It does no good to
denigrate yourself
for belonging to a
privileged demographic.
Rather, take sincere
inventory of your behaviors
toward others – and DO
better.
A secret passageway in
my bedroom closet
leads to an entrance to
my friend’s apartment.
I sneak through when no
one is looking – I hear
my family in other
rooms.
At my friend’s we speak
of drinking wine.
Another friend (we were
irl many years ago, and
look as we did then) is
there as well, and we decide
to go to a
bar.
Having decided, in the
way of dreams, we are at
a roadhouse bar where
we engage in flirtatious
conversation with some
guys and decide to all go
elsewhere.
There is a wide expanse
of empty dirt road and a car
out what would be about
a block away, our destination
to get to our
destination. Between us and the car
is a wide pit maybe 10
feet deep. Everyone gets past
the pit but me. They
call for me to come on as they
get into the
car.
I am stuck on the lip
of the pit closest to the car, hanging
on to not fall in. I
can’t lift myself enough to get onto
solid ground. I keep
pushing to get out, but don’t have
the strength. I think
about letting go and dropping to
the bottom – and, in
the way of dreams, I experience that
drop and realize it
would be even so much harder to get out,
so don’t let go of the
lip.
The others seem to be
in the car, unaware of or ignoring
my
situation.
1/10/20
Employees, people who
give their time, their labor to
fulfill your ambitions,
ought to be deeply respected
and gratefully treated
for their gifts to you.
You may say: They are
being paid so it is the employer
who is giving – but are
you?
Are you rather setting
your class apart as more worthy,
nickel and diming to
death your metaphoric golden geese?
Are you benefitting
from this world of propaganda that
cuts people down,
divides and big lies to keep so many
from realizing how they
could do so much better working
together for their own
dreams and ambitions?
Perhaps you would do
well to consider the consequences
of your conceit, make
amends, become true friends working
together for everyone’s
best ambitions and well-being
before you become the
designated enemy of the people,
lose their gifts and
good will.
1/10/20
