“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – Andre Gide
If it’s not fulfilling is it worth it to stay?
When teaching is just babysitting and play
No discipline instilled yet everyone a star
A photo opportunity is all that we are
Life only ever ends in death. What’s to find along the way… except what I’ve already found? Why go anywhere to look for yourself when it’s yourself doing the looking?
Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd Megazine
Dump all your bananas on the bull
The real world still exists and it is full
Close your eyes and a utopia appears
Build a new life away from all your fears
Blue lives matter on the merry bus
Turn in, tune out, drop off and join us
Presented to you, a technicolour better way
We’ll get it right this time is what they say
If we can get it right in a world that don’t exist
We can do it in this one if we still persist
A diversion, a revision, a life full of pranks
Let us play together and praise ourselves with thanks
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gather wisdom.
Isaac Asimov
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful that I can get the same toothpaste here in Thailand as Australia as it helps my sensitive teeth.
A motion tabled, around it went
Carried advice for the government
A cache of dollars were duly spent
In pursuit of a father’s dreams
A place in first must be maintained
The remainder must remain remained
And tough decisions are never explained
All must be not what it seems
The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.
Charles Bukowski
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful for the folks around me who provide me with food. I have many options available.
Made of plastic with a million others
Boxed and sold to potential mothers
Wrapped in cloth, put in a manger
Idolised when stolen by a stranger
Faith questioned by this random act
The perpetrator is family in fact
Purposes are being slowly revealed
With metaphors that were concealed
Inspired by the first season of TV show The Leftovers
I don’t like work – no man does – but I like what is in the work – the chance to find yourself. Your own reality – for yourself, not for others – what no other man can know. They can only see the mere show and never can tell what it really means.
Joseph Conrad
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful for all the things I learn about myself every day with the challenges I face.
Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets…Aim for the starrs. Keep grinning…Argue with the world.
Salman Rushdie
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to Nut and Bruno for dropping my cake, bread and breadsticks to me yesterday. I have more food than I can eat at home now!
Losing control again, temper rising
So close to the edge, not surprising
A burst of anger blew across the room
And settled into despondent gloom
In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance.
George Orwell
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to get another long weekend. This semester has gone quickly because of all the holidays.
Always punching up
Impossible to keep down
Hyperactive bouncing
Like a rabid clown
Always in need of attention
‘Hey, look at me!’
Pushing towards the front
Just so he could see
He’s an annoying bulldog
Doing a stupid dance
What the hell are you doing
Pissing on my pants!?
He’s an annoying bulldog
Doing a stupid dance
Feeling sorry for him
So give him another chance
In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment.
Maxine Hong Kingston
As the ground approaches
At an ever-accelerating rate
Recall those bitter words repeated
For others to contemplate
As the halt is impending
Air is forced to evacuate
The authority of heaven
Finally offered no mandate
The expiration of feelings
And thoughts evaporate
A body in a million parts
As the atoms separate
Floating out towards the light
Now there’s no time to be late
Hoping for one last chance
The possibility to reincarnate
Send the message to those who desire to do the same: Speech is free. Lies, you pay for.
Wesley Ball, lawyer at Alex Jones trial
17th May 2024 – Submitted to Ragtag Daily Prompt – Dystopia
People interpret religious texts on the content of their own hearts.
Shane Fang, Facebook comment
Blocked out, little emotion left inside
No meaning carries a meaning that’s implied
Words left unsaid, let actions speak louder
Paint it all white and sprinkle it with powder
Every town’s memory, slowly being removed
Every complex conspiracy, slowly being disproved
We’re gonna make it right through to the end
Paint it all white to signal the angel to descend
We all believe we are masters in the realms of opinion and reasoning.
Robert Greene
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful for all the food Amy and her parents made that is in my freezer. I can eat cheaply for many days.
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