#wherewithal
definition:
the means needed for a particular purpose.
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with two hands,
lift that word to the microscope
for further testing
by my two eyes
but the great synthesizer,
the ole brain,
merges urges to launch
right into
for I am not lacking the wherewithal
at all,
but something triggers
a pausing conditional
……
ok.
…
brain washed, nearly rested,
rip apart the word
where with all,
the poem balloon bursts,
a small, “not so bad,”
localized nuclear device explodes within:
how strange, the word’s components question
it’s very unmeasurable meaning,
*do you have it hidden, the
where~with~all,
where was it buried~hidden, kept?
within, without,
or does it need to cross some militarized border,
heavily guarded?
its contents,
are they meals-ready=to-eat,
ready instantly,
or are your strengths
agglomerated, a conglomerated,
charged to 100%
ready to be summoned up
like reserve forces, eagerly ready for full employment?
If you own
are they all,
sufficient?
will newborn, not quite ready for prime time volunteers
join in the march forward, in raggedy formation?
in order for to make you/them
mutually successful?*
so typically,
The answer to these questions is with more questions,
Gifted from Hillel, who wrote:
***“If
I am not for myself, who will be for me?
But if I am only for myself, what am I?
And if not now,
when?*** <nml>
Nov 18, 2025
Nov 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM UTC
On the far edge of the world there are
fanatics of many minds and religions.
They have uninteresting histories,
jejune existences, and distorted ideas of nature.
Some are belligerent, felony-friendly foreigners.
I’ve never given them a single thought,
because they're nothing to me.
They’re insignificant—living curiosities
and I grant them no more sympathy
than I would a flock of wild birds.
Of course, I’d never wish to harm wild birds
unless they had the wherewithal to attack me,
in inimitable, Hitchcock style.
.
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Songs for this:
Kashmir by by Toni Jevicky
broken people by narcissists cookbook
Bring Me to Silence (Audiotree Live) by Fievel Is Glauque
Jun 24, 2025
Jun 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM UTC