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Stupid War
The first draft of this song dates from 1975, when I was ten years old. I subsequently revised it in about 1985. I read in the papers ’bout the war today: we’re going to die from an overdose of moral … Continue reading
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Tagged commercialism, ignorance, mass media, pointlessness, spirituality, war
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No one stole the moon
No one stole the moon from us by force. Instead, they bade us sleep; in that little death our memory faded, and our Mother’s song (not the sing-song lullabies or product placing jingle-jangle from an artificial moonlight like an android … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged commercialism, Divine Mother, history, loss, mother goddess, nature, paganism, spirituality, the moon
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Intimations of Idiocy
From early childhood until now I’ve spent my life immersed in earnest pantomime of games adults will feign to play: the forging of relationships through love, business and war; the chaos that somehow surprises all when facades fail and underneath, … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged banality, childhood, commercialism, dreams, ignorance, regrets, sleep
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Against a Greater Evil Than the Dark
I do not fear what terror comes by night and would with malice trouble fitful sleep; such bugaboos may cause a moment’s fright, but fade in cowardice as daylight creeps. More brazen ne’er-do-wells parade by day, and mask their ill … Continue reading
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Tagged charisma, coersion, commercialism, deceit, falseness, fear, hypocrisy, terrorism
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Valentine
If we rely on calendars and ad men to prompt us into thinking of our love, and on one day a year make feeble gestures to compensate that love for our neglect (the endless days of noncommunication, illusions of control … Continue reading
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Tagged commercialism, expression, hypocrisy, limitations, love, Valentine's Day
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Wrongful Thinking Department 101
Quote from a currently running commercial for Cox Digital Telephone: “If a million people are doing it, it must be a good thing, right?” So, if a million people are jumping off of cliffs, to use a metaphor from my … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, commercialism, hype, majorities, marketing
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Random Thought
There is only one thought that is scarier to the industrialist than “Workers of the World Unite”. It is “Want What You Have”. Share This:
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Tagged advertising, commercialism, contentment, happiness, hypotheses, mass media, thought
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