Monday, December 17, 2018

2018...Yup...

As with everything before, as we draw near to the close of 2018, a look-back appears to be in order....
What a time in the world.....
So much unrest...
So much division...
Starving people...
Starving nations....
The FLU...
E-COLI...
Romaine lettuce ??? Whaaat ???
Relationships flitting by as if they were pureEPHEMERAL energy....paper thin....
Fleeting moments...
Expended energies...
Energy Vampires...
Sucking the life outta you....
Kids with ISSUES.... REAL ISSUES....
Adults with MIND BOGGLING IMPEDIMENTS....
knocking randomly at your door...
as if they were BIBLE SALESMEN....
Preachy...
Armchair quarterbacks EVERYWHERE...
All Indian Chiefs...… NO BRAVES....
Sunshine on the regular...
No seasons to speak of....
Ecclesiastes would've been MISERABLE in Florida....just sayin'...
The "season" thing....
And yet....
ORDER is within reach somehow....
within the bandwidth and guise of DIS-ORDER....
higher realms suggested....
REACHED...
Social Justice...…….UN-REACHED.....
So...
We move relentlessly forward as our forefathers....
with our veritable packs of INJUSTICE glued to our shoulders..
And we hear RIFFS of that GREAT FREAKING MUSIC of 2018 somewhere in the distance.....
And so it goes....
2019...
WOW....



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