Do You See the Problem Now

       Nearly everyone wants peace
        Almost no one wants war
           Lots of hot air 
              ~ what are we living for

       People say, “America’s broken”
        Tho no consensus what’s wrong
            How can we fix it ~
               if we don’t know what’s going on

      The world’s upside down, they say
          The ‘old rules’ don't apply today ~
               but what were those ‘rules,’ anyway
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Lawless Avatar
January 27, 2026 at 4:19 AM
...NO RUNNING, JUMPING, OR DIVING FROM THE BALCONY...sign on the wall of the swimmimg pool at the YMCA on Huntington Ave in Boston
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January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
like the rhetorical question at the end...thought provoking read
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