Tag: Art
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Identity
Identity All human Identify isBased on storiesStories we tell ourselvesBased on the storiesHanded down to usSince the beginning ofHuman communication It’s how we establishOur reality These stories are basedOn the selective informationWe call ‘facts’Our vested interests intact Since there are no such thingsAs ‘facts’Just perspectivesAgreed to byHumans in charge The ‘winners’So to speak But In…
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It Doesn’t Matter
It Doesn’t Matter whether it’s Social SecurityMedicarethe post officeor the VA the only reasonto privatizeis to give our moneythe public’s money(tax revenues)to our leaders’crooked friendsin the private sectorand on Wall Street private sector ‘efficiency’ is a mythdoesn’t existnever didjust capitalist propagandato keep the rich richand those in powereven more powerful wethe ‘unwashed masses’can go to…
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Excerpts From My Annual Birthday Meditation
Each year on my birthday, I meditate and deeply contemplate, not only the last year, but the whole of my life so far (that is, all that I can remember), how I got to where I am and my feelings about that… This year, that happened while I was taking my break from posting. So,…
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Witch-tree
Witch-tree Which tree isThe witch-tree? Ahhh… it’s plain to see. Obviously, the oneWith that ghostly presence Clinging to its bones. –LE – 8/15/26
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Nothing There
This will be my last post for awhile. I’m taking a little break; and I don’t know how long it will be… Nothing There Looking around on any given daySurveying what human civilizationHas wrought, the consequence ofOur deepest philosophical thought A tear forms in my eyeSpills and slides down my cheekRaise my hand to wipe…
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Santa Catalinas
Santa Catalinas under a cerulean skysharp shadows definevertical and diagonalridges and cutaways the stark, austerenorthern boundary ofthe Tucson basinpainted in pinks and graysthe long rays of sunset then disappearghosts in the darkidling over the sleepingcountryside long beforehumanity thrived and will remainlong after we’re gone –LE
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Guilt
Guilt Guilt like ‘sin’Inventions of societyOf human minds NOT spiritual truthNor mandated by any godWhatever you perceive it be Merely human inventionsJust like the restOf human society –LE Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is…
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Mid Spring Sunny Day Haiku
Sparrows’ songs sunshine,vapor trails across deep blue –dried-out worm… Sol’s prey? The sun’s dream, burningmy shadow on gray concrete –goat-head thorns abound. –LE
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Good Intentions
Good Intentions Pavers on Hell’s roadSo they sayGood intentionsAnd righteous dismay Not bad, nor evil per seJust subjective likeWould’a, should’a, could’aWith no there, there Kinetic energy, coiled But no place to goNo physical releaseJust greased potential Most actions are reactivePlanned and controlled onesSeldom grantedIntention vastly overrated –LE
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Words Have Power, Are Magical
Yes, words have emmense power and are magical, the spells, the incantations, the plots, the cajoling praise, the intentional behind the scenes machinations, that ultimately helped generate sapiens rise. Words Are Power, Are Magic all words have power whenspoken or written in context Latin or other ancient tonguesare not required only used to confuse andexclude…
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