Category: Ethics
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Small Change
Small Changeby Tom Wait Well small change got rained on with his own .38and nobody flinched down by the arcadeand the marquise weren’t weepingthey went stark ravin’ madand the cabbies were the only onesthat really had it madecause his cold trousers were twistedand the sirens high and shrilland crumpled in his fist was a five…
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The Primordial Ooze
The Primordial Ooze darkness is growingand I’m oldso what to doone thing onlyfight the growing darkstrike a sparka match a candlelight a bonfire spark it whereverthe tinder liesmake daily choicesthat brightennot darkenour collectivefutures don’t be deceivedall actions have impactsmostly somewhere in betweenever brighter futuresand dystopian dreamsdark superstitionsreverse evolutionsliding backinto the primordialooze –LE – 2/11/26
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Where Am I — Are We?
Where Are We – Am I? a matter of perception, meditating at oneor fighting, kicking, and screamingregardless, ends as do all things entropy’s final dissolution yes, some flash-out, burn-out, peter-out, wink-outfilter-out, turn-out, poop-out, but mostsimply end in Elliot’s infamous ‘whimper’ so it seems –LE
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Words Are Spells
And now, let’s return to a topic I’ve broached before, Mages and Sorcery, based on words and their usage, the power behind Sepians’ rise. Words Are Spells from their beginningswords painted mental imagesdirected actionsmanipulated emotions since primal beginningsmany languages were bornlived and diedno longer spoken nor replied and now, new words addedsome transformed, reinventedwhile others…
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Odd Socks
Odd Socks.. the conundrum of odd socks we don’t know where the mates go get washed together somehow some just disappear a solution a kind-of retribution buy all of the same color stay under the social radar already marked as odd for anonymity is the only freedom .. –LE – 2/4/26
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Save Our VA Protest – 2/6/26
Only three of us held the line at the Ajo entrance to the Tucson VA for the morning shift change, 6:30-8:00 AM. The responses were between 75% and 80%, with only a couple of negatives. One guy rolled down his window and screamed, “F*** NO!” … I think… that’s what it sounded like, the best…
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Humanity’s Social Evolution
Humanity’s Social Evolution Roughly one-hundred-fifty-thousand years agoSociety resided in small family-linked groupsHuddled around little fires in cavesAnd is secluded spacesHunter-gathers with some small toolsAnd minor artifacts defined us Then came the Agricultural revolutionCombined with animal husbandryAlso the age of copper tools and weaponsAllowed societies to establishMore permanent camps and townsAnd eventually cities The bronze and…
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Stream Of Consciousness
Stream Of Consciousness The stream of Consciousness is never-endingExcept for the short lapses of deep sleepAnd death for individuals (Memento Mori) But even in death consciousness streams onAs sentience explodes exponentiallyAdding to the Universe’s conscious ‘streaming’ May ultimately end in entropyAs the Universe dissipates into nothingnessConscious streams and rivers evaporating Memento Mori… –LE – 1/31/26
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Badlands Preacher
Badlands Preacher He prowls the desert sandsSoundlessly ambling betweenSaguaro, Agaves, and sand-devils He’s a sixth sense for moralityA gun for the wickedA crucifix his holy license The sun beats downHe stalks an evil denBut a mirage in the end –LE – 1/30/26
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Save Our VA Protest 1/30/26
Six of us were on the line at the Ajo entrance to the Tucson VA for the morning shift change. It was cold enough that I could see my breath in the air for the duation. Two visitors from Minnesota stopped by to chat with us and relay information about what’s happening there. They are…
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