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Mad and Beautiful

  My mad and beautiful girl.  I honor your fight against a faceless bureaucracy,  have tears and sympathy for  the scars of your chains that are so like my own.  I understand,  yet know the fight is not for us or against an enemy  but for the soul and humanity of everyone  that starts at home with soft words and tender kisses.  A tree begins as a humble seed,  and love starts with a smile.

Not in My Name ... aka, Double Tap

  Breaking news . war is not new for two thousand years the same lies have been used the weapons all shine but death hides the light as darkness closes our eyes double tap . A world in flames as school girls are slain people just trying to survive crying for help just to keep us alive we close our eyes to pray double tap . Genocide pick a side I've got you little one and won't let go when I take your pain think of playing in the rain close you eyes and sleep double tap . Caesar lied a great empire dies God hides in shame "not in my name" taking an eye for an eye until the whole world's blind parents weep as a child's blood seeps into the ruins of humanity double tap

Coming Apart at the Seams

  Calling your name five minutes of fame detect select protect looking for someone to blame the mirror shows only lame wake up wake up! the ice is getting thin "I'm the greatest" shouts the king taking one step forward and two steps back select elect reject freezing to death six feet under out of breath anthems feeding a dream a hungry child screams promises made lies only fade wake up wake up! it's not what it seems coming apart at the seams taxing our pain same old refrain obsession oppression dejection wake up!

A Dysfunctional Government is by Design

   The government is confused, dysfunctional, and divided by design. The design of this dysfunctionalism was intended to prevent a Trump (or an Obama) from ever controlling so much of the government that policies are rubber stamped without the cooperation of the 'other side'. There is a certain naivete in believing that government is a well oiled machine that can be tuned up by the right people being voted in. When it comes to government, dysfunction is our saving grace designed to protect us from or government. The single biggest problem within government are statesmen that become complacent, numb or even comfortable with government dysfunction and relinquish any personal morality/vision influencing how they would vote. Insider trading exists in government as a byproduct of dysfunction, but even that pales in comparison to the use of foreign policy to influence the stock market as Trump has done. The rich and powerful are also hidden by the confusion of this system as th...

12 year plan for: affordable healthcare, addressing economic disparity, changing inner city dynamics, quantifying the true cost of citizenship (Very rough draft)

  /// Market imbalances creates a sellers market that affects hospital costs, insurance prices, and rising educational costs  /// Market imbalances will only self correct when people refuse to overpay for products or services, when products or services fail. This is impossible with healthcare, people will pay anything for a cure.  ///In other words, healthcare must be excluded from the free market, capitalist system because it will not self-correct  /// At this point, the government needs to step in to rebalance the market forces of supply and demand by offering interest free loans for all med degrees with a 7.5% loan forgiveness for every year worked at the VA or for every year having a 50% case load of welfare recipients.   /// These loans also address the income inequality in the US because, quite frankly, someone living in poverty will never qualify for the $ 500,000 in loans (no collateral) needed to complete med school + living expenses  /// An a...

War

  WAR . In an unjust war, there are no heroes . there is no valor murdering 150 school girls . there is no pride obeying power drunk insanity . Do not come home as victors returning from the crusades . There are no Valkyries taking the dead to Valhalla . The people are free when everyone is dead . The guns finally sigh falling silent in wonder . Freedom bought with blood and thunder . And all that remains is guilt pulling you under . Trump has called you suckers an epitaph on graves

Then She Remembered

  Walking barefoot in the summer sun the ground so hot, eggs cook over easy she sways with each step and gust of wind a tinkling of bells as jewels about her ankles navigate between the direction of her toes and the wanderlust of her mind she fights to remember .... something for dinner as her eyes follow the dance of dragonflies the slow realization she's just walked a block out of her way back tracking in her mind... remembering a mystery until she sees one true thing existing before the birth of time finally free of the preconceived ideals she once was forced to believe and all that's left is the touch of the trees and caressing breeze she smiles for the first time in her life not with façade but with joy then she remembers she's still hungry and sighs