Common Sense

Abstract Still Life –LE – Watercolor on Multimedia Paper 6×9″

What is ‘common sense’ but what benefits the majority, the planet, and all its inhabitabts.

Common Sense

We’re always advised to use it
but not to abuse it
what’s ‘common’ for one of us
not necessarily so for the rest

like everything else in existence
common sense evolves, changes 
from one generation to the next, 
often unrecognizable decades hence

but for the ruling classes, the
economic elite, the status quo
IS common sense for their
vested interests against the rest of us

everything in the universe is subject
to entropy, all systems mineral, organic
political, economic, including
‘common sense’

since everything is in flux, we
can devise a more nuanced
a more beneficial sense of what
it means to be common sensible

something that uses logic and
intuition and creative thinking
to resolve our mutal personal,
social, and ecological problems

build a healthy, sustainable environment
for all of Mother Earth’s inhabitants
not prioritizing the vested interests
of the demagogues, ‘elites’ in their own minds

–LE

El Pueblo Park Tucson –LE – Monochrome-Madness, Color Photo: https://cynop.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230623_073720.jpg

3 responses to “Common Sense”

  1. Well stated and really enjoyed your last two verses:
    That is a smart plan of action…and do-able.

    “something that uses logic and
    intuition and creative thinking
    to resolve our mutual personal,
    social, and ecological problems

    build a healthy, sustainable environment
    for all of Mother Earth’s inhabitants
    not prioritizing the vested interests
    of the demagogues, ‘elites’ in their own minds”

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