Tag: Art
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Love Romantic and True
This may be difficult for true beleivers in soul-mated, true love to read. The divorce rate for first marriages in the US is 40-50%. Not an encouraging statistic for those who believe in romantic and ‘true love’. The universe doesn’t suffer fools gently… But then, it’s only my humble opinion, based on the experiences of…
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La Sandunga
La SandungaTempus Quartet Sandunga maimbia touca¡Ay!, Madre por DiosCanto palacer félisCielo de mi corazón Si fiego tan tien tango¡Ay!, Madre por DiosDiran que martí mouertisClaven de mi estimación ¡Ay!, Sandunga, SandungaMamá por DiosSandunga, no seas ingrataMamá de mi corazón¡Ay!, Sandunga, SandungaMamá por DiosSandunga you porti di oroCielo de mi estimación Que de lejos he venido¡Ay!…
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Mesquite Dreams
Mesquite Dreams ancient Mesquites lean dangerouslyover the path as if whispering toyounger ones on the other side some copses remind meof groups of people loungingunder lush ramadasgossiping in low tones ‘look at those untethered ones’‘they don’t seem to realize thateverything comes to those who waitthose rooted in the right place’ some remind me of leggyspindly…
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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…
