dlbassman politiku journal 2023
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january
opportunity
missed - congress forfeits their right
to vote their conscience
sometimes its better
to let go of my concepts
then put faith in them
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february
you take a person
who was never taught to swim
- one day they may drown
yet more enchanting
than our collaborations
are our emotions
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march
focussing on light
within - lesser thoughts resolve
into confetti
i stumble for words
how to describe my feeling
natural - apart
i.m an amatuer
member of society
my calling is truth
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april
consider your fate
mesmerized and etherized
by prophets of hate
no matter how high
you rise on a throne of gold
your life is a lie
hate and oppression
are two sides of the same coin
conjoined at the hip
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may
bad news for ai
programmers are swarming down
a dark rabbit hole
in the crypto age
trillion dollar coins make sense
- may the lord help us
traffic past my door
sounding like the oceans waves
lapping on the shore
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june
g-d of our nation
with liberty and justice
for all - where are you
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july
a dog attacked me
though on a leash - the owner
seemed to be not sane
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august
i sometimes feel like
my life until now has been
an embarassment
practice to practice
don.t give up before you try
its lonely sometimes
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september
(from a psalm of moses)
numbered be our days
so that we may cultivate
a heart of wisdom
the saints and sages
learned the language of the soul
so must you and i
the hypocracy
of enslaving a people
to make them better
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october
hidden in the night
a ladder fell to the road
on came the big bike
the four horsemen ride
unbridled - only the blind
can fail to see them
let all fanatics
stand down - our hero.s are those
who trust humankind
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(nw haiku gathering 2023
- seabeck, wa)
the indian trail
along the wooded river bank
stories of my mom
i drift into sleep
meet people i have not known
see places unmapped
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nov
can the horrid price
of war be compensated
by a heavy heart
dogs and cats can play
together - people can learn
how to co-exist
dogs and cats
of what was once was
i can't tell - a catalogue
of books of fiction
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dec
far away the wars
are just a clap of thunder
that i do not hear
thunderous crashing
i can not hear - my nation
arouses herself
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"vermin" - hate.filled rants
reflect the image he see.s
thru his looking glass
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(a paraphrase of machiavelli)
great gifts the lord gives
- much ingratitude we show
our benefactor
