https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/ Journey to Ixtlan - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 14 Sep 2016 21:01:15 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios kokopelle personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/6164738/2014669 https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/ 100 94 https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/662626.html Wed, 14 Sep 2016 21:01:15 GMT https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/662626.html I am on the verge of ending it all because of the lunacy in the presidential race. I’ll admit that I am anti-Trump. He is quoted saying things that no future president should say. At this point I would welcome a traditional conservative candidate. Dare I say it… Cruz? I’ve read articles that explain the ideological divides that exist. The poem “Flocks Confirmed” is based on these thoughts.<br /><br /><br />Flock Confirmed<br /><br />Welcome traveler to this land<br />where tribes do fight with burning eyes<br />you’ll wonder how this came to be<br />be careful how you now proceed.<br /><br />The hate is now well steeped<br />filling every single crevice<br />deep within the screeching voice<br />of dog whistles blown to call.<br /><br />Coded to assure the flock<br />not enough to alarm the others<br />stroking grooves worn in stone<br />invisible to the outside storm.<br /><br />Nothing here to see observer<br />we are sane in our enclosure<br />this mantra is said with confidence<br />when sanity is told by self.<br /><br />So my friend now well confused<br />if malice seems to be entrenched<br />turn away or be consumed<br />by hatred of the flock confirmed.<br /><br />2016, Sean Green. All Rights Reserved, 20160914.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kokopelle&ditemid=662626" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/662626.html politics partisan contemplative public 0