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‘They’ used to be plural, now procural

Outrage of neoliberalism
seems to have taken the backseat
(as well the fear of proto-fascism)
for the ‘neo-pronoun elite’:

Stray on the neo-pronoun path
where they self-righteously prance
we risk get mauled by minions’ wrath
in their identity dance

Their chase for the proper pronoun
shall seemingly never slow down

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Not invigorated, hope debilitated

At early dawn released, relieved
from limp grip of shallow sleep
coming to on planet aggrieved
facing day’s challenges steep

Not invigorated
mind, conscience shaky
hope debilitated
legs & joints achy

These days sleep since too long adulterated
each morning feeling more attenuated

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What me yield? Don’t you see I’m large-wheeled?

At those pedestrian crossings striped
cantankerous drivers of ‘tanks’
impatiently stopped, while sometimes griped
about walkers’ deficient thanks

Obsequious must be walkers may
it’s in U.S culture, of course
prevailing attitude holding sway:
Need respect only size & force!

Thus most backward to yield
when we are the large-wheeled

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‘tanks’ = here: ever larger cars, SUVs et al

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A tech sage at 23 that’s me

At 23 I’m a sage
have flown convention’s cage
Doing great, thanks, on Life’s stage
have long since turned the page!

So what, my social life is a wreck
why even try to act mature
as wasted when working in high tech
who’d notice, so where’s the allure?

but would you even have a hunch
what size my paycheck & free lunch?

 

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Say more with less by cutting to the core

Spouting loud & prolific
those quips brought up galore
be they seldom specific
can still inflict ‘earsore’

As quips propound they obfuscate
do not frame for clarity
but contrarily dissipate
lack focus on verity

While attempts quatrain verse
to cut to the core
to speak sparsely & terse
Such contrary chore …

… to fit into rhymed space
with some semblance of grace