“You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” Malcom X
Necromania The dark birds circle in this inevitable scape of dryness where parched promises rasp through the heavy air, they look so inviting these mirages of ice-cream hope in this land of burning lies and benzine egos cradled with tinder and matches in a time of necropolitics where we all become martyrs on a pyre of their vainglory. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Thank you.
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Paul, Very dark…it fits the times! Take care! Cheryl
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It does, and no one shines either, thank you for sharing Cheryl.
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Benzine ego – first time I am reading this word.
Does it mean volatile ego?
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Yes, well spotted Nalini, exactly so, it is a made-up phrase.
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That’s very cool 👍
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Thank you 🙂
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I love your phrase of necropolitics–so clever and so true. Nice!
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Thank you for that Pat, appreciate your response.
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When the buzzards start circling, we should know that we are in very big trouble. The US COVID death count on the news tonight hit 170,000+. And the petty political wrangling and self-aggrandizement continues as if these deaths were incidental and not worthy of note. Malcolm X certainly had it right–and we know what happened to him, don’t we?
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Yes the whole rotting cesspit of Epstein, Weinstein, tRump, McConnell, the major companies, gah! Yes, Malcom, MLK, Kennedy, what power these peopple have had in each generation.
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Yes, I’ve been thinking about Martin Luther King a lot lately.
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Me too, I guess I’m pining for a leader with a moral compass.
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I can visualise this wonderful poem of yours Paul. 100% reality.
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Sadly so, but I’m so glad you liked it Rupali.
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It really fits the time, and i love the “ice cream hope” metaphor so much.Michael
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Just don’t lick that one 😉
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Lol –
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So true and put so well – great poem
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Such an awful moment in history.
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