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Dereliction drastic: Buying stuff in plastic

Convenient in the moment
to buy what’s sold in plastic
but no peace of mind bestowment
as dereliction drastic:

Pernicious plastic everywhere
in human, flora & fauna cells
in groceries, crops, soil & air
in oceans, lakes, streams & water wells

So kids, shall not be solved by smile
or in cute selfies implore
To be saved from a future vile
won’t work trying to ignore

Parents who do not want to change
is an intransigent force
who shall continue to derange
while say they love you of course

But as their conscience is elastic
their engagement be at best spastic

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Do we all need one to be ‘with’ someone?

Aren’t we idling in the wings
until phone imposes
listlessly until it rings
then all else forecloses?

In hyper connected times
everywhere a free zone
where lights up & crisply chimes
our exacting smart phone

Long gone when dialog was between two
now it takes a three- or foursome to coo

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three- or foursome = 2 persons + 1 or 2 smartphones involved

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Glad to Have You Home

A Limerick on the occasion of Conner, a grandson, returning home to Sunset Hill in Seattle after serving as a paratrooper with the IDF.

There was a young man from Sunset Hill
with many talents & of strong will

As a paratrooper Conner
served IDF with honor

For now, I suspect, he’s had his fill

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IDF: Israeli Defense Forces

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Stand your ground, fire another round!

Others we hate or fear
and regard with derision
We carry guns & sneer
amidst growing division

Facing constant suspicion
we’re piling up the munition
Self-defense our sole mission
sensing no need for contrition

Under the law of ‘stand-your-ground’
go ahead, fire another round!

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Disadvantaged but they managed

We hail from people who had to toil
through ages in bleak subsistence
on some miserly morsel of soil
eking out a grim existence

Disadvantaged
but they managed

Now to ‘consumer’ uplifted
infinitely more stuff
How human life has shifted!
Why can’t we get enough?