are simply
Worn the #uck out until
Guided along in their
Two minutes hate
Toward who or what
They are told they hate
While the “inner” party members
Are sequestered away
Safely to undisclosed locations
To legislate on their behalf
Oops maybe I shouldn’t have
Listened to Orwell’s 1984
Or maybe it’s just an observation
Of rotating areas of empty shelves
Logically and logistically irrational
Making it look like
Scarcity is increasing
Whatever it is you cling to it will disappear
Religion
Nationality
Race
Beliefs
Money
Sexuality
Gender
Health
Education
Politics
Justice
Likewise yourself will no longer be here
I suppose you are clinging to that too
Still try as you might what you hold is dear
Just must ask yourself over and again
Why
Do you use any of the above
For the benevolence of all
Or do you concetrate
Isolate on each one
Like your perspective
On each is the best
Tearing other’s clingings asunder
If they are not your own
Religion – the one you were taught
Nationality – accident of birth
Race – better than the rest
Beliefs – solid….from indoctrination
Money – never enough
Sexuality – defined or loose
Gender – specific or fluid
Health – could be better w/o effort
Education – could have more free w/o effort
Politics – your party is always right
Justice – blind with exceptions
That must be the best part of dying
There is nothing left to cling to
“Just an observation, maybe I need different glasses.”
– Angelo Devlin
My mind is so full
Of ways to achieve real peace
It makes me angry
That Justice
Can be doled out
Or served
Is ridiculous
Made up by seven lettets
Strung together into
A two syllable word
Assigned a definition
So vague
It is not defined
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Justice:
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the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments
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M-W.com
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WTF
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In a world so
Full of chaos
So out of balance
The scales not only tip
They never stop moving
Long enough to be fair
Even a modicum
Of justice
In the hand or minds
Of bipedal earthlings
That know neither
Justice nor peace
Is really out of the scope
Of their wheelhouse and
Should be scrapped
Altogether all together
In favor of something
More in line with
Our overall evolution
Such as compassion
Guidance and understanding
Love laughter and truth
Lady Justice is not only blind
She is deaf and immobile
And has never been given
A fair shake herself
Up until recently
She was subjugated
To men’s ownership and rule
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“Just an observation, maybe I need different glasses.”
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– Angelo Devlin.
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(Where this should have stopped)
(Nope….apparently it keeps going)
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So bound by historic chains
Even some she’s think
She
Should not be in control
Of her own body and mind
A bizarre case of collective
Stockholm syndrome
Hopefully when she heals
Herself of that dis ease
The world can be balanced
Then nurtured and loved
For there is no justice
In nature
It just is its nature
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I hope some of the above makes sense
After the initial idea popped into my head
The rest flowed from my finger tips
Like a faucet that could not be turned off
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Thanks for reading.
Of society is a razor thin
Veneer of machismo that
Conceals its vulnerability
Propped up by flags & guns
Wealth war & wretchedness
None of which can cradle
The deeply wounded psyche
That SCREAMS you are not
Enough by your divine self
So then imbibes on illusions
To forget its fragile nature
That wants to love & be loved
We watch murder
Every day
“Real” or portrayed
Like it’s no big thing
In disconnected ways
We participate by
Not lifting a finger
To prevent such deaths
Whether it be
Blood for oil or
Ignoring starving millions
But then again …….how
Responsible can we be
After all
It is just a script
A storyline
Performed by actors
In a role
Playing a part that has
Been chosen to play
Whether they
Wanted to or not
Either as an extra or
The main character
In the never ending
Movie within
“The BIG picture”
For there will always be
Infinite chances
For many new auditions
In bit parts or recurring roles
To play heroes or villians
Extras or starring parts
Knowing you can
Alter the script anytime
You want to because
That is how it works
On the “World” stage
Until the “final” curtain call
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“Just an observation, maybe I need different glasses.”
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– Angelo Devlin
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“All the world’s indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another’s audience
Outside the gilded cage”
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– Rush
Are a circular catch 22
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Beginnings
No matter where
The story starts
As it is presented
Has a story
Behind it
Has to be
Proven by a
Process of elimination
Whether it be
Once upon a time or
In the beginning or
In a galaxy far far away
There is always a prior
Background background
While it may seem that
A story starts at zero
There is perhaps an out of
The realm of the picture a
– :01 or even an – aeon, 325 years
20 days, 17 hours 58 min :30
So to speak prior prior
In time context and content
Location and persons which
Both have understood archetypes
Seasonal fluctuations such as
If the story initiates in the winter
The known time-line event was fall
Not a non sequitur season
You’ve never heard of even though
Tbey seem to all blend together now
Likewise there is no end either
While the author may stop
Presenting their fact or fiction
Doesn’t mean the reader has to
In their mind to accept the “conclusion”
Where do you think
Sequels and “pre”quels come from
The infinite mind that is where
Just like you without beginning
Or “ending” …………
Like this one
Which on the part of this aspect
Of this puny player
With an infinite mind
Within the infinite mind
Is “stopping” ……”here”
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“Just an observation, maybe I need different glasses.”
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– Angelo Devlin
