Rev. Gerald Dillenbeck Poet Political Verse

Greatness

What made Catherine the Great
The Great
instead of merely The Terrible
aristocrat?

Great is not her messianic
multiculturally inclusive
democratic therapeutic intent

Which is a surprisingly ubiquitous delusion
of win/lose
all or nothing LeftBrain
Either deductive persuasive Truth
Or inductive synergetic trust
and lust for Beauty

Rather than win/win
RightBrain co-operative
intuitive BothTruth/AndBeauty
Yang/Yintegral 
bilateral Great Climaxes
bicamerally integrating
dialectical InEgo/OutOther
co-empathic consciousness

Actively
curiously
courageously listening
for cooperative
co-passionate
co-governing Greatness

Not quite so
Business As Usual
patriarchal
hierarchical
capital-commodity invested
in StraightWhiteMale privilege

Kinda Terrible
terrifying
aristocratic entitlement.

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