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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Good Intentions
Good Intentions Pavers on Hell’s roadSo they sayGood intentionsAnd righteous dismay Not bad, nor evil per seJust subjective likeWould’a, should’a, could’aWith no there, there Kinetic energy, coiled But no place to goNo physical releaseJust greased potential Most actions are reactivePlanned and controlled onesSeldom grantedIntention vastly overrated –LE – 12/3/24
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We’re Only Human, Right?
Only Human vaunted humansmerely a strain of primateswith opposable thumbsand the ability to thinkabout the future, andthinking thinking about thinkingover-thinking? thinking based on perceptionsas is all thinking, butnone possible without sensesand perceptions of pastevents and future expectationsbased on them but all perceptions capable oferror and missing the realityor ‘truth’ of any and allexperiences … the…
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I’d Rather Go Blind
I’d Rather Go Blindby Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa (originally by Etta James) Something told me that it was over, baby, yeahWhen I saw youWhen I saw you and that girlAnd y’all was talking Something deep downSomething deep down in my soul said“Go on, go on and cry, girl”When I saw you, when I saw…
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Alibis Abound…
Alibis Lives full of alibisDeny responsibilityCulpabilityPoint the fingerSomeoneAnyone elseThe blameWe have ourAlibis Our socialCognitiveDissonanceIntellectual dis-HonestyPuts the lieTo progressiveAnd conservativeClaims ofHumanity –LE 12/31/23
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Truthful Memoirs
A True Memoir ~ Mostly mental gymnasticsput yourself backin time towho you and theywere thenbut withhindsight perspectiveevaluation andintrospection attempt to be fairto yourself andthose who accompaniedyou througheach of the physicalemotional and psychicalfeatures of yourhistorical arccradle to grave memoir needs apersonal perspectivebut realistic truthfulevaluation of timesand events leadingto the writing nexusit should not bea historical romancenovel…
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Life, A Spell Cast In Colors
The Colors Spell of Life emotions color thewhole-cloth of our livesis love white, pink, perhapsblood-red… loveone degree north of hate is avarice the greenof envy or does greenindicate a love of natureall fauna yet anotherdegree of love anger may be crimsonor perhaps ultravioletrage just low energysegments of the colorspectrum woven in so we sing the…
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A Quest For Magicians
I’m in the mood for a little fantasy today … so tired of our everyday drone of ‘reality’… —LE Magician’s Quest wish upon a star forthe din of wolves frolickingfor lost mysteries and dragons with cold steel held captiveby even colder magic, tied tothe crimson mists of ravensong with the blazing backdropof the unquenchable sunwith…
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Natural
Natural If we are part of nature… and there’s no real reason to think otherwise,then, what is ‘natural’ and what is not? Isn’t the whole universe ‘natural’,evolved through the ‘laws’ of its existential nature? Then, intelligence and ‘artifice’ in all their formsare also part of nature, and natural. So, what is ‘natural’ and what is…
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Pivotal Judo Match – A Memoir Memory
Judo Match When I was preparing for my Sandan test,had to compete in a rank tournament togain more points for my advancement. This was my first match, and I needed to win.My opponent was my rank, but younger,fast and agile; he mounted the tatami with confidence We took our starting marks and bowed.The ref said…
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