Category: Ethics
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My Youngest Sister
My Youngest Sister My youngest sistertook her final breaththis morning aroundmidnight We were never closetoo many years between usour worldsbut intermittent glimpses Hersof a working single momdivorced and independentstood on her own in her far-off home Now she’s gone before her time She should be writing these linesnot mea distant brotherfar older There seems no…
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The Assurance Of Hubris
The Assurance Of Hubris looking back at my long lifeand what big and small decisionsI’m able to recall I seldom thought my ‘choices’could be so detrimentalsure, some I could guess but most were made under duressforced by circumstancesbeyond my control when I remember my journey’s coursetrying to banish remorsecan’t seem to find a brighter place…
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The Boys Of Summer
The Boys Of Summerby Don Henley Nobody on the roadNobody on the beachI feel it in the airThe summer’s out of reachEmpty lake, empty streetsThe sun goes down aloneI’m driving by your houseThough I know you’re not home But I can see you-Your brown skin shinin’ in the sunYou got your hair combed back and…
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Save Our VA Protest – 10/10/25
Save Our VA Protest – 10/10/25 There were only 4 of us at the Ajo gate this morning. But responses were very good, unlike last week. We only had one negative response from an apparent maga diehard nut, whose assumption seemed to be that anyone out protesting, even if to save the VA from privatization,…
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Another October Morning Ride
Another October Morning Ride rode out this morningunder a gray dappled skyfifty shades ?more like four or fivethe fifty reserved for justificationbackbone of human pride only a few walkers and bikersout on the Loop so farperhaps they took the rainforecast seriously only a few spittlesout and backthen once homea little pitter-patcool my fatiguedmuscle mass old…
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I Had A Friend
I Had A Friend in our journey from birth to deathwe cross paths with multitudessome walk with us for a waysthen leave for different by-ways sometimes our paths cross againbut the rivers we treadand the persons we becamekeep changing, not the same even deep emotional connectionsdiverge, thinning to nothing orsplitting by social pressuresconditioning and misunderstanding…
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Eye Of The Storm
Eye Of The Storm in the eye of the growing stormthe calm you’d expect, suddenly gonefrantic anticipation the new norm hurricane season is upon usbut our leadership so schizophrenicdaily explode division and chaos swirling thermal vortex strengthseems to go completely unnoticedin the jaded halls of power with denial … the driving force –LE – 10/6/25
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Ongoing Self-reflection
Ongoing Self-reflection I continually try to be here and now, in the present moment. But sometimes, the present is not the enlightening inspiration one would like. For example, in that moment that you are accused of things that are not only inacuate, but the farthest things from your actual mindset or thought processes. This happens…
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October Morning Ride
October Morning Ride pristine blue overheaddesert panorama bathedin golden sunshine long shadows layacross the crowded pathjoggers and bikers galore someone said, “must be trainingfor an upcoming event”their huffing, puffing, and sweating but Occam’s razor might suggestthat it’s just a beautiful morningenjoying outside’s cool morning air roadrunner startles medarts across my path aspigeons flock overhead again,…
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The Future – Now Past
The Future – Now Past Conventional Sands of time in the hourglassThe future passing through nowBecomes the past Or The future flows down time’s riverWhitewater’s raging furyBeneath the bridge of eternal nowInto memory and the downstream past Or Less Conventional Past present and futureEbbing and flowingFully encompassedIn the eternal now –LE – 9/21/25 PS: These…
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