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John Prophet Jan 2024
Corruption
Corrupted.
Easily
corrupted.
Humanity.
Variable
factor­s.
Poverty.
Greed.
Genetically
predisposed.
Financial
imperative.­
Hands out.
Palms
greased.
Look
the other
way.
Nothing
wrong.
Nothing
to see.
Just a
little
money.
Moving
things
along.
Getting
things
done.
Money.
­Easy
money.
Business.
Political.
Sell out.
Humanity.
Corrupted
to the
core.
Beware
the sirens.
Sirens
of greed.
Once
corrupted
no going
back.
Selling
out!
Deep
inside.
Inside the
soul.
Darkening.
Justifying.
Just
a little
money.
No one
will know.
What’s
the harm?
Darkens the
soul.
Forever
corrupted.
Innocent
no more!
John Prophet Jan 2024
Adjustments.
Evolutionarily
adjustments.
Societal
adjustments.
Hi­storically
slow paced.
Absorbable.
Mind
confronts.
Slow
waves of
change.
Eons
passed.
Generation
to
generation.
Incremental.
Mi­nimal
convulsions.
Speeding up.
Internet.
Social
media.
Information
wiz bang.
Out of
control.
Light speed.
Societal
mash up.
Mind
boggling.
Hyper
speed
change.
What
once took
decades.
Happens
in days.
Mind
bending.
Stretching.
Reality
unhinged.
Tearing
percept­ion.
Mind
altering.
No
going back.
What was,
was. Gone!
Seat belts
fastened.
Turbulence
ahead.
John Prophet Jan 2024
Dynamics.
Human
dynamics.
Organization.
From the
start.
Pecking
order.
Exerting
control.
Top,
bottom
organizat­ion.
Power,
privilege
resides
at the
top.
Always
been.
Few
controlling
the many.
Tools of
control
evolved.
Today.
Those who
control
technology.
Information.
Garner power,
wealth
unimaginable.
Enter the
era of
Techno Barons.
Vice gripe
control.
Hearts and
minds.
Bow
to the
Lords,
power.
The more
things
change
the more
they remain
the same.
John Prophet Jan 2024
Aging.
The obvious.
The
not so
obvious.
Easy
to see.
Aging.
Ravages
of time.
Breaking
down.
Failing
of the
machine.
Stooped
posture.
Wrinkled
skin.
Moving
slow.
Judged
­by
appearance.
Over looked.
Dismissed.
Shallow
observation.
Not so
obvious.
Easily
missed.
Maturity
of vision.
Vision
refined.
Refined
by years
of toil,
experience,
pain.
Maturity
hammered
and honed.
Pounded
into
form.
Can’t be
known
till it’s
known.
Wisdom.
Takes time.
Trial and
error.
Wisdom
attained.
Not born.
Earned.
The young.
Can’t know
what they
don’t know.
Until they
do.
Takes time.
Takes
aging.
John Prophet Jan 2024
Beautiful
Rosie.
Ten years
to the
day.
Rosie
came
home
with us
1/4/14
and
departed
1/4/24.
A beautiful
little soul.
She
will be
sorely
missed.
So sad.
Just felt
the need
to memorialize
her in
this simple
way. 🐶😔
John Prophet Jan 2024
Coming
to be.
Befuddling.
Matter
coming
together.
Congealing.
Spinning
up,
­fabricating
life,
consciousness.
Bewilderment.
Contemplation.
Mea­ning.
Explanation.
Why?
Point?
Unfathomable.
Reason?
Can find
no reason.
Looking up.
Looking out.
Looking
deep
inside.
Nothing!
Personal
existence,
essence.
How to
explain?
No reason.
All,
that
fell into
place for
personal
existences.
Beyond
knowable,
understanding.
Boggles
­the mind.
Miracle
of the
soul.
John Prophet Jan 2024
Upheaval.
Arrival.
Sooner
than
anticipated.
Sentience.
Machine
sentience.
­Instant
access.
Global
accumulated
knowledge.
Integrated.
No control.
No stopping.
Genie
unleashed.
Changes
everything.
Civilization
rearr­anged.
Unimaginable
difference.
Humanity
dumped
on its
head.
Loss
of jobs.
Loss
of control.
Upheaval.
Unprecedented
upheaval.
Oblivious.
Lemmings
to­ the
cliff.
Like
nothing
seen
before.
Prepare.
Over the
horizon.
Brace for
impact.
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