Tag: Commentary
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Pandora’s …
Pandora’s Box Pandora’s boxOnly filled withBagels and loxSwimming inChaos dustBut the boxHas no lockWhat the While back at itsSprawling cageThe parakeet chirpsAnd the dog barksWith no reasonNor rhyme…Chirp bark chirp barkChirp chirp bark barkOnly ceases inPandora’s chaos dark Boycott ImmoralityOh! such banalityOn whose moralsDoes the boycott hingeYou, me, perhaps LokiWhims of Norse or GreeksDon’t worry,…
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A Morning Meditation
In My Morning Seat sitting meditatingmorning dovesoutside my windowhoo-hoo-hoooohoo-hoo-hoooowho-who-whooooo sitting meditatingtraffic cacophonya few streets awaybackground staticthrough wind chimesimminent rain signs bathe sunbaked groundswildflowers bloombeside cactus spineshillside climbs can stillhear the chimes resonatingsitting meditating –LE
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Zen Garden – Three Of The Multitudes Of Variations
Gravel rocks and sandPrimaries for zen gardensRaked to ease the mind –LE
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The Air That I Breathe
The Air That I Breatheby The Hollies Lyrics If I could make a wishI think I’d passCan’t think of anything I needNo cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no soundNothing to eat, no books to read Making love with youHas left me peaceful, warm, and tiredWhat more could I askThere’s nothing left to be desiredPeace came…
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Mortality Meditation
This is an old one, but in light of recent conversations, I thought to clarify my thinking on the matter…a bit… Though, others’ speculations are just as likely as mine – 1/14/26…; -) Mortality Meditation The older I get, the more I seem to consider the end of my journeys around old Sol, especially when…
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January Rose
January Rose January roseOne of two amid the thornsStrong scent fills my nose The thorny bush bloomsIn Tucson’s mid-winter chillTwo pink buds unfurl Pink bud on displayA sweet scent, all pervadingThe rosebud opened –LE – 1/13/26
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Shadow On The Door
Shadow On The Door There’s a shadow on the doorFeel like I should know itIt does look kind of familiarSeems to moveWhenever I do Light seems to surround itComing from a source far awayBut something interrupts itSomething’s in the wayAh, it’s only me Always seem to beIn something’s wayRegardless of the dayWhere perceptions hold swayInconvenience,…
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Distrust
Distrust Distrust names the gameLeaders betray us for gainOur demise and pain Once you are betrayedYou are never quite the sameTrust, a fatal aim To overcome itCompassion must take the reinsAs empathy plays But Never trust MandarinsTheir appetites unsatedDon’t care about us At all, only wealthPower and their own statusThe elite, the ‘cream’ Trust and…
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The Losers’ Lament
A study in irony that most of us have probably experienced… If Only – The Losers’ Lament if only I was handsome/pretty born a financial genius or just with loads of money I’d be happy, healthy, contented instead of frustrated and demented circumvented fate is stacked against me it should be plain for all to…
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Painting With Sand
Sand Paintings Haboobs gone a strayColored sands, percussion laidMandala-raising Red, blue, yellow grainsSandblasting my open mindMandala gazing –LE – 1/8/26
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