Urban and narative poetry, vbog, personal journal
Why are some women wearing
State issued chastity belts?
Cowardly men,
holding those keys.
Question these men,
They through a bible at you.
But as you duck the last verse thrown,
you see the reasons:
These men fear loss of power and status, an inability to adapt and not recognizing women as full human beings, but as cows.
And yes, to enslave their competition.
Hiding behind false truths….
Can lakes disappear,
water as far as the eye can see?
If lake Michigan drys up, will we see the Ella Fitzgerald?
And Lake Meade has a dirty bath ring, lower by stories.
Which would become scarce first,
the water or the electricity?
What of Vegas?
But no one seems worried.
I cry about,
the amount of polyester
in my clothing.
It is often cheaply made,
Overly glossy,
and likely to catch fire.
I cry about pass foolishness,
often forgetting the wisdom that
it taught me.
But I don’t know my beginning
or end, and thats OK.
I like to keep my head small,
to ensure that I can fit
through the door.
Thousands of Russian troops and armor,
on the Ukrainian border like some Civilization game.
The US, distracted from within by it’s lack of honor,
citizens losing their rights
like rotting fruit.
The homeless grow in numbers, as more chairs disappear and the music stops.
Billionaires buy more super yachts and
bunkers escape to,
But there is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
This isn’t the movie ‘2012’,
but the earth gets warmer still,
the ice still melting.
There are only rough seas ahead.
All the cows and sheep,
All the grains and wool
are gone.
Then we ate wolves and crows,
then all that was left was carbon.
We could not eat our money,
I mean, we ain’t animals!
Basic carbon is for the poor,
Premium is for the wealthy.
Basic carbon looks like two-day old oatmeal.
Premium looks like the
good foods of
old.
Yeah, still the same old
sh!t!
The right to bare arms,
(based your caucasianness?),
against an Government in the image of
Old King George?
But their wearing brown shirts,
their leaders king and queen by
Default,
when they don’t go to jail,
and you never hear the word treason?
Please, pass me the popcorn!
I’m an American.
Hi doggie next-door.
I wonder as you gaze at the rain
fall,
if you’ve ever been wet by it.
The discomfort, the glory of experience
being in it.
Have you ever chased other animals
for your survival?
Likely not I guess.
More likely, you’ve never,
like your ‘parents’ never had discomfort
or failure.
Alas, it is not your fault.
Like your owners,
are well feed
and bred….
I have recently started a life renovation project”, centered on learning new skills and practice.
I mean, the world is getting weird out there, and doing anything that earns money at home has become more than a bonus.
So last year I started using Skillshare.com.
I once I could type 21 words per minute….in the ’90’s.
That was fine for clerk back then, but now I need at least 40 to feel confidence to work at home.
I’m at 17 words words per minute….
Renovations are not easy….
First, let me say Happy New Year!
OK, I have a problem.
I love capitalism.
In fact I first started writing online in 2005, with thoughts of earning an income this way, (LOL!).
And yet, its unfortunate that when people think of capitalism they don’t think of the whole the population of a country as fellow capitalists.
I naively did.
But by not acknowledging the working class fellow capitalists, the economic system comes with it’s built in doom.
Workers are also capitalists.
Denying workers their earned profits is really another term: feudalism.
I do hope all have a prosperous New Year.
First, do we have free will?
Or are the atheists and scientists right?
That what we refer to as free will simply an illusion of our evolution?
And if it exist, is free will a gift from the Gods?
When I think of free will, I also think about who I am, and how having, (or not having) a free will benefits me.
As a philosopher, I consider myself the lowest of mules, and that I rather suck at it.
But I prefer and practice self determination, which I think requires it.
And even if it’s a fantasy found in some holy book, or a concept created to keep the masses in check and subservient, I would suggest that free will is still a must.
Why?
Because among other things, free will allows me to question, well everything, and to use things like logic and observations.
Furthermore, I think free will is real, even if only as a tool like a hammer or pulley.
And to suggest it doesn’t exist, or that it’s irrelevant, robs people blind.
I mean, what would be the reason for laws, or courts?
Who is responsible if insurrectionists who assaulted the US Capitol do not have to see justice because they lacked free will?
Naw, those examples are small potatoes.
What about empowerment or enlightenment?
Free will is a wonderful tool.
I suggest everyone be aware of theirs’ and use it.
Liferaft in the Abyss