"if i forget thee, oh jerusalem....."

but alas.....
i can never forget the teachings and 'veritable gifts' of my people....
for we have been, in myriad ways, bestowed and anointed
with the 'whimsical and historical' 'oils and riches
of GOD'.....
and we now are being called to task....
to save our 'motherland'....
to protect her and shelter her from her vast and
TOXIC enemies....
a land, dripping with 'milk and honey'.....
a land, steeped in 'GOD-LINESS'......
you, my motherland, are EVERYTHING......
i will protect you with my life....

shabbat shalom, my loves...

question at hand...

is there room for 'sunshine and popsicles' when there
exists such 'turmoil' in the world ?
can we....
or rather 'SHOULD WE'
expend every ounce of our
'collective' energy in the pursuit of
'peace' and 'free enterprise' ?
will we miss something,
if we continue to meander down our
'singular' path ?
will we miss the 'gorgeousness'and
'PURE DALLIANCE'
that life can hold,
way down, deep,
beneath the surfaces
of WAR and
"DEMOCRAT GOBBLEDYGOOK" ???

on the other hand....

conspicuously so....

can we afford to remove our
attention from
the 'tension'??

don't they NEED US ??!!

in order to actualize the peace process ??

aren't we integral to the goal at hand ??

has our 'lofty ego' become 'besmirched'
by 'popularity' and 'bully dom' ??
where will they end up,
at the final juncture....
without the 'royal WE ',
present, accounted for,
and very much involved ???
these are deep and penetrating issues
for this early hour of the day....
let 'us' consider....
the consequence of 'non involvment' versus
'OVER involvment'...

and as mercury continues to 'pummel' us into submission.....

with its annoying and flagrant 'retrogation'....
we continue to blunder documents
and lose birth certificates
and miss text messages,
etc....
YES, my loves...
BELIEVE IT....
when the planetary alignment is 'off',
there is really NO TELLING what will happen next....
it would be beneficial to have
'astrological insurance',
set in place,
with regard to these 'peculiar ' aspects....

for example...

if your brand new dishwasher suddenly
breaks down,
and you find that you've innocently
left your wallet at home,
and your computer is running very, very slowly.....
if you cannot find your 'other shoe',
and your kid is left waiting
at school for his ride home...
and your mascara, mysteriously,
dries up overnight.....
if you miss your most important interview,
because it was marked in your calendar
for the 'wrong' day....

you can be CERTAIN.....
AND I DO MEAN CERTAIN....
that
MERCURY IS IN RETROGRADE..

trust me on this one !!

and the responsibility of the 'nation' rests upon the shoulders of its people......

what can we say?
what can we do?
who are the 'ones' in power?
who are the 'ones', after all is said and done,
who hold the puppet strings in place?
(those positioned, in fact,
BEHIND the 'ones' in power) ???
what is power ???
really....really.....what is it?
is it the ability to 'wield'
'anything' and 'everything'
that one deems
'significant',
regardless of consequence?
regardless of CONSEQUENCE ??
how ON EARTH does one achieve
this
very esteemed
level of
'super human'
stature ?
of 'ultimate' platform ?

and further....

once "'said' public figure"(guess who!)
has risen to this lofty and
erudite
'position of VOCAL HIERARCHY'....
how can the people,
'OUR PEOPLE',
be guaranteed that this
'person of note'
will NOT turn his back on us ??
just like that !!
in a heartbeat !!!
this is a painful and perplexing DILEMMA
that WE FIND OURSELVES living with,
'en masse'....
during these 'oddly political'
and "incorrigibly 'disconcerting'"
days of 'angst'
NOT TO MENTION "seemingly diminished 'security'"
as well....

where do the answers lie ??
are they hidden,
among the 'ashes and rubble'
of the
'detonated' pizza parlor??

perhaps the 'backpack'
of the 'young girl
in the long dress'
holds some modicum of
"CLUE"....
DO we need TO search
_beneath_
the
'turbanS'
of
'visiting refugees' ??

alas...

freightening realities are
enveloping the atmosphere
of
"HOPE"...

"YES WE CAN", you say ???

oh, really ????

"YES WE CAN......

.'WHAT'" ???....exactly ??

i'll have what SHE's having !!

a little, fragmented 'happenstance' on rye !
with a side of 'turmoil and coincidence'....
now, there's a mouthful to hunker down on....:))
we think we are SO SPECIAL !!
indefatigable !!
and then all the lego pieces
on the universal cake of
'our truth'
come spiraling and crashing down...
all around us...
and do you know what ??
we have to begin AGAIN !!!
ALL OVER AGAIN !!!
plain and simple as the nose
on 'this jew's' face !
and if we are very, very careful
and clever and
calculating about the
're installation'and 're configuration'
of the old,hackneyed 'lego project'....
and if we can begin to possess
the patience and virtuosity
and fortitude to build,
piece by piece, anew....
well....
i'm here to tell you that......
"IT'S POSSIBLE".....
albeit improbable....
but it is possible to begin again !!
that's all i'm saying...
ladies....
start your engines !!!

so we wait....

and we try our level best
NOT to 'cast apsersians' on those
"less ascended"....less 'fortunate'...(perhaps)...
for after all is said and done,
the simple truth is that
we are NOT "ALL CREATED EQUAL"....
we are poignantly and magnificently 'different',
from our feet to our hearts to our fingernails....
we are, specifically 'DIFFERENT'....
fueled by unique, quantified and qualified 'detail'...
in fact, it is our subsequent 'commonalities',
few and far between...
that actually bring us together at all....
just thinking out loud, my loves....
just thinking.....
about the moves....
contemplating....speculating....
designing the (seemingly)'ad hoc'position ....
attempting to make it appear, always, 'ad hoc' !!
that's the challenge....
appear 'effortless'....indifferent almost....
all the while,
giving it your BEST, CALCULATED 'SHOT' !!!
SHABBAT SHALOM.....

there are those who say....

"that there is no such thing as 'potential'"....
that there is ONLY 'actualized potential'....
it's kind of like dribbling the ball,
but not making the basket....
an exersise in extreme futility....
to be sure....
we waste our precious time....
NOT making the basket !!
and to what end ??
a question with certain
'existential' implication...
the question at hand...
the REAL QUESTION....
is 'why' ??
why do we expend our energy on
mineutia
and silliness and non-fruition ??
there are terrorists out there !!!
for god's sake !!!
there are bombers and guys with grendades....
waiting to detinate the 'superfluous'...
and we are DRIBBLING ???
would that we could move 'upcourt'
with decisive
purpose....
in order to de-activate the BOMB....
ahhh....
contemplation...speculation....
would....should....could....
cracking nuts over the 'chocolate' sundaes of
political indignation....