“Essence” by Pat Stacy
good men and bad
one common identity
borne by red blood
yet distinctions
will set them apart
by their choices
deliberate calculus
testing the values
at various points
of continuum one
dead-straight spectrum
the only true path
between simplified
black and white answers
the colors of ethos
indifferently selfless
or selfish of light
the electromagnetic
affinities drawn
into tribes of belief
who attract or repel
individual egos the
human holistic experience
bound by biology
finding its freemost
expression in personal
mindful morality
each man an actor
an entity
owning his judgment
Poesy plus Polemics 