“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” Plutarch
Mind The Gap Herald of bad tidings, grimy sloth, slippery grease slime money bag of hypocrisy and venality belonging to that self-impregnating cabalistic horde who sold their souls while like dogs in heat for the lusted promise of one more crooked dollar to feverishly snatch from the hope of lives devalued, being left to deconstruct their love in abject, lonely missery as if they were deserving of a punishment so severe for the crime of being born. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Yes.
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Thank you Ruth
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Will it ever end, I wonder. I feel the rage in your words, Paul.
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Probably not, we might be able to wash covid off cash but the money grubbers can’t be washed from it at all. Rage is right, the wealthy disgust me (and with rare exception) and always with the philanthropy for defence. Thank you VJ, the big red button got pushed today 🙂
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Welcome Paul. Always good to express it while the coal is hot.
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🙂 I do agree, right now I could weld steel. 🙂
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Well written and oh so depressing.
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Yes, I did think about not putting it up, but I’m mad as hell.
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Very deep… and very sad!
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Yes, if I had a magic wand … thank you Luisa.
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🙏 😊 🙏 😊 🙏 😊 🙏
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Hi Paul, really a heart wrenching post.. and sadly true. Nice to meet you. Vist me sometime when ou get a chance.. Thanks, Cindy
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Thank you so much Cindy, and I will visit.
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Great, I’ll look forward to seeing more of you posts. Thanks. I’m trying to rework my site. Do you know what Theme you use? I like it. Thanks, 🙏Cindy
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Cindy I use Pilcrow but it may no longer be there, as it was 2013 I chose it, but I liked its clean slate look. I live cluttered, but I don’t like my site to look cluttered. I think there are some newer themes that come close to it. Many thanks for visiting. Yes, looking forward to visiting you. Breakfast down here, off to work.
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Thanks so much. I’ll check it out. YES!!! LOVE that look.. mine looks like the circus right now as I’m navigating it all. lol. Oh wow.. well cherio.. have a good day. 4:30 pacific coast here.. 🙏
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10.45 here, Saturday, west coast Australia 🙂
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aha… 1 day later.. love Australia
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🙂
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Excellent and harsh as deserved.
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Running white hot at the mo.
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😃
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What strikes me even more about your poem is that the accompanyhing quote is from Plutarch. The gap between rich and poor isn’t any closer to being closed after two thousand years! Two thousand years!! And he was right. That imbalance spells death to a republic.
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Yes, it was the clear death of all that have gone before us, and we’re watching it now. I’m a bit overheated about it. Thanks Liz, a helpful connect.
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You’re welcome, Paul. As long as the people who have the most cash are the ones who are elected to positions of power, our governments will remain corrupt.
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Yes, here it has become plain and still people don’t actually see what they are seeing.
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Sad, the way humans are!
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Absolutely Tom, mad.
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Sad truth.
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Yes, hoping for change.
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ouch a scathing yet accurate retort!
Feel you passion in this one Paul, must have been a real doosy 😦
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We live among them, horrible.
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I certainly know the super rich are about but never meet any in my circles 🙂
sadly I meet overwhelming poverty and it’s obvious the rich and famous, pollies, avoid their existence totally … that’s quite a feat!
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I meet both and one lot get up my nose.
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yes I would imagine so, while they remain anonymous I can be a bit more detached …
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Indeed, a good space to be in.
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for me it’s healthier, sorry you are the meat in the sandwich so to speak …
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Well, not too much, I keep away these days, but it’s also part of the institution I’m in.
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yes sadly most churches are ruled by the rich …
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Too true, and any good is lost.
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yes, it’s like they lose touch with their own humanity after a certain amount of noughts in the bank …
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They do, and then get all generous with coins.
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feeds their arrogance!
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It sure does, and I’ve always viewed philanthropy as warped power charity anyway. If the rich were serious about charity they’d put an end to poverty and not keep feeding it (here endeth the sermon again).
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amen to that!
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😉
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Sorrow and hatred well up in my heart, as I watch it getting worse. So much worse. Corruption persists, is even blatant. Control measures are too little and far to late. The gap widens, the queues for bread and handouts lengthen. Cry, the beloved country, indeed.
South Africa. The most unequal country in the world. Let our fury fly.
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Yes, like a boil that must burst, it sure wells up.
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Wonderfully visceral, Paul.
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Wow that is a very powerful poem – well said
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I think my blood was boiling.
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Where is the next StockEchange to put this on th wall? 😉 Yes, its depressing, but otherwise if you know what happens one can react 😉 Michael
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Or nail it to a broker was my immediate and uncharitable thought, yes, we ride the waves.
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The injustice of the capitalistic system is that it ravages the vulnerable. It IS infuriating, to say the least! Well-done, Paul!
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My blood is boiling, it’s so simple, but the power brokers are all self-focussed, hoping for change.
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It is so simple. Love one another, care for one another, be there for each other. Greed is the flipside of that coin.
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Yes, absolutely – and we need to flip that coin.
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Absolutely.
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Paul, Loved the Plutarch quote and the poem! This is a topic of frequent discussion at our house. 🙂 All the best! Cheryl
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I think I’m boiling over on the sludge that is self interested politics. All that energy and rhetoric around the world and so little to show for it. My heart weeps for the vulnerable.
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Yes, that’s pretty much how our discussions go!
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Nice to know I’m not alone. 🙂
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