Because they are
Glued together with
Delusional thinking
Bound by what works
In successive moments
In linear perception of
Time and circumstance
Quickly disassembling
After purposes served
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“Folks, it’s time to evolve. That’s why we’re troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything’s failing?
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It’s because, um – they’re no longer relevant.
.
We’re supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?
There’s another 90 percent of our brains that we have to illuminate.”
– Bill Hicks
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Fully knowing that now
Where do we go from here
Must let go of the sand
Passing through the
Hourglass of eternity
Our hands are dirty
Clinging to what worked
Trying to repeat again
For neither rhyme or reason
Save illusions of security
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“There must be some kind of way
out of here, said the joker to the thief.
There’s too much confusion,
I can’t get no relief.”
“All along the watchtower.”
– Jimi Hendrix
Logic is a gift from God
Much more so than a
Filialcidal sacrifice
Which defies and denies
The gift of love and logic
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Still people get attached
To the disturbing notion of
John 3:16 King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Why, cause it is in a book
Rather many books
With slight variations
Exponentiating interpretations
Closely examined is manipulations
The fear of death is natural
To have everlasting life
Is merely a carrot on a stick
Getting many to believe is a trick
At its simplest defies logic
Denying God’s gift is tragic
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“By the essence and nature of existence, contradictions cannot exist.”
“Hugh Axton”
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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Perhaps, but…
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There’s time to live and time to die
When it’s time to meet the maker
There’s time to live but isn’t it strange
That as soon as you’re born you’re dying…
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…and reborn again??
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– Iron Maiden
“The Clairvoyant”
Works on the principles of coincidence
Observed as a synchronicity of events
Satiating a need to believe
In a benevolent being
Justifying coordinating words
In elusive requests
Or generating gratitude
Of said events of synchronicity
Perceived in a way
That aggrandize the ego
That in this infinite universe
An invisible male dominator god
Perched on a golden throne
Above the clouds
Is paying special attention
To any one individual
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“Pretty neat deal, huh? You know how we got it? We made the whole fucking thing up!”
– George Carlin
Of Tucker Carlson for
Revealing that Bloomberg
Is 17 X as rich as 45
Just out of the blue
Like a political
Freudian slip
Granted it was in
The context of
A news story
But still
The unwritten policy
Of all the friends at faux
Is that the lips are to be
Firmly planted
On the unclothed
Emperor’s arse
Good luck Tuck
It went by quick
Maybe 45 was
Tweeting his latest
Treasonous tweet
“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.”
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– OBI-WAN KENOBI
1-43 White (1789 – 2008) 219 years
44 Black (2008 – 2016) 8 years
45 Orange (2016 – 2020) 4 years
46 Rainbow (2020 – ?)
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Go Pete go
.
If for nothing else
Nothing else at all
At least
The guy can speak
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So yes, it is out of
Pure self interest
That my ears will
Quit bleeding plus
Dry up the tears my
Soul’s been weeping
Ok, that might be a
Little exaggerated
But you get the picture
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“It is what makes it scary when you think how old most of the people who run this f@#! %g country are.
There’s a minimum age to be the president, there should be a maximum age to be the president as well.
I wouldn’t mind having a 25 year old president. Sh!# would be weird, but it would at least go forward.
– Doug Stanhope
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Mayor Pete 38 (close enough)
Let’s move forward
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Not exactly a
Resounding reassuring
Campaign slogan
.
“Vote for Pete”
“He can speak”
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However given the current
Leadership degradation of
Morality, decency, diplomacy
Not using the office for personal gain
It is at least one step above
.
” Any Functioning Adult “
” 2020 “
Broadcast into your living room
Or the satellite radio in your car
Well placed words mining the mind
Like a carrot on the proverbial stick
Down a dark yet primrose path
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Constant and consistent
Pervasive and persuasive
Detrimental and disturbing
Suspenseful and suspending
Rationale and reasoning
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Like an electronic crying of wolf
That we should simply ignore
No matter how often we check
The danger simply does not exist
Lest we be the slaughtered sheep
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Cliffhangers meant to keep people
Focused on the distraction
Instead of guiding them
To their birthright divinity as
Evolutionary sublime experts
When you are a kid
That is where
You are put
As an adult
That is where
I wish I was put
Enjoying the
Laughter and creativity
Fun and spontaneity
Inhibition with regularity
Instead of hearing
Medical maladies
Political tragedies
Workplace woes
Can’t touch your toes
Alzheimers uhm (forgot)
Still better yet to
Get a much longer table
Remind the elders of
What they were able
Eat quietly while dining
Absorb the lights shining
From young-uns smiling
Without life deciphering
To an intended audience of one
Along with 45’s cult (base)
Not only do I want
To hear both sides
I want to know
The inside and
The outside
But nooooooo
Like our
Alleged democracy
There is only
Left or right
Right or wrong
Allies or enemies
Masculine or feminine
Chaos or catastrophe
Up or down
When the sphere
We are on
Of which we are
Its spawn
Has none of that
No matter
The direction
We are headed
It follows a line
Back to ourselves
The narrow casting
Is getting more focused
Only to discover we’ve
Been hocus-pocused
Into a singularity of thought
Whether doing the dial dance
Or pressing the programmed presets
Always looking for balance
Nuanced perspectives
That hopefully enlighten and inform
But noooooo, that’s not happening
Merely opinions based on conjecture
Forecasts foisted in fear of facts
Malignancy instead of mindfulness
Shouting as opposed to searching
Noticing that one side (fox) isn’t
Any better than the other side (msnbc)
Both gearing their material for their
Audience as a way to keep them both
In concentric instead of connected circles
Meanwhile selling the same products
Between well scripted dialogue
Saturated in subtle suspense
Fooling the viewers / listeners
That what is coming up next
Absolutely can not be missed
Accomplishing the same goal
Hooking one in make purchases
Wasting the earth’s resources
Hocking (intangible) tangibles
(A better night’s sleep) aka new beds / sheets
(Safety and security) home video surveillance
(Magic money) suing pharmaceuticals
After profiting enormously to have
Enough left over for the talking heads
At least one side got their employees
Seemingly from broadcast schools
The other from schools of shouting
Just a reminder for “shouting” Sean Hannity
Shouting will not
Propagate a truth
From a lie
No matter how loud
Or how many
Times it’s repeated
We are all criminally complicit
Whether detractors or defenders
Kneeling at the alter of consumption
It continues because it works
Honing new skills each administration
Hunkered down in a den of iniquity
Why? Cause you can’t fight city hall
We’ve given away our power to the thems
With no clear way to take it back
Save some internal revolution
That transcends external authority
Guided by love, laughter and truth
Instead of the cruel rule of law
That adheres neither to rules or law
Merely the whims of the enforcers
Looking at the world through a windshield. 