b120 (9.12-1.2024): kiss the ring

kiss the ring [i]

by jay dee

you throw me under bus
i smile (as you sing)
just you and i (not us)
 
i kneel and kiss the ring
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·        because it’s best for me to do so.
 
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[i] martino, j. (9.12-1.2024). kiss the ring. book 120: "i saw it on TELEVISION!" © 2024 by j. martino.

b119 (9.11-1.2024): "i saw it on TELEVISION!"

“i saw it on television” [i]
by any third grader

alternative title: “waaaaaa!”

 
you tell me “it’s lies”
but i swear that it’s true
that’s the difference between me and you
 
why can you not believe
when i shout it out loud
i’m just another lemming in the crowd, because
 
i saw it on television
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·       yes.  my research methodology is: i interpreted what i saw on television.

·       genius.
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[i] martino, j. (9.11-1.2024). "i saw it on TELEVISION." book 120: "i saw it on TELEVISION!". © 2024 by j. martino. 

* THAT was insightful (and inciteful)

...a mass-debate that had it all: two very different human beings, with two very different styles and two very different visions of present & future (u.s.a.) america. 

there was fear-mongering.  there were out-and-out lies.  there was anger.  there was a call for unity and talk of our "similarities".  there was a call for freedom from government. 

there was quite a lack of taking responsibility... and both sides dodged some key questions.

in all, one of the master-debaters made me feel hopeful.  the other conjured-up feelings of bullying, hate and fear.

i'm not sure how the voting u.s.a. population will feel, and i'd bet that those with prior aversions to the republican/fox team or the democratic/msnbc team will probably allow confirmation bias to cloud their common senses.  

buckle-up, kiddies!

it's going to be a bumpy ride.

b119 (9.3-1.2024): what do we do now?

what do we do now? [i]
by w. hatt?

alternative title: evolve

 
what do we do when world devolves before our eyes (and how!)
what do we do, what can we do, just
what do we do now?
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·       we’ve got options:
   o   reflect, with gratitude, in the knowing that we are blessed to have had this moment.
   o   relate… with praise… about the many, many, many days that life went along without challenges.  after all, it has been a wonder-full ride.
   o   acknowledge… that opposing forces can teach us a few lessons about our own potential weaknesses, and then…
   o   take action to flip those weaknesses into strengths.
 
what we can do (now) is i'm-prove.  get better.  avoid repeating the patterns that got us into this mess. we can evolve.
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[i] martino, j. (9.3-1.2024). evolve. book 119: turn-about (fair play). © 2024 by j. martino. 

* incomprehensible

incomprehensible... for the high-testosterone male... is the fact that, prior to an fsu football game, shot groups of 5, 10, 20 and 40+ scantily, very-scantily-clad tallahassee lassies can be seen maneuvering about -- to get into lines of over 100+ gals -- to get into fraternity pre-game parties.

there is absolutely no way to describe it.

t--s flying, a--es showing, hair & eyes & lips done-up... and the power sway (with the underlying competition)... fueling the day.

really (no... really), you've got to experience a pre-game, around college drive, in t-town.