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Freed from solidarity! ‘Freed’?

Through Neoliberal contortion
said to ‘free us’ from solidarity
we thrash about in self absorption
in loneliest of insularity

But the ‘freed’ claim is specious
far from innocent gaffe
nor is the claim facetious
since on us is the laugh!

If we don’t fight together
that fierce One Percent Bunch
for sure (not about ‘whether’)
shall devour us for lunch!

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-One Percent Bunch = the Power Elites (more like ‘point one percent’) who are stealing our economic, social and environmental commons, by the methods of Neoliberalism

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Erudite by keyboard taps light

“Hey, just some quick research on the Net, and I’ll hold my own against any expert in any field! Advanced degrees & years of practice is just for the slow learner!”

Many a Net acolyte
goes from sheer neophyte
to solidly erudite
by mere keyboard tap light!

Thus she or he presumes
by unique prerogative
to learn from iffy fumes!
Ain’t that too rebarbative?

Not just naively superficial
but to sound outcome prejudicial!

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Jumping to conclusion

Claiming to be percipient
while jumping to conclusion
on what’s merely incipient
shall at best stir confusion

If you think you understand
try hold off til explained
Spouting answers beforehand
shall appear featherbrained

Dismissive impatience
hangs out with complacence

 

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Past images coming to mind, or not

When munching on bread:

Flowing fields windswept
the rustling grain
soggily it wept
in bursting rain

When sipping coffee:

In heat shimmering
ripe the red beans
glowing glimmering
on hillside greens

When walking on a wood floor:

Stately tall the trees
branches sweeping the sky
swaying in brisk breeze
reaching where eagles fly

While when looking in the mirror:

My old face has since long been cast
recalls not the youth of its past

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Falling asleep & waking up together

At night as become the rite
we blessedly tether
Then before the dawn’s scant light
we wake up together

We shall find comes daybreak
that the harsh world is still there
but jointly to partake
shall be easier to bear

We’re feeling supported thus bolder
when completed by each other
Watching over the other’s shoulder
glad to be here, nowhere rather

While one of us one day
may shiver alone
we shall suffer what may
But not bitter cold:

for by The Past’s glowing embers
warmed, as he or she remembers