Category: Ethics
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Cassandra
Cassandra How manyCassandrasWill it takeTo makeThe inevitableBelievable –LE – 9/20/26 PS: Cassandra accurately predicted the fall of Troy to the Greeks, the Trojan Horse, and Agamemnon’s murder by his wife and her lover… according to Euripides and Homer…
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Security or Adventure?
Security or Adventure? Well… everybody knows…That there’s no such thingAs ‘securtiy’A con-man’s illusionHis/her mark’s delusion So, it’s adventure thenAs all of life isEven the slow and dullAdventures – tillThe end Where and wheneverThat is –LE
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Better With Age
Better With Age A euphemism forMore expensive There’s wines and cheesesFermented foods out the bejesusAs long as consumedPrior to expiration dates Same for mammals andAll sentient lifeAgain, prior to theirExpiration dates Human intellect and wisdomIf not algorithm-siloedDistorted beyond normalHuman decency and respect But these all haveExpiration datesAge generally improves themTill then … If they exceed…
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Salvation? Profound Rest?
Salvation? Profound Rest? too many bemoantheir experiencesand hardshipsas ifthey played norole in the twistsand turns thehighs and lowsof their lives while lives unfoldjust as they mustbased on the ‘luck’of times and placesof our births our complicityin and withspace-time currentsseals the dealultimately our salvationis acceptanceand patiencesatisfaction withwhat we’ve attemptedand achieved withcontinuing effortsto improve withthe certaintyit’s enough…
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Bygone Friends And Lovers
Bygone Friends And Lovers The muddy and oftenwildflower-strewn paths,sometimes withbroken glass,of friends and loverscome and go,cross, converge,then frequently di – verge. But I remember them fondlyone and all,hoping they’ve foundtheir desiresand their peace,even though it’snot with me,was probablynever meant to be,c’est la vie. –LE PS: Would-a-should-a-could-a(s) are a waste of time, conscience, and creative energy……
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Nested In Masks
Nested In Masks as humanswe areeach of usnestedindozensof layersof masks each layerseparatedby an ego-drivenadhesive layer ofoblivioushypocrisy as one maskfalls awaythe next is revealed the irony isthe harder we tryto reveal ourtrue facethe harderand strongereach subsequentmask becomes truth isthere is no livingin human societywithoutmasking our individualand common truthsare just too hardto swallownot only forsocietybut for ourselvesas…
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Summer’s Last Holiday
This is a repost from a couple of years ago… because it still applies. We also need to reconize and encourage the recent remobilization of labor in this country and abroad. It’s the only chance we have against the ruling class and their lickspittles… less an actual, French-style revolution… Summer’s Last Holiday used to be…
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Tradition
Tradition tradition isa prison keeps us stuckin the gatekeepers’versions of normal always hindersprogress may be goodfor nostalgiabut never blueprint for life –LE – 8/19/26 PS: Based on a lifetime of observation. To be fair, I do like some traditions. But again, for nostalgia’s sake and nothing more…; -)
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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…
