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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

$TOP NEEDING, $TART LEADING

Poem by Charles Frederickson
Graphic by Saknarin Chinayote



Untaught lessons worth knowing how
2B loved & loved back
Schools don’t instill moral values
Wisdom compassion kindness work ethic

Overdeveloped nations ignore climate change
Child poverty abuse arid desertification
Submersion of barely floating islands
Irresponsible golden rule sliding backwards

Low income outcome dismal failure
Unfair play luxury lap dance
Broken promises supra-wealthy tax breaks
Mutiny of the bountiless 99%

Rich old men start wars
Poor youth filling proxy ranks
Wretched refuse thirsty hungry underlings
Shorn lambs led to slaughter

Accept that all is oneness
Show & tell tolerant multiversity
Undifferentiated mirror image same – sameness
Respecting character something everything around

You’re not in competition with
Anybody except self-imposed limitations
Spirit uplifted to higher altitude
Soaring beyond unattainable lofty heights


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