Tag: Ethics
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Reading The Morning Sky
Reading the Morning Sky A perfect ellipsis of cloudsDot, dot, dot …On a blank blue skyA meteorological signInferring something left outOr more to comeBut unsaid Will cloud calligraphyNear the end of timePaint an exclamation point !Or a large PERIOD . ? Reading the morning skyOver the Santa CatalinasTo see what it may prophesy –LE
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Inaudible Teachings
Inaudible Teachings everybody’s talkin’ at mearound methrough mespinning their perceptionstheir fairytale fictionsof reality not ‘real’ realityjust their’sbased on conditioningthe birth lotteryand wishful thinking find myself wishingthey’d all just go awayfind their silencesit in the momentopen their perceptionsand just feel the day no judgementsno ‘convictions’no dogmas to defendjust open and receptiveto this momentand the universe’s inaudible…
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A World More Kind
A World More Kind unbind, unwindfrom a mostlyunkind day dystopian signsfrom world leadersflood the airwaves cause a clenchinga rigidity in my bodyand in my mind perhaps the long sleeptransmigrationto another plane returning millenia hencemay find a societya world more kind but I have my doubts –LE – 3/7/26
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Passive And Receptive
************************* Let us not thereforego hurrying aboutand collecting honey, bee-like,buzzing here and there impatientlyfrom a knowledge of what is to be arrived at.But let us open our leaves like a flower,and be passive and receptive. – John Keats
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Save Our VA Protest 3/6/26
Three of us held the line outside the Ajo gate of the Tucson VA this morning for the moring shift change, from 6:40 – 8:15 am. Of those I could make out, a good 85-90% responded positively, The rest either ignored us or were preoccupied with other concerns… Only one negative, a ‘bouncing’ thumb down……
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Early March Morning On The Tucson Loop
Early March Morning On The Tucson Loop Gossamer white swaths on pale to dark blue,the sky, an abstract painting in bright hues,the southern mountains silhouetted in sheer mists. Walkers and cyclists dotted the path north to south,most not paying particular attentionto the stark beauty surrounding them. The yellow buds of Greasewood and Mesquitepaying homage to…
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Modern Civilization
Some may accuse me of being a pessimist. I’m not, but some of my poems may seem so. These poems are the result of the mainstream media and the ‘clickbait’ my friends insist on reading to me, even though I refuse to read that incendiary rubbish myself. They are the result of my assulted senses…
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Cognitive Dissonance – A Definition
Cognitive Dissonance – A Definition Standing Rock 2011 – Color photo: https://cynop.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230703_091108.jpg Cognitive Dissonance hallmark of humanityoligarchs marching usto extinction’s precipice claiming we’re all familybut they, the patri and matriarchsbestow blessings only on those who concedekiss the ass, boot, and ringpain and poverty for the rest decry the inevitable backlashclimate, human/animal rights activistsattacking our fascist…
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The Ivory Tower
The Ivory Tower A tall Ivory tower stoodGleaming whiteIn the enchanted woodsSquating on a low hillaglow in theMid-day sun Near its topA dark openingA preditory eyePeering outScanning the path To the wide doorless base Over its high stone railingHangs a thick braided rope ofBlond human hairNearly reaching the groundThick enough to gripFor the long upward climb…
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The Airways And Digital Byways – A Panicked ‘Dingdong’
The Airways And Digital Byways – A Panicked ‘Dingdong’ Airways and digital bywaysFilled with ancient triggersAnger, fear, and suspicionPoint accusing fingersScapegoating those whosePower is little-to-none Hard to discern who to trustLoudest voices in any roomFilled with conviction and bravadoSeem righteous and strongClaim to have been right all alongWith malicious accusations and ad hominems Divide and…
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