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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

We Get to Choose

 


An illusion conspired
by pathological power figures
and fake news, or
a return to solid values -
we get to choose.

When all the rules
of decency are broken,
it's time to unify,
not quibble
over lucid words
finally being spoken.

An escapee from reality,
his own fixed point,
reincarnated from the 30's -
self-worth puny
but self-importance grand -
his babble increasingly
unhinged and picayuney,
he speaks gibberish
no sane person
can understand.

Two paths stand before us -
dark and light.
Now strength has risen
more than equal
to the fight.
Two paths lie before us,
win or lose:
go back to chaos
or forge ahead -
we get to choose.


for Shay's Word List. 

I am enjoying the current political situation in the US with great relief. I am aware that there are already plans in place to interfere with the election. (I cant understand why such illegal action is not preventable by law.) It is good to feel hope again, and to trust that the response will be more than enough to turn the tide.


6 comments:

  1. I expect that the laws are inadequate because no one could imagine that a Trump would ever take over a major political party in the US. Still, I cannot believe that such machinations would be allowed to stand in the face of the coming decisive victory over Orange Julius.

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    1. Me too. They are more than equipped to deal with the illegalities.

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  2. And I hope this time the right choice is made - Jae

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  3. "..unhinged and picayuney.." I love that, and truer words were never spoken. I have lost most of my faith that any political party or politician will actually deliver us in a meaningful way from the stranglehold of money and conservatism that is killing not just us, but the whole world, yet even I still have hope that the worst can be mitigated, and sheer hate and fear are not stronger than sense and what every human *knows* is right, however they may run from it. A very sharp and well-constructed poem, Sherry.

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  4. Isn't it fitting that he picked a perfect running mate, who can't stop speaking,
    and puts his foot in his mouth.
    Well done, Sherry!

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  5. You have so perfectly described where we sit in this country. I have hope for the first time since the presidential election cycle began we can move into being a better nation.

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