b116 (8.2-7.2023): it's not your dog, it's you!

it’s not your dog, it’s you! [i]
by itsa you
 
if god invented a--hole (if you have a d--k, it’s true)
if you’re a d--khead-owner
it’s not your dog: it’s you
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[i] martino, j. (8.2-7.2023). it’s not your dog, it’s you! book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.

*if you allow your dog to intimidate others... or if you don't 'pick-up' after your dog, and if you allow you dog to pee on others' lawns... the problem is not the dog.

b116 (8.2-6.2023): summer of 23

summer of 23 [i]
by momma’s little helper

alternative title: come (and take your time)

summer of 23
had a bit of time
summer of 23
earned a little dime
 
contemplated Meg-a-Verse-All Love (just you, and me)
come and take your time
summer of 23
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[i] martino, j. (8.2-6.2023). summer of 23. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b116 (8.2-5.2023): crazy train

crazy train [i]
by ima crazy t. rain

 
crazy as it seems
i cannot complain
i wonder what it means?
on this, a crazy train
 
you and i (a team)
on this, a crazy train
 
hold on to your dreams
on this, a crazy train
 
it’s not how it seems
on this, a crazy train
 
dubious (unseen)
on this, a crazy train
 
leave it to the teens
on this, a crazy train
 
let go of your dreams
on this, a crazy train
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[i] martino, j. (8.2-5.2023). crazy train. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b116 (8.2-4.20230): why does love sub-side?

why does love sub-side? [i]
by love s. ubsides
 
why does love entrain?
why does love abide?
why does love refrain?
why does love sub-side?
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·       is ‘the honeymoon phase’ a 'leftover' means to get living beings together… in order to pro-create in their own image... but... and...

·       why do people (ever) want to leave the honeymoon phase, in favor of the man-made, human, man-in-control (but not anymore) marriage phase?

·       let’s be honest: a lot of your friends (who have chosen marriage) are (nowadays) sleeping in separate beds.
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[i] martino, j. (8.2-4.2023). why does love subside? book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

* note: Love never, ever, ever sub-sides.

b116 (8.2-3.2023): no dice tu cicada

no dice tu cicada [i]
by echuch a. cicada [ii]
 
eschucha tu cicada
no dice (por es que’)?
i’m not your bug translate--uh
mi llamo tu (today)
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·       Be-cause… when you can back away from the song of the cicada… the quiet of Love Reigns.  i love noisy love …and I Love quiet Love!
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[i] martino, j. (8.2-3.2023). no dice tu cicada. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

* no one sees it like i do...

...when i see 6-10 hummingbirds on deck.  

i've got the visual acuity that has always allowed me to recognize differences/patterns.  call it a knack.  plus, since i see it every day, i've got more opportunities to see the magic-all times that nobody else sees!

someone who lives on the north florida gulf coast has many more opportunities to see/experience the blue-green-pristine beauty.

only you see your world like you do.  you Truly are a 1 of One.  

b116 (8.2-2.2023): warped six

warp-6 [i]

by w. arped six
 
what does a snail know -- about hypersonic speed?
 
when the enterprise is tapping into warp 6-plus, is the super-intelligent captain and crew concerned (one iota of an iota) about the plight of a snail (on a little blue ball called earth)?
 
does the super-intelligent snail contemplate he/r atoms?
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                   <<<--------------------------------------------------->>>

                          quarks        snails    hogs     chimp    human

 

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[i] martino, j. (8.2-2.2023). warp-6. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.
 
·       cool: https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/treknology/warp6.htm 

[ii] land snail image from wikepedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_snail

b116 (8.2-1.2023) yank that chain of love

yank that chain of love [i]
by b. e. loved [ii] & ima dog
 
yank that chain of love
feed me can of spam
fence me in and make me beg since you are my I AM
order me to sit (or “git”) or roll-over (indeed)

yank that chain of love, and
give me what i need
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·       do you ever wonder why i love and obey you?
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[i] martino, j. (8.2-1.2023). yank that chain of love. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.
 
[ii] https://joalmartino.blogspot.com/2023/02/b107-210-122-pet-peeves-are-my-pet-peeve.html 

b116 (8.1-2.2023): pet peeve

pet peeve [i]
by p. e. eved [ii]
 
we named our puppy ‘peeve’
because we own the right
to name, restrict and feed
to cage-him-up all night
to collar, leash and walk
to “stay” (each time we leave)
to listen as we talk
we named our puppy ‘peeve’
 

“obey”

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·       we make-believe that we love them, but do we really, really Love our pets?
·       i often observe owners as they yank the chain of love.
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[i] martino, j. (8.1-2.2023). pet peeve. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.
 
[ii] https://joalmartino.blogspot.com/2023/02/b107-210-122-pet-peeves-are-my-pet-peeve.html 

b116 (8.1-1.2023): love reign o'er me

this song is also the epilogue of quadrophenia, the last scene of the Play.

this is the perfect "theme song" for book 116: Love Reigns 

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what other critics said:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abO-dXlFTHU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY6iER6AbJM

b116 (7.31-4.2023): ann aotm

aotm [i]
by a. aotm

 alternative title: ann aotm

if i had an aotm
if i was behind
if i had a way to captivate the human mind
if i wished i knew i had a way to share (in totem)
if i had a wish
if i was an aotm
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pronounced 'aa-oh-tum'?
 
·       if you had an a-- of the month (aotm), it would be in your best interests to show-it-off and benefit from it.
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[i] martino, j. (7.31-4.2023). if i had an aotm. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b116 (7.31-3.2023): when fi unites with sci

when fi unites with sci [i]
by science f. iction

alternative title: when fiction becomes real

when fi unites with sci
cross-cultural conception
the sparks can really fly
no ifs or sad pretention

when fi unties with sci
they co-create a Play
the humans (my-oh-my!)
they took the fi away
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·       there’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it: sci has Uned-with (and subsequently) dropped the fi.
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[i] martino, j. (7.31-3.2023). when fi unties with sci. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b116 (7.31-2.2023): sunday s. tripper

 sunday s. tripper [i]
by s. unday & s. tripper
 
she’s my sunday s. tripper
sweet young vixen: tease
invites me to Dance
brings me to my knees
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·       you don’t even have to join the club.
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[i] martino, j. (7.31-2.2023). sunday s. tripper. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.

b116 (7.31-1.2023): Infinite possibilities

Infinite possibilities [i]
by an overactive min[e]d

alternative titles: 

i don’t mind (i min[e]d)

Meg A. Verse

Uni

Candy Store

anything you want
forever (all the time)
Universal Candy Store
MegaVerse-All Min[e]d
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[i] martino, j. (7.31-1.2023). Infinite possibilities. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.
 

Meg A. Verse: S/HE is Playing, and s/he Is you. 

* you can't control everything...

 ...but that doesn't mean that you can control nothing.

(that verse is soooooo rich & juicy [and up to you] that 
it would have been restrictive to add capitalization & coloration).

 

https://joalmartino.blogspot.com/2022/12/background-page-2-spiritual-scripting.html

b116 (7.30-1.2023): what is Love?

what is Love? [i]
by nobody k. nows
 
what is love? (connection, want, desire, need, soiree)
what is Love? (that answer has to go another Way)
what is love (it’s ego: left & right/below-above)
what is Love (can wIe go?)
 
Playing:
what is Love?
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·       since no one has ever been able to describe what love/Love is... i might as well give it a go:
   o   love = ego-ic affection: it often ends badly.
   o   Love = Unconditional Positive Regard: one wants the best for he/r beLoved, without regard to self-gain.  no quid-pro-quo.  Unconditional Love (of course) is non-judge-mental.  it is All-Ways a Happy ending.

• on planet earth, Unconditional Love might be best experienced by mother and child, due to the act that child and mother were/are One.

 few (if any) you-[i]-mans will ever come close to bathing in the Rain of Love.

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[i] martino, j. (7.30-1.2023). what is Love? book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.
 
note: ego isn’t “bad” per se.  he (separation, differentiation, oppositicality, f.s.s.s.) is necessary, in relative worlds.
 
Love: S/HE is Playing, at a theater near you. 

* raw pearl

 i just watched the movie "pearl harbor."  it left me feeling like every other war-movie.  

why are men (yes, men) so obsessed with war?

 

* the Dance...

...by garth brooks.

i used to play this song during massage school graduation slideshows.

 it touches a deep place within my heart and soul.

* loco motive (a flashback)

 https://joalmartino.blogspot.com/2023/07/b115-71-22023-loco-motive.html

the last thing that we need are bad actors with loco motives.

-----------------------------

it could result in one, crazy train.

 

b116 (7.29-2.2023): bad actors or good omens?

bad actors or good omens? [i]
by ago o. d. actor
 
bad actor or good omen?
good night can bring bad day
 
is your case closed or open?
bad scene in a Good Play
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·       at the end of the day... it’s All theater.

...and we are all good at being bad actors.
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[i] martino, j. (7.29-2.2023). bad actors or good omens? book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

b116 (7.29-1.2023): his-story or fish-story

 his-story or fish-story? [i]
by someth ingfi shy

 alternative title: it's a my-story

his-story or fish-story?
in many ways the same
both are made by men
both can grow and change 

both can ebb & flow and laugh and cry and come and go

history or fish-story?
little do we know
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·       when his-story and fish-story is my-story… well, you get this book.
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[i] martino, j. (7.29-1.2023). his-story or fish-story? book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.

b116 (7.28-2.2023): "i don't want to burst your bubble"

“i don’t want to burst your bubble” [i]
by bubbles b. urster
 
don’t want to burst your bubble
or rain on your parade
don’t want to cause no trouble
i burst (and then you fade)
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·       as i toss (you) the shade.
 
let there be no doubt: when someone says “i don’t want to burst your bubble,” s/he loves bursting bubbles! 
 
s/he is a professional, practicing bubble-burster (experienced, tenacious, cunning, dedicated, relentless…) who sits and hopes for bubbles – so that s/he can blast them out of the sky.
 
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[i] martino, j. (7.28-2.2023). i don’t want to burst your bubble. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 

* is a bad actor a good omen...

 ...or is versa-vice?

* i love the rain

when i was a kid, my father (albert) used to sit out on the front porch during thunderstorms.  we (his wife & kids) would gather around him, and we would applaud the lightning and thunder.  the neighbors, of course, thought that we were crazy -- so we named our house "m.m.i."

i've wondered if, when albert was a kid, if he'd been scared of storms.  i wondered if that was his way of helping us not to be.

i'm grateful for albert, and i love the rain.

b116 (7.27-2.2023): honor and obey

honor and obey [i]
by mat r. i. money
 

“honor and obey.”

 

i wonder who (which gender) wrote those rules.

 

they seem (to me) to be ‘divinely inspired’.*

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[i] martino, j. (7.27-1.2023). honor and obey. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.
 
·       https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1969/june-6/love-honor-and-obey.html
 
* when ‘devine’ = man-made. 

b116 (7.27-1.2023): i won the lottery!

i won the lottery! [i]
by ura winner
 
i won the lottery!
when it comes to life
when it comes to love
when it comes to wives*
when it comes to traveling (from See to shining sea)
when it comes to Love
i won the lottery!
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·       and, when the physical mega-power numbers hit, that will be the confirmation… that we co-create our Uni-Verse (and that thIS is One, Gigantic Play).
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[i] martino, j. (7.27-1.2023). i won the lottery! book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.

* https://addicted2success.com/life/5-reasons-why-not-having-it-all-is-actually-a-good-thing/ 

b116 (7.26-3.2023): squirrel eats dorito

squirrel eats dorito [i]
by s. quirrel
 
squirrel eats dorito
straight from garbage bin
wonders what behaviors he might pass to next of kin
wonders “who am i?”
contemplates mosquito
earth and water, sky
squirrel eats dorito
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·       does he even contemplate his cholesterol numbers?
·       was he ever going to share?
·       does he have a preference (original? barbeque?)

 
alternative (for line #6):
·       i just wonder why
·       makes me want to cry
·       wonder if he’ll die
·       my-oh-my-oh-my
·       what if he could fly?
·       (carbohydrate high)
·       is this thoem a lie?
·       taste (you can’t deny)
·       not as good as pie
·       just to make this rhyme
·       first consume (then sigh)
·       swallow on first try

 …and on and on and on…
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[i] martino, j. (7.26-3.2023). squirrel eats dorito. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino.
 
·       written (mentally) while walking around by the river.  he was near a dumpster, with a full-sized dorito in his mouth.  i wonder if his superior intelligence even contemplates mosquitos.

* a course in miracles

a course in miracles is a book about Love.  it is in code, of course, and was a foundation for Spiritual Scripting.

my guess is that the author knew that she could never, ever describe Love, so she described what Love is not: the ego.

classic. 

this is not to downplay the ego.  ego (energy, on the go) is merely perspective: relative, differentiated, sometimes oppositical perspective.

ego (sometimes referred to as "edging-god-out") isn't bad, per se.  it is an is... in this, a relative world.

from a Higher Perspective, 

Love IS.

b116 (7.26-1.2023): you don't need psychedelics

you don’t need psychedelics [i]
by a. psychic
 
you don’t need psychedelics… to hit (and cross) that line
you don’t need psychedelics
i do it all the time
 
maybe… all you need is a (warped?) mind
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·       after re-viewing the beatles “glass onion,” it appears as though many minds can attain Knowingness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBQIAWh3YBs
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[i] martino, j. (7.26-1.2023). Love Reigns. book 116: Love Reigns. © 2023 by joal martino. 

* what did it?

q: what brought me out of the depths of the back end of the train and into Love Reigns?

honestly?  besides rain?

1. a movie (top gun, maverick), and

2. a song (love reign o'er me), and

3. intelligent comedy (bill hicks) and outrageous comedy (sam kinison)...

...and hummingbirds.

tears of joy begin Love Reigns, 
and that doesn't mean that i will simply ignore 

the present situation that this little blue ball is staging.

the perspective, however, shifts:

instead of fear, Love.

of note?

1-3 (above) necessitated technology.

let's stay positive, as best as we can.