b78 (4.10.2017): smart bomb (you came from heaven)

smart bomb (you came from heaven)  ^[1]

by bursti n. ginair

smart bomb (you came from heaven)

you brightened up my night

you dis-located evil (and you showed him left from right)

smart bomb (you came from heaven) you’re a sight for all to see

but what went wrong? (our future, gone)

my kitten, daughter, me

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• written by a mom, watching a newscaster describe the launching of tomahawk missiles as “beautiful…” 

…but suddenly realizing that this thing of beauty, in addition to "bursting in air," has landed on top of her living room.

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[1] martino, joal. (4.10-3.17). smart bomb (you came from heaven).  book 78: dark days. © 2017 by joal martino. 

  

b78 (3. 18-2.2017): stoopid is as stoopid does

stoopid is as stoopid does  [1]
by h. u. mandoing

alternative title: ignorance ain’t bliss

ignorance ain’t bliss
thoughts have consequence
thoughts lead to beliefs (leading to acts that make no sense)
leading to a nightmare that we wish there never was
ignorance ain’t bliss, and stupid is as stupid does
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·        this thoem is not inspired by politics.
·        it is inspired by a life-form that values itself above all others: a vampirical cancer that cannot see itself in its own projection/reflection.
·        a species that has apparently lost its ability to practice the art and science of introspection.
·        a mass of lemmings, allowing a few (powerful) leaders to steer us off of a cliff.
 
…but here’s a secret:
·        the leaders have no power that we do not freely give to them.  they (shockingly enough) need us.
 
 

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[1] martino, joal. (2.18-2.17). stoopid is as stoopid does. book 78: dark days. © 2017 by joal martino. 

B78 (1/28/2017): reporter billybob v. kellyanne

reporter billybob vs. kellyanne (it’s no contest):

[reporter billybob] “kellyanne, uh, this morning… mr. t. tweeted about his, uh, breakfast, and..."

[kellyanne, cutting him off abruptly, and frowning] “first of all, billybob, that’s an unfair question.  we all know that the obama administration and the liberal media have ruined breakfast for centuries..."

[kellyanne: smiling, grudgingly] "…and furthermore, a former president shared sausage & cheese omelets with other women…"

[kellyanne: smiling painfully] "…and everyone knows that bernie wants everyone to treat everyone else to free, endless brunch."

[kellyanne: smiling, sharply] "…beware of socialism!  egg farmers… be afraid!!  in fact, that’s where the word “chicken” originally originated!"

[reporter billybob]  "but..."

[kellyanne: smiling, smugly] "…but to answer your question, he always means exactly what he says about the wall… except when he uses alternative facts." 

[reporter billybob]  (chuckles)

[kellyanne: furling brow, frowning, and increasing the decibel level] "…are you laughing at me???!!!  i’m going to have to re-think our relationship!  the egg is on your face, now, billybob!" 

[kellyanne: smiling, half-heartedly] in any case, it’s your own fault if you took him ‘literally’ – because we all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day……next question!” 

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from book 78: dark days.  

b77 (2.14-1.2016): Love life

life: the inevitable result of complex chemistry ^[1]

by s. cien tific 

alternative title: Love life

millions, billions, trillions
mega, gega... wat?
everything is tiny in this giant space of us

everything is no-thing (in this teeny bowl of stew)
millions, billions, trillions: it’s the stuff of me and you

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• be-Cause wIe are One:  collaboratively connected, yet divided.  i[n]-div-i-dual, yet Whole.  Same, yet with singularity of perspective.  Stew, yet you.

• who knew?

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[1] martino, j. (2.14-1.16). book 77: shift happens. © 2016 by wellnesseducation.us. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZyVZBtP70

b75 (6.5-1.2015): date nobody

date nobody [1]
by n. o. body
 
date no-body (in springtime)
date no-body (in fall)
date no-body (in summer) or date no-body at all

(instead of dating ‘body’ intertwine with mind and soul)

 

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[1] martino, j. (6.5-1.15). date nobody. book 75: lost & found. © 2015 by wellnesseducation.us.

 

b75 (5.27-1.2015): Alpha and omega

Alpha and omega [i]
by diametrically opposed & Al l. One  
 
Alpha and omega
swap a little smile
fight and kiss and squeal and hiss and bump that chest awhile
 
vying for your best position, share a little dual
Alpha and omega (flying) breaking all the rules
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·        is it Love, or is it a territorial dispute?
 
·        will they make babies, or will they drive each other crazy?
 
·        are they perfectly mis/matched/attached?
 

Alpha and omega

dueling all the time

is it twist of fate, or is it Really by Design?

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[i] martino, j. (5.27-1.15). Alpha and omega. book 75: lost & found. © 2015 by wellnesseducation.us.

  

b75 (5.22-2.2015): the bliss of marriage

the bliss of marriage [i]
by marita l. bliss

people often imagine the bliss of marriage: together, loving each other forever, raising the perfect children, traveling together, co-ordination, co-operation, co-Union, etc.
 
but have they ever imagined the other side of the coin?
 
what if your loving partner just happens to turn pissy, or angry, or needy, or addicted?  what happens when you’ve made the legal commitment to stay in it (“till death do us part”), but you re-cognize that you don’t even like each other’s behavior?  what happens when (due to those mutual dislikes), you no longer even desire to have sex with each other, or even touch each other, or even to speak kindly to each other?  what happens then???
 
what happens then, young jedi… is this:
 
you’re f---ed (and not in a good way).
 

• now you’ve got to beg for a mediocre lifestyle,

• now you’ve got to hope for a reasonable settlement,

• now you’ve got to split things up,

• now you’ve got to rationalize the break-up by cutting-down your former lover,

• now you’ve got to explain it all… again and again, and again,

• now you’ve got to be alone: no touch, no love, no plans, no partnership, and

• now you’ve got to wonder if you ever even want to start the whole process over again, because you never, ever saw this catastrophe coming… and your loving side probably won’t see the next one coming, either. 

now you can’t leave.  now you can’t just ‘go home’.   now your partner can extend his/her period of pissy-ness (or violence, or whatever…) for hours, for days, for weeks and even for years!!! 
 
now the burden is on you to play the bad-guy role, the breaker-upper role, the failure role… unless you decide to staaaaaaaaaaaay… and live in mutual love/hate/cohabitate for the rest of your time on this planet earth. 

‘till death do us be miserable beyond all belief.

 
the bliss of marriage is a mirage.
 
if you’ve got bliss… if you click… if you love what you’ve got… then why not just keep doing what you are doing?  why change it?  why f--k it up?  why turn bliss-ness into hellacious-ess???  why regress????
 

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[i] martino , j . (5.22-2.15).  the bliss of marriage. book 75: lost & found. © 2015 by joal martino.