observe and explore

 How about a political party of

the sane, the reasonable, the people

who want to engage in civil

discourse and do the work

to serve the People.

 

 

 

Why compromise in attempt

to gain approval from those

whose values you don't share?

 

 

 

Approval is not necessary for

reasonable cooperation, just that

all sides foresee something to gain.

 

 

 

We love to share our stories

as return gift to true interest.

 

 

 

Each our own hero

But real heroes

are humbly brave

caught up in what must be done.

 

 

Not cinematic theatrics,

bows to applauding crowd.

Running into the fire,

mindlessly mindful --

drawn by a momentary

necessity, thrown through eternity.

True heroes are as their moment

demands.

Each our own hero,

if our moment arrives.

 

 

 

The profit motive's results are

so often perverse.

What better motives might we

pursue?

 

 

 

The Obama era Teaparty movement,

a precursor to Trumpism, was helped

to catch on by the 2009 Stimulus,

which bailed out the banks, but not

the victimized people.

 

 

 

Observing over millennia

Saying what I see

to share and remind.

 

 

 

Random shots

The fire of venom

Why do we try to die

without cause or greater purpose?

Is it because we are taught

to want more than we can chew?

 

 

 

Explorations -- not declarations

nor destinations.

 

 

 

Feeling  feelings

Thinking thoughts

Seeing scenes from my life

Like a movie montage

 

 

 

Assuming moral superiority

while refusing to engage

Ignorance  Exhaustion

the sharp barrier of pain?

 

 

 

there are so many jobs we haven’t even

formed yet to bring us into the 21st Century

and repair what we have damaged,

replace what we have destroyed,

create better options and products and methods

 

 

 

what is it about taking umbrage at

supposed mocking by the educated "elite"

makes some people act politically woefully

against their own best interests and decency?

 

 

 

2/6-2/11/21