Category: Ethics
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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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Empty Coffee Cup
Empty Coffee Cup Coffee cup is empty…Again.How many’s that today?One, two…ten? I guess I’ll make more…With cinnamon or chocolate, Or perhaps evenIrish cream… Or do I want my usualJust plain, no additives Strong, deep, and dark The color and consistency of My back-lit heart? –LE
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Alibis Abound
Alibis Lives full of alibisDeny responsibilityCulpability Point the fingerSomeoneAnyone elseThe blame We have ourAlibis Our socialCognitiveDissonanceIntellectual dis-Honesty Puts the lieTo progressiveAnd conservativeClaims of Humanity –LE
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Save Our VA Tucson – 5/22/26
Save Our VA Tucson Protest – 5/22/26 Four of us anchored the picket line from 6:30-8:15am for the morning shift change at the Ajo gate of the Tucson VA. Responses were similar to the last few weeks, with about 80-90% definite positives. The others were mostly oblivious or noncommittal. There were a couple of obvious…
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Memorial
I met Ray McNiece at a poetry reading, commemorating the Kent State Massacre of May 4, 1970, at Brady’s Cafe in Kent OH, right next to the Kent State campus. He read the first two stanzas of this poem that night. He composed the second two stanzas a year later. We went to see him…
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Think? For Yourself
Think For Yourself Isn’t it ironic that we’re so often told to think, think, think for ourselves by the same institutions, political and social leaders (our gatekeepers), while at the same time they bombard us with ‘suggestions’ on what and how to think (their vested interests propagandas)? How’s a ‘thinking person’ (all of us, who…
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Mid-May Morning Ride
A Mid-May Morning Ride On The Tucson Loop Bright morning sun40 degrees of the eastern horizon Mountains in pale silhouetteNorth, south, and east The mountains to the westBright, jagged and sharpFacing the sun in the eastLike the ragged incisorsOf some carnivorous feral beast Four coteries of weiniesAlmost always in a big hurry A few leisure…
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The Devil Is An Angel Too
The Devil Is An Angel Tooby Janiva Magness Well, you look just like an angel, you sound so bright and true,You seem so sweet coming down my street, but the devil is an angel too,The devil is an angel too.Somehow you seem familiar – haven’t I seen you before?Got a different name, but is it…
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Save Our VA Tucson Protest 5/15/26
There were only two of us anchoring the picket line at the Ajo gate for this morning’s shift change. We walked the line from 6:30am-8:15am. There seemed to be a little less response this morning than there had been for the last several weeks… perhaps 75-85%. There were only a couple of definite negatives, a…
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Mid-May Morning Ride On The Tucson Loop
Mid-May Morning Ride On The Tucson Loop Rode out under another pristine skyNot a single cloud shading Sol’s eye The sandy Santa CruzOnce again, bone dry The season of yellowOn pause or at an end A few faded Brittlebush blossomsFluttering pale yellow in the gentle breeze In the High Sonoran ‘dry season’Between the winter rains…
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