may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Sunday, November 14, 2010

AGE OF AMBIVALENCE

Walmart gives poor wages and worse benefits
yet their gas is still this town's cheapest
Bouffant Governor an arrogant selfish narcissist
Yet he talks up Texas with a necessary positive mythos
Road closures slow down gridlocked traffic daily
yet freedom of assembly is cornerstone of our democracy
Gold artificially inflated as dollar deliberately devalued
yet QE2 is seen as liquidity assist (sans productivity)
Hatred is directed at all political incumbents
yet tea party activists scramble for public office
RIGHT TO LIFE go round shooting doctors
"Compassionate conservatism"cuts unemployment benefits
Education is piously defended while all budgets are shredded
Prisons bulge with non-violent drug offenders
while medical marijuana specialists offer quality services
Heterosexual marriages 50% divorce-yet gay marriages still banned
"Don't ask,don't tell"witch hunts lose qualified military personnel
Sex"education"means keeping adolescents in ignorance
while teen motherhood and single parenthood become epidemic
Junk food and colas promote diabetes,yet are served in schools and prisons
Propaganda replaces news,while comedians enter politics
and living poetry becomes a rant of unresoloved dilemmas
THIS IS THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS!

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