quests and questions

what does it mean to love a country?

a geographical boundary, a series of histories, a dream, idea?

how does one love chimera?

 

 

 

Evil myths

created by evil men

to excuse and congratulate evil deeds

because:

“They are lesser than us, not deserving

of respect or consideration.

Inflict pain and degradation at will --

they don’t feel it like we do.”

 

 

 

People, so often self-involved,

caught up in our own concerns,

flailing wildly into the air in frustration

or pain, not realizing there are other

people getting hit.

 

 

 

No, I’m not sorry.

Don’t forgive me.

I can’t buy into your game of blame,

wasting our time to make changes we need

to survive. 

 

 

 

A habit of self-annihilation

understood and released

What thots will fill that space?

 

 

 

A fairly open market

with sufficient sensible regulation

to make sure nobody gets screwed

AND

a strong, fine-meshed safety net

such that everybody’s needs are met.

Freely open forums for civil conversation,

community projects, information sharing --

but no disrespect of participants strictly enforced

by time outs.

 

 

 

Luxuriate in the experiences offered by this Life.

 

 

I am no Superior Man

breathing rarified air, up there.

Here on hard-rock land

I struggle to understand

what’s fair; what I can bear.

 

 

 

I am not inexperienced with being bullied.

I have long since learned:

It’s not about me, but abut how you

think you need to feel.

 

 

 

It’s not to be anti, but what are you for?

Not anti-Communist, but for Human Rights.

 

 

 

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