Friday, September 4, 2020

days of our lives

 People, please,

own your needs, wants, values,
attractions
Experience you with exuberant passion
Now
 
 
 
In a sense the mythologies
that make up racism are seen
as ameliorating the evil of people
treating others badly
because they have a rationale,
even though that rationale is
irrational, based on false information.
 
 
 
Is Trumpism the most popular religion
in the US today?
 
 
 
We could be using our modern
communications abilities to
figure out better methods to
perform democracy.
Instead, we pick mean fights
over parties and candidates
far removed from our real lives.
 
 
 
Those scenes we again, again review
What we have done, should if we could
re-do.
How those magic hours, brought back
to exult, exalt precious power
happiness imbues
Traveling memories, tourists through
these self-narrated,  curated dramas --
not cautionary tales
or subjective lesson plan --
trailing images that are our lives.
 
 
8/29-9/3/20

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