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The wise do not form opinions.

They either know a thing as demonstrable fact,

Or they decline to draw a conclusion.

‘Poring’ is to examine something very closely.

‘Pouring’ is to empty a container of liquid.

You’re angry.
I can see that.

Your problem is that
Your anger

Has been professionally
Redirected

So that your actions
Serve those

Who create the circumstances
That are making you angry.

Which makes you
More angry.

‘Alumni’ is plural

‘Alumnus’ is its singular

October 22, 1844
The Great Disappointment

The kookiness has only
Just begun.

Dam Rapture
Predictors

Now my ear worm
Is stuck on

‘Stayin’ Alive’
(Bee Gees, 1977)

It’s like…

A really slow dance

With a very tiny partner.

Behold!

The sissification of
Corporate America.

"The truth that can be told is not the eternal truth; the name that can be named is not the eternal name."

—Lao Tse

Maybe they should try more bread.

And a different kind of circus.

sins aren't sticky notes
you peel off yourself
and stick onto someone else

projecting your own sins onto someone else doesn't absolve you of your own sins

#oddlymne #art of #writing #poetry #micropoetry
#PoeticWisdom
#DeepThoughts
#Accountability
#SpiritualGrowth
#Truth
#totheonewhoneedstoknow

“Why on earth would a man raise a hand against himself…?”

You can look
Without seeing,

But you can’t
See without looking.

Colbert speaks
Gets fired
Wins Emmy

Kimmel speaks
Gets fired
…

I am reminded of
Will Smith in Men in Black,

Screaming, “EAT ME!”

At Edgar,
The giant alien cockroach.

Hear, hear!

“That’s him,” she said.

So…

It’s the gamers who will save us?

Review:

Owning Manhattan - Netflix

Can’t we all just agree to be done with prancing narcissists?

#reviews

Poem: The plum you're going to eat next summer, by Gayle Brandeis The plum you’re going to eat next summer doesn’t exist yet; its potential lives inside a tree you’ll never see in an orchard you’ll never see, will be touched by a certain number of water droplets before it reaches you, by certain angles of light, by a finite amount of bugs and dust motes and hands you’ll never know. The plum you are going to eat next summer will gather sugar, gather mass, will harden at its center so it can soften toward your mouth. The plum you’re going to eat next summer doesn’t know you exist. The plum you are going to eat next summer is growing just for you.

The plum you're going to eat next summer.

From @webbish6.bsky.social s book Flare, Corona: bookshop.org/a/862/9781950774920

#poem #books #writing

#POTENTIAL

To live up to your potential,
proper timing is essential;
line your ducks up in a row,
preferably five generations ago.

255th #vss365

From Yeats, The Second Coming:

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."

Seems pertinent.

I’ve noticed in recent years that people almost always leave off the last word when they say ‘as soon as possible’ or ‘as much as possible.’

They don’t seem to notice, and no one ever mentions it.

One deception begets another in tragi-comic progression.

“There’s a sucker born every minute,” Mr. Barnum assured me gravely.

The Bible says…

…and THAT’s why YOU should hate THEM and vote for ME!

Agreed.

Perhaps, however, there is still a place for ‘alot’ in dialogue, to indicate a certain sort of frenetic speech pattern.

Hmm…tough one.

You get two for the price of one with Succubus Lys, since they are technically demons.

Cyborg Lys allows for lots of cool toys, which would be good for some girl-on-girl action. (Vibrating mecha-tentacles?)

But Siren Lys probably leaves room for the most versatility, plot-wise.

Once upon a time, there was a man who insisted on walking everywhere backward.

He was so sure that his way of walking was the only right way, he refused even to glance over his shoulder to see where he was going.

One day, he walked backward right off the edge of a cliff, killing himself.

The end.

I don’t usually respond to political posts on this platform, but this was so well spoken and accurate that I can’t help myself.

It takes great courage to speak the truth, especially in the current environment of weaponized diatribe.

Thank you.

YEAH! You go kiss the shit outa that boy!

Is killing us.