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That’s it for tonight.

benion Grieving a wasted life At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to re-elected in contrast to standing up for the reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades greater good? were devoted to protecting America. Sacri A compromised Supreme Court recently fices were made both by myself and my fam- trotted out a shallow token standards of Ily in military service. The tip of the spear: conduct for themselves. Apparently it's Countless weeks over the years were spent not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people? living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since. way?" The purpose: if required, be airborne Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un- in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly: of interest abound. The rule of law is situ- ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet- ational if adhered to at all. America can no nam provided a brief interlude, but overall, longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of this long line of silent sentinels stood firm power and wealth driven by unquenchable to protect America by deterring external greed has left service above self and Con- threats to our freedoms and way of life stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued Recently the VA said exposure to Agent with a sense of service. Orange is the probable cause of the can- I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than military pilots to have significantly higher founded on mere beli…

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

In 1942, the American President opposed censorship because books were weapons in the fight against tyranny.

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A screenshot of a poem. The poem reads: Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

From “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

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Serenity for you 

Have FUN!!!!!
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Alas!

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Bee in a red to orange ombre long sleeved dress, in a squat pose in front of a green SheaMoisture backdrop

One thing about me? I'mma hit a squat pose.

She is me. ✨✨

The only consolation I hold on to is, I voted for Kamala and the state of NY did too.

Don't Hesitate, by Mary Oliver. If You suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. It. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.

My wife shared this today. She is the best.

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THE COMMITTEE WEIGHS IN I tell my mother I've won the Nobel Prize. Again? she says. Which discipline this time? It's a little game we play: I pretend I'm somebody, she pretends she isn't dead.

I love this devastating piece from Andrea Cohen.

Kelly Rowland, ladies and gentlemen.

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“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”

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I Feel the Earth Move
Carole King and James Taylor ‧ 1971 m.youtube.com/watch?v=UpF6...

Going back on Friday 😭

KIFARU LOUNGE on SUNDAYS! Am SOLD!

Mimi pia

Coco Jones and Victoria Monét

Amen 🙏🏾

e MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 1929-1968 Injustice anywhere is a threat to jus-tice everywhere. Letter from the Birmingham jail. In the Atlantic Monthly [August 1963]

We’ve arrived friends.
Midweek is with us.
Set your mind at ease.
You know what needs to be done and how to do it.

Be kind. Be you. Be well. Be doing. Be glad. Be excited. Be more. Be true. Be real. Be honest. Be well.

Take no shit.

Remember, a day is only lost if …

Song When having something to do but not yet being at it because I’m alone, because of you I lay down the book, & pick up the bed & move it around until it is where it is what it is l am doing that is the something I had to do because I’m no longer alone, because of you.

TRANSCENDENTALISM TOM SNARSKY If I hold a bird back from greatness if I tell the sea the secret of who I wish I was maybe it’ll break my cover. I’ve been incognito as the wind for decades bane to insurance men & little pigs, willing accessory to song

for #smallpoemsunday, here’s “Song” by Ted Berrigan and one by me from @postcardlit.bsky.social :)