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So Disappointing

So Disappointing!
If I disappoint you, don't you disappoint too? And this even on nights when we both 'whoop-de-doo? ' Just like Adam, like Eve, the first verse of a song Where words say, one ‘came early, ' or one ‘went too long.' A formidable task now just pleasing myself, And the pills that bring joy, you can't buy on a shelf, Disappointment it seems is our national Flag That the right wing cuts up and now use as a rag In an outhouse, no plumbing, for water's short too! All political wisdom lines floor in a zoo Where extinct orange topped dodo grabs m**f, if it's frail, And then claims virgin birth from the butt of a whale! Moby-Dick? (1) Nah-he's spawn, if the 'final' (2) truth's told, And his criminal culture, who's bought and who's sold Is like sand on a beach from a 'Jurassic Park, ' Sad, SOLE ride, "Ship of Fools!" not humility's Ark! Do you think that he cares if you die the next flood? You'll be walking a plank if he learns you're not blood! I've heard poison is best when all truth lies in jest, And this whale of a whopper flies home to its nest! Long Tooth April 28th,2019 Poet’s Notes: (1) Everyone knows that ‘Moby Dick’ is a white whale and that a ‘whale’ is a stupid rich man (who likely inherited, did not earn his wealth)! A rhetorical question - is 'moby' a slang word that means 'tiny' or 'heartless?' (2) Yet another "Final Solution!" This poem is definitely not a poem about the world we inhabit! Have you tried any of Trump's delicious Kool-Aid yet?

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Date: 4/28/2019 8:50:00 PM
Sorry Man. This one flew over my head. I would be interested to know the point you were making. Have a great day.
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Date: 4/28/2019 9:23:00 PM
The point is that even when life disappoints us it is most likely not the end of the world! And after the disappoint is a bit behind us (we survived after all?) we might even be embarrassed that we worried about it! Hope that helps? I added a new footnote just for you David! Have a great day too!

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