Tag: Ethics
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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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Take It To The Limit
Take It To The Limitby The Eagles All alone at the end of the eveningWhen the bright lights have faded to blueI was thinking ’bout a woman who might haveLoved me and I never knewYou know I’ve always been a dreamer(Spent my life running ’round)And it’s so hard to change(Can’t seem to settle down)But the…
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Resistance Is Futile
Resistance Is Futile We are the Borg(the establishment)(the billionaire elite)(the ruling class)(your ‘betters’) Your essence will be absorbedinto our mindless collectiveYou’ll do as you are toldbarely exist on our crumbsbreed when you’re toldpresent your youngfor cannon fodderand wage-slavery You’ll be entitled to nothingany ‘rights’, just privilegesassigned at our whim Resistance is futile –LE – 2/24/26
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Reveling In The Sickness
Reveling in the Sickness eye for an eye justicethe hallmark of authoritarians:fascists, one-true-faithists,and patriots of any stripe ‘conservative values’the worship of authorityand fear of changepunish anything different only appropriate punishmentsfor any infractions are oldtestament eye for an eyeand death as the kool aid drinkersrevel in the sicknesshanging and burningthose of us who resist who see…
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Here And Now
Here And Now away from thetrials and tribulationsof future expectationsor past regrets away from expectationsof family and friendssociety’s gatekeepersand our own ego’s frowns based on fear and angerover past ‘slights’or anxiety over futuremaybes or ‘mights’ just here and nowbreathing in and outopen to all around meexperiencing what is here and now –LE – 2/21/26
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