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What Society Has Wrought
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What Society Has Wrought |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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so many people without order of existence they sit on park benches at night they huddle behind trash bins hiding from the violence all their tenacity has long been devastated once strong and vibrant life cruelly beat them down until only a shell remains we shake our head as we pass them by it is a cutthroat world from the shrine on Wall Street to the huddled masses in the cities streets for even the down and out will resort to bloody violence over half a bottle of sweet lucy we ache for what we don't have until we lose restraint until we're physically unable and crawl behind that trash bin we avoid their eyes when we walk by (c)August 24, 2013 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ If they give you lined paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
sad to say the way of much of the world and i don't see change coming, we need a miracle or act of the creator , us humans are really messing up  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yes, we are, Emma, we most definitely are. Thank you. ~*~ If they give you lined paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
You paint an ugly picture with Norman Rockwell attention to detail. I agree. Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Sorry about that Lori, it is ugly and going to get uglier. Thank you for your observation. ~*~ If they give you lined paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
yep, that about covers it! ... such is the sad reality of the "Runaway American Dream" ... it has devolved into a corporate 'mediocracy' ... and is certainly not the stellar 'democracy' (of, by, and for the 'every-person') of 'Jeffersonian purity' as initially envisioned by the 'founding fathers' (of 'enlightenment'). |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you Bruce, your comments are greatly appreciated. ~*~ If they give you lined paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Pretty sad situation, alright and we may be on the brink of war to add to it. Ida |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Oh, we are on the brink of war, Ida, I have no doubt about it. Good morning and thank you. ~*~ If they give you lined paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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