There is too much of nothing here
for me to speak at length.
To break it down to mere ideas
would take all our strength.
Instead, pretend it’s something grand, more worthy of our time.
That may convince the rest of us
to stand up, down the line.
Besides, we’ve talked and talked to death
our, grief, and shame.
We’ll never be real heroes
while we seek someone to blame.
And further, while we spend our time
conversing this and that,
the foxes in the chicken coop
will dine until they’re fat.
This idle conversation makes us
tired and prone to sleep
while what we think the world should be
grows ponderous and deep.
Instead, let us waste no more words
debating right and wrong.
What chance we have to change our course
will fade before too long.
There’s always talk of nothing much,
of what we plan to do.
A dream is made of simple stuff
’til action makes it true.
So let us talk of something else,
of things that make some sense.
For talk alone won’t change the world –
of that there’s evidence.
05 Aug 2025
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