Dreamt of a Memory

Lost in thought when

Of a sudden my

Breath caught, snagged

On a memory.

In hills high, a circle

Of my fiercest friends:

Was my warmth born

From the flaming

Hearth or from the

Burning hearts

Encircling me?

Outside, the snow in

Silence fell but

Inside I was

Insulated by the

Wheel of love in

Which I was

Warmly held.

The Source of Strength

"Power is not a thing, it is a state of mind and a social contract between the ruler and the ruled."

"Winning requires strategies and tactics. It doesn't require morality, ethics or shame. Those are qualities that rulers need."

Haiku #409

My veins still run red

Somehow feeding a black heart

That casts white shadows 

Pharmaceutical Phun

As long as cigarettes remain legal there should be no restrictions on any drugs whatsoever. People should not be limited in what they do for recreation as long as their actions do not harm others. And why do people use drugs recreationally? Because they are fun and they feel good, something that cannot be said of many things in a human's short lifespan.

Being In The Now

Let's see if I understand this. History is concerned with the past. When you speak of history coming to an end, what are you really saying? That the past no longer matters? The past has created the present & the present is an eternal now? Has time stopped? That last point seems impossible because time is duration and without duration motion becomes impossible on every level, from the subatomic to the cosmic: the Universe stops. End history and you eliminate the possibility of a future, all from an objective viewpoint. But humans have a subjective viewpoint so, faced with the end of history, with the end of chronology, how can people experience anything? Is the essence of God the fact that "He" exists in an eternal present, and is therefore impossible for we temporal beings to ever understand, impossible to even be truly aware of? The gulf between the Creator and the created can never be bridged.

Wishful Thinking Big

Would someone please
Make the USA
Just turn to dust
And blow away?

Constitution Class

I, while not being a citizen or resident of the United States of America, am a concerned and curious alien. Back during the Trump 1 administration there was enough chaos and confusion to cause both politicians and civilians to churn words about what was and was not in the Constitution and how what was should be interpreted. Two things appeared to be unclear. Do American schools teach civics? Are politicians expected or required to read said Constitution? The ratio of answers to questions was disheartening to say the least. It wasn't my problem but I was curious: how hard could it be?

So I went to Apple's bookshop and downloaded a copy of the Constitution of the USA. For free. So it didn't cost anything and it was in English! How much more accessible could it be? I'm no lawyer but I'm reasonably well educated and I have had to read through insurance policies more than once. As it turned out, reading the document required paying attention but it wasn't a challenge. It took me considerably longer to get the overall gist of that pillar of the American republic. By "considerably" I mean under two hours. If you listened to Ms Miller read the Constitution, you might have heard a certain rhythm to the language. Not a mantra, although if you weren't conversant in English it may've reminded you of a liturgy. But forget my experience, the point of it all is that, unless you are illiterate in English, the Constitution is quite accessible and if you are American, I should think it would be required reading. If you don't know how the System is supposed to work, how will you ever know when you are being led by the nose to the Abattoir That Was Democracy? For the seventh heaven's sake, if you don't want to read it for your own sake, read it for the sake of your children! 

[Sorry, that dragged on longer than expected...]