Tag: Ethics
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Another Memoir Memory
Crush On A Greek Goddess Antoinette my half-hour violin lessonfollows her’sI’m sitting in the professor’swaiting room – hiskitchenhis apartment’s mainroom – his studioI hear her playingbeautifully my turnshe comes out aGreek goddess tallclassically beautifullooking only at the kitchenexit to the hallwayshe heads straight forit looking neitherleft nor right knowing of my crushshe purposefullywalks by ignoringthis…
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First Loop Ride In May
First Loop Ride In May Bright clear cerulean skySol’s long morning raysDapple shadows the whole wayTo El Camino del Cerro‘The road to nowhere’ Most of the way The dry riverbed exudesLush verdant treesWho’s roots must runTo the river belowGone subterraneanA century ago Sadly Homeless campsIn the riverbedHave exploded exponentiallySince we moved hereA short few years…
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Valhalla Calling
Valhalla Callingby Miracle of Sound – Performed by Voiceplay Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohOh, oh, oh, oh, ohOh, oh, oh, oh, ohValhalla callingMe Ships on vigor of the waves are skimmingBarren summits to the verdant plainsEach horizon is a new beginningRise and reignFar from the fjords and the ice-cold currentsRavens soar over new frontiersSongs and…
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Fusión Música
Listening to a Fusion of Melodies and Rhythms Beats Antique bass note shakes the houselike distant thunder rumblingeerie hollow violin stringsscratchy vibrationstaut bow slowly draggedacross themexotic finger cymbalsand toe-bellsrhythmically accentthe oboe and saxlyre-strings plucking outthe counterpointpainting a dreamy sceneIn the sound of athousand faces in beatsantique –LE
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Yes, Still Pushing My Buttons
Yes, it’s still going on, never seems to end; takes a short break from time to time, but resumes unerringly at my most fragile times… Drive Me Mad drive – me mador wild – insanemundaneall the same harassing loudfour-wheeloff-road on theroad wheelies abound dogs barkingin every yardpass the rage onbarrio hounds some are not intuitiveor…
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The Big Con
The Big Con riverbed filling upwith the blueswhites and redsof homeless camps with ‘liberated’ shoppingcarts randomly strewnthrough the camps andtheir ragged peripheries the ever-increasingcost to society of thesale of the public sphereto private interests the billionaires but as good consumersmust only see whatour owners’ publicistscon us into seeing though most seemto swallow the liein our…
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Tucson In April
Tucson In April vistas that mesmerizecolored in shades ofdesert brownsgreens and grays explosions of yellowsdapple the hillsideswashes and dryriverbeds plus a bright skyof dazzling blueafter the light rainsa few nights ago brought freshnessto the brush and treesnew iterations of DesertMallow and Brittlebush plus the sunny dispositionof Desert Marigoldslining mixed-usepaths and roads –LE – 4/22/25
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Success?
Success? If propagating the speciesIs a mark of successThen, that I amHaving bread children And in the processI’ve not killed or injuredAnyone mortallyThat I know of As for improvingHumanity’s lotContribute my meagerInput the best I can In the long viewWas it worth the effortAnd occasional pleasuresFuture generations will decide Don’t want to go outWith a…
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The Wellerman
The WellermanPerformed by Alina Gingertail There once was a ship that put to seaAnd the name of that ship was the Billy o’ TeaThe winds blew hard, her bow dipped downBlow, me bully boys, blow (Huh!) Soon may the Wellerman comeTo bring us sugar and tea and rumOne day, when the tonguin’ is doneWe’ll take…
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