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Equitable

I wrote poetry tonight of sunsets and ponds, worthless topics in light of the state of the world. Just ended a hospital stay...needed to be mellow. But this godawful earth gives me the heebie jeebies. Forced confinement that came with cable t.v. I wallowed in insanity and stupidity that seemed to have no freakin end We are teetering on so many brinks, but what was on? A series about a guy makes a chain of hamburgers on the family name... Watched them play on a lawn big enough to choke a goat, swim in their waterfall pool and frolic in designer clothes. A series about mansions that cost millions of dollars and could each house the homeless population of this town. Freaking carbon combat boot prints. Worked all my life. Me and my three cats struggle - disability does not buy mansions! The world in on a precipice so damn scary God himself can’t tip it back. Korea, Iran and all those Isis bastards that put bullets in the heads of six year-old boys. And they show wanton consumption - reckless regard for the land - don’t tell me they earned their money and deserve to have obscene disregard for others. When the rich have to pay their fair share... when life is equitable and no one goes hungry or sick or without education... Then maybe it won’t be so sickening.
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sherry-asbury
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Jul 28, 2015
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The Mahatma said, "Be the change you want to see in the world."

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