Cycling offers peace of mind of highest kind

On early mornings hares small brownish
and turn-on-dime squirrels forage
seen bolting out from bushes clownish
seeking replenish their storage

While with each pedal stroke
I’ve been spared from: Silliness
blared presumption of ‘woke’
as well PC frilliness

One passing rider even got so elated
that she ventured a ‘Good Morning!’: How outdated!

 

Better live forgoing than perish elbowing

Planet now gasps polluted
choked by foul breathing fossil fuel
Cannot be restituted
so who are we trying to fool?

If unshackling from what we’re doing
still leaves Earth drained, parched & heated
there cannot be any undoing
how our children have been cheated!

Even if we’d no longer deplete
and agreed upon zero growth
can we put an end to our conceit
& break away from under sloth?

Maybe try out frugality
which does have a winsome knack
instead of the banality
letting shopping have our back?

Better live forgoing
than perish elbowing

I somrig endräkt

Lösa sköra blad flyta
lätt på vindstilla sjövatten
dess spegelblanka yta
mörk under himmel i natten

I morgons skimmer så skönt
rogivande vindar blåsa
bland nyanser av grönt
svajar grenar virtuosa

Upphängda blöta handduk å baddräkt
vajar på tork i sommarlig endräkt

Intighet, men vem vet?

Är egen inbilskhet
något som hjälper
mot livets intighet?
Nej, svepskäl stjälper

I njugghet
förströdd
av tomhet
förödd

Så mens tvungna i det alldagliga påta
låt us uppriktigt grubbla på livets gåta

 

When weakens solidarity, then widens polarity

Mass media propagandistic
in a nation feudalistic
exaggerates threats terroristic
make us serfs cheer jingoistic

While deeply stirred by populism
we’re held back by cynicism
mightily fearing socialism
truly preferring tourism

When sacking solidarity
we live in barbarity
in punishing polarity
dispatched to disparity

Our cheers ring out chauvinistic
that’s amongst us nativistic