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We only have to think about racist hoards (good people according to our king) marching in Charlottesville, Virginia chanting, "Jews will not replace us!" The war between the states fought in the 1860s never ended for many. Now, our king is making arrangements for white immigrant refugees from South Africa while banning others depite the fact that whites in South Africa are no more vulnerable to crime as others there. What's driving it all:

it never ends

Confederate types some admire
Punctured DEI's entire hire
The world is a throng
And civil war's wrong
But that car just hit their barbed wire

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Arthur Vaso

Date: 4/13/2025 12:24:00 AM

Loved this!

Duke Beaufort
Date: 5/3/2025 6:49:00 PM

Thanks Arthur. We do seem to be fighting the civil war even today in some respects.

CayCay Jennings

Date: 4/10/2025 3:57:00 PM

OK, you should be hired as a satirist at a local / national newspaper, but I guess such jobs don't exist anymore as I'm visualizing. They should though, and you should be! CayCay

Duke Beaufort
Date: 5/3/2025 6:47:00 PM

That is very kind Cay Cay. We’re just having some fun.

Karen Jones

Date: 4/9/2025 11:33:00 AM

Clever!

Duke Beaufort
Date: 4/9/2025 11:59:00 AM

Thanks Karen, we seem to be amidst a battle for who gets to think they have control over our thoughts and minds. In the age of media, it's not as far fetched as it might be when print media was exclusive for reporting and disseminating. I'm thinking days of Thomas Paine. Thanks!!

Ink Empress

Date: 4/9/2025 8:22:00 AM

Dear duke, Thats so sad to learn about and read about, color of ones skin doesnt indicate anything, very disheartening! Sigh! You always write so well on these subjects and your limerick, is a clever depiction of the subject youv touched here with such sublime rhymes! Pleasure reading you today! Sending you light always

Duke Beaufort
Date: 4/9/2025 12:14:00 PM

IE, yes so true what you say. If we take the opportunity to interact with a diverse group of people, we soon find out that others are just as smart or even smarter than we are. Also, we can learn and appreciate any different points of view. Maybe they're better than ours. I know you have a lot of wisdom I can only see peripherally. Smiles for you, of course and many thanks!!!

Lin Lane

Date: 4/9/2025 6:11:00 AM

All in preparedness for T-rump ordering Martial Law? Oh, please!

Duke Beaufort
Date: 4/9/2025 9:02:00 AM

Lin, I'm hearing that thought more lately. I think his narcissism psychosis is bizarre and becoming more apparent. His lawyer and former fixer, Michael Cohen, was right to note he will destrou everyone and everything he touches. Unfortunately, we may be caught up in the tsunami.

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 4/9/2025 3:00:00 AM

If all over the world peace existed - And earthly wars were ceased and resisted -Imagine the calm - In life without harm - Surely there’s someone out there can fix it…… Beryl

Duke Beaufort
Date: 4/9/2025 8:57:00 AM

Beryl, beautiful response you've made. I'm uncertain who has the power to fix it at this point. I do believe you have the ability, for example. When I was working, we had courses on change management. The acronym used was ADKAR...in order to change things what was needed was the awareness of the need, desire to make the change, knowledge how to make the change, ability to make it, and reinforcement from others. Not easy to manage and certainly not the method we are seeing used by the USA government.

Sotto Poet

Date: 4/8/2025 8:14:00 PM

The enduring heritage of racism and white supremacy in the United States is addressed in this amazing limerick poem Duke, especially in light of contemporary political events and societal tensions. It emphasizes the arrogance in how some groups are dealt with under the law and digs into the history of these issues. The syntax is really cool, straightforward, and emotive, with expressions like "racist hoards" and "barbed wire" conjuring images of violence and separation. The contrast of "decent people according to our monarch" with the acts of those yelling anti-Semitic chants exposes the hypocrisy in normalizing hatred.

Duke Beaufort
Date: 4/9/2025 8:53:00 AM

SP, it is amazing that we're battling over who has a right to be in charge. Of course, having the opportunity to actually work in diverse settings seems to dissolve bias in a very significant way. My wife suggests our leaders should spend a lot of time living in the poorest communities in order to understand what life is like for many. Selfishness seems all too easy for many.

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