economics – Liferaft in the Abyss

Captive audience….a poem.

Watching this play is killing me. The directing and staging are terrible, the acting half-hearted, the plot unbelievable. I was tied to my chair, way in the back bleeding from nose and ears. But I pulled at those ropes, Until I became Free….

NOTES: On Economics

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 asContinue reading “NOTES: On Economics”

11.5.2021

I often wonder at times why I still live in a racist country that is also said to be the leader of the free world. That statement above is so laughble that I wonder if it’s worth writing about. Then I wonder what does ‘freedom’ mean? Freedom can’t mean that it is allowable to restrictContinue reading “11.5.2021”

Essential Worker, a poem.

We….. ….get up before dawn, eat, shower and take mass transit to work, if we are lucky…. We…. cannot work in the safety of our homes, Working for the minimum wage. No hazard pay or wealth incentives or federal/state support, always exposed to Covid_19. We could die leaving our families and estates poorer for patriotism?Continue reading “Essential Worker, a poem.”

I never knew….a poem

Detroit, where everyone was econocally free and the towers stood proud and free, Where people could work for themselves to express their passions,and such worries a silly sitcom. Racism didn’t exist and healthcare was free. HIV wasn’t heard of because it was cured inthe 70’s likePolio in the 50’s. I visited the moontwice: on businessContinue reading “I never knew….a poem”

11.19.2020

Been wondering how to help a certain fog slowly boiling in a pot of water. When I look at the fog, it’s eyes are glazed and far off, and it appears its consciousness is not at home. I’m the fog, along with 7.8 billion other fogs. We work, (some of us), we starve, (again, someContinue reading “11.19.2020”