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a time of venom and cynicism a thousand daggered thorns pointing every direction i keep reading of people killing people often for no other reason than they have means when they feel slighted... everything offends the eye and ears it seems spiritsick, humanity eats its own
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great poem!
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Thanks, Cindy 🙂
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absolutely! ❣️
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A great, hard-hitting piece, Michael. It seems that violence seems to be the go-to these days.
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Someplace along the line, the train jumped off its tracks, and is barreling down the path without rails to guide it. I’m not sure there it will get better before it gets worse, even if I hope that sometime soon someone decides to be smart and put on the brakes before the looming cliff’s edge…
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Maybe going off the cliff is the only way forward now followed by a complete rebuild of the tracks!
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I remain optimistic! Mostly. Kind of!
Oh what the hell…
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I’m British, so optimism=realism and realism equates to pessimism. Say no more.
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🤣
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Those last lines are perfect. It’s so sad how many senseless deaths are in the news right now. All these people killed for no reason at all other than wrong place, wrong time. Itchy trigger fingers, easily offended, too easy to kill.
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I am appalled by it all, wondering when it will end — all the hate, fear, and violence fetishes that drive this machine. When will we wake up from this nightmare of our own making?
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I don’t know, but I hate that our children are growing up in this.
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Yes, the world is ugliest by the minute…
👏👏
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Sadly so, or so it seems.
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J’espère que tu vas bien Micheal… take care friend ❣️
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Slightly crazy, but that’s nothing new.
Hope you are well and take care of yourself, too. ❤
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Oh wow Micheal, this is powerful!
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Thank you 💙
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You’re welcome!
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