tomorrows cut sharp
in relief of hard stone
the dense matrix
of deep possibilities
eyesight as keen
as new chisels cold
case-hardened tools
of incisive strong minds
bringing shapes from
the mass carving
competent clarities
fine points of purpose
a farsighted foresight
distinguishing trait
marking genuine
capable leadership
such were our founders
whose lights showed
a world-changing future
belonged to the willing
a future now past
pissed away by a
populist thanklessness
governed by boors
So true.
I love that painting!
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thanks kindly – me, too
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And as the old London song goes, ‘Aint it all a bloody shame’…fine words Paul, well said whether US or UK same applies.
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we’re equally disserved by the blind bastards
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Scourge the Infidels!
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that would be fair – they’re sure scourging us
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I don’t know why I’m laughing but I am! Or maybe I do. Boors, blind bastards and infidels. That should be a play! By the gods, I wish they could all read this here. What a testimony!
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alas, short of insurrection, we have only the ballot by which to teach them
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