Dread Poets Sobriety

Good day, faithful readers! You are dearly appreciated and welcome, as always! Going to be a quick one here, just blasted through 5 lessons of the advanced Excel course I’m taking and my eyes hurt. The things we do for a silly piece of paper or a couple/ few letters.

I did want to take a quick moment to address something. I’ve had a few people on my ass for not commenting about Palestine and Israel. Funny, nobody ever cared when it was Ukraine and Russia. Regardless, these are global issues well outside my locus of anything let alone control. It is increasingly difficult to source accurate or god help us unbiased media and sorting through all the lies, obfuscation, clickbaiting, rage posting, bias and on and on and on is unsustainable. I care deeply about the loss of life through preventable tragedies, most notably war. I’ve lost sleep, appetite and very much peace of mind overthinking these horrifying situations. And for the record, I am not Palestinian, Israeli, Jewish or Muslim, I have zero personal connection to these events, but my empathy is (perhaps too) strong and I often am unable to banish such thoughts when willed. So please do not message me or comment that I shouldn’t write until addressing the bombs being dropped on children for which we are helping pay. I am WELL aware. This page has rarely delved into political matters though if you read consistently it’s fairly clear where I stand on most issues. We will leave it at that, thank you.

I forgot I wanted to address that and it’s rather taken the wind out of my sails, so here’s a poem. Enjoy, don’t enjoy, send me death threats to make yourself feel better about whatever bullshit you choose to pass on to others. After all the lessons (Excel not life), ((maybe life too)), frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.  

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Pyre (Jan 19/24)

Perplexingly distant face 

With penetrating stare 

Piercing harshly time and space 

Fixed to despotic glare 

Facing down universes 

Bluffing and poorly so 

Resistance intersperses 

Another failing throw 

Eye to eye across vast scape 

Neither concedes a blink 

Perplexing unwinding shape 

Faster than one could think 

Now consumed the other turns 

And shifts aside its gaze 

With victory winner burns 

In awe-inspiring blaze. 

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Let’s leave it there for today, eh folks?

Thank you so very much for reading and being a member of this little community. You are sincerely appreciated!

Happy Trails and Waggy Tales!