dlbassman politiku journal 2024
(updated 100224)
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january
i figured out why
i can.t find things - i forget
what i.m looking for
why i can.t find things
zen without the zing
mindfulness without true aim
slippery the slope
freedom does not mean
freedom to deny freedom
to those who differ
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a contentious dam
overarching a village
was dynamited
the village flooded
who was to blame - the builder
or the terrorist
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february
intuitively
obvious - masses are swayed
by massive untruths
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lying on my bed
a pool of ectoplasm
trying to take form
put your hand just so
on the wandering of mind
and the pulse of life
if you look ahead
just one move in this chess game
thats enough to win
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(to whom we surrender )
islam your name means
surrender - your fie'ry core
is jihad - wage war
to the one inside
surrender - who gives to us
the light of wisdom
war on ignorance
love wisdom and become great
we are all muslim
there needs be a truce
to end a mounting bloodshed
so unnatural
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how can they exist
amoeba.s and damselflies
with no one to see
dragonfly
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march
on the battlefield
on the front line of the fight
the old folks face death
odd police training
too many killed without cause
- shoot first ask later
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a fatal disease
- intolerant ignorance
infects our nation
a homicidal
candidate threatens bloodbath
come this november
both have just one cure
cleaning house regularly
at the polling booth
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april
does g-d move in waves
- or particles - or is she
everywhere at once
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what numbers the most
- useless thoughts coursing the mind
or stars in the sky
who can stop thinking
- its not possible to do
noam sez no-one *1
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to meditate or
swallow an elephant take
one bite at a time
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may
youngster among stars
octogenarian earth
fights for survival
neither fire nor ice
but poisonous smokestacks
ring the death knell bells
malthusian law
will not be overcome by
our technology
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june
across the border
to the nations of the south
build bridges not walls
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bump stocks now legal
- the supreme court paves the way
to insurrection
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don.t throw away
the price they paid
on d-day
d-day paratroopers
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(interpretation from maurice laurry,
vagabonds of the sea)
pity those unmoved
by nature - or unruly
in history.s school
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reflections on aging (2017 - 2024 )
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aging
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the war in gaza
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gaza
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july
the supremes forgot
the prez can be guilty of
various high crimes
this is the basis
of impeachment to remove
sitting presidents
does their ruling mean
biden can imprison trump
for seditious acts
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20 percent duped
30 percent are far right
trump is danger close
showing off his gun
waving his weapon around
the fool shot himself
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(bidens decision)
biden don.t worry
what g-almighty might say
he / she is your fan
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august
shady bench i asked
to share - she blew me a kiss
i felt the impact
the improbable .....
the universe winked at me
we shared a sweet joke
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september
alexander won
his last campaign far away
from his native land
wounded elephants
cost king porus the battle
- crushed his own army
lesser kings than they
have beasts they cannot control
driven to frenzy
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(never trust a dog
that ain.t your own)
jesus once said give
unto caeser - tho you.d best
be somewhat keerful
i trust the sages
who illuminate the way
and reveal the light
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( a paraphrase / quotation from alexander
von humboldt (1769 - 1859) naturalist and
explorer):
by one breath nature
is animated - one life
pouring into all
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october
haiku songs
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haiku songs
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*1 a tip-o-the-hat
to noam chomsky, linguist