Not Poetry. Quatrain Verse in English & Swedish. Dagsverser. On the Mundane & the Arcane.
Acquiesced to the Upper Classes
propagandized, maligned Masses
now fawningly fall for Fascism
turn foot soldiers for Barbarism
Incited by The Leader’s rants
join jumbling frantic forces
while shrewd sycophant fancy-pants
play on God-owned golf courses
Still some seem surprised, haplessly forlorn
Had we not seen enough be to forewarned?
When our ignorance willful
then a shortsighted stance
As excuse may be useful
still a poor traction prance
Any sensory input
if contradicts our emotion
experienced as hard put
obstacle to own promotion
A most treasonous act
to let into own domain
logic, justice & fact
so we repel with disdain
thus ducking away from Reality
while cowardly spouting hyperbole
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-willful ignorance = the practice of intentional and blatant avoidance, disregard of facts, empirical evidence and well-founded arguments because they oppose or contradict our own preferences or beliefs
How hastily they faded
the 1920s jaded!
Now roar the 2020s
optimism restoring
but in unequal plenties
with AI faith soaring
But hurricanes rage, forests burn down
with neo-Fascism on the rise
civil & economic breakdown
in cruelly volatile guise
Now misruled by kakistocracy
brought us humiliating lows
mired in horrific hypocrisy
to suffer unknowable throes
Anytime soon now The Free Fall
which we won’t be able forestall
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1920’s = the ‘roaring twenties’ with its boundless optimism about the future
A ‘Me First’ stance keeps us shielded
but locked up in insularity
might a wider scope have yielded
engaged, heartfelt solidarity?
What we don’t wish to see clearly
shall hold us back severely
If we’re sorry, regret dearly
but late for that, sincerely!
Feigning concern of the odd thing
perhaps a posting with verbal sting?
We’ll Tweet, on Facebook take a swing
but not prepared to enter the ring!
While for change with real world traction
what’s needed: Hard nosed commanders
capable of strong hands-on action
Not Twitter storms by bystanders
Like those among us effete screechers
hiding away in online bleachers
Society facing its undoing
sorely needed: Radical renewing
Distraction
no substitute
for action
quick, resolute
Yeah but, not that I’m inertial
leave me live my life commercial!
Is a modicum of intellectual curiosity & rudimentary due diligence more than can be expected from today’s fantasy & entertainment-addicted consumer (erstwhile ‘citizen’) prior to his or her opining?
Many cohorts numb & glum
suspect the intellectual
kvetch over mere modicum
woefully ineffectual
with cursory curiosity
gone awry tortuosity
they pummel in ponderosity
lacking in luminosity
Dim vision, grasping history badly
they won’t suffer facts or logic gladly
For a while and of late
many a hair-triggered spate
of much deep-seated hate
been spewing out of the gate
With good manners dispensed
in righteous ire
ugly crowds get incensed
set themselves afire
But hard of course, at the ball, not to prance
when you’re the only one who knows to dance!
For a while and of late
harsh hair-triggered spates
of such deep-seated hate
spews out of the gates
Lashing out unseemly
in rancor, anger
Haranguing extremely
in cocky clangor
As each ‘elite’ just knows they know best
no need listen to the smarter rest?
Now when on tenterhooks
being yelled at in stentor
our anxious tender hearts
need help from truthful mentor
To find one with the smarts
depth beyond in books
Not picked by trowing darts
nor going by looks
Who’d imagined campaigning for President
would turn into an inane circus event?
Never mind campaigning for President
has turned into an inane fake event
While one cheats in golf putting
other flinged racket in tennis
indicative, off-putting
of their deadly menace:
Benito Mussolini
full blown fascist, brazen
‘Donito Trumpolini’
proto-fascist, phase-in
Their egos dysplastic
spur their speeches bombastic
Their jaws jutting
language crude
postures strutting
manners rude
Died in ’45, Benito
while Donald lacking circumspection
not even close to finito
so runs again for reelection
Because both such slickers
brash, ignorant & tacky
they attract boot lickers
minions in millions, wacky
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-dysplastic = growth larger than normal
-golf, tennis = here: Don’s & Ben’s respective favorite sports