Stimulus

people are sick society stifled and slowly sliding away will one willingly escape from stagnant airs kiss me says the fool six pence none the richer but richer they claim to be in shallow folds of bills put off to tomorrow shaking hand(out)s without any silly gloves it's not greed when you act out when a want is a need distance what distance (un)masked attention let's be social (in)security no content nor consideration for the old for their young crying generations dying before blind eyes all hopped up on weed

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Arthur Vaso

Date: 4/26/2020 9:46:00 PM

Stimulus is not a check, it is to be left unckecked! :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/23/2020 6:57:00 PM

I was reading some of what LL said down here and I agree with her on a lot of it. A new society is on the way and it's NO GOOD. Loved your poem

Ts Poetry
Date: 4/24/2020 2:12:00 PM

I believe they are dragging it out as much as they can to gain control

Lady Labyrinth

Date: 4/18/2020 6:37:00 PM

The stimulus is meant to be spent to make the financial economy of a nation grow again to become more healthy fiscally; perhaps the virus is the stimulus, as deadly and as hard and heartbreaking for those who have lost loved ones to this monster (by natural forces, or man-made) ... has been sent to us, to reconsider and appreciate Life more, to grow again with a higher vibrationary perspective on what it truly should be, to be human(e) . The conditions we now find ourselves placed in, could go either way, turn us into savages of a more Darwinian ilk....or will make us evolve as a more loving and human(e) species. m.h.o. Agt Schmidt.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 4/18/2020 7:03:00 PM

The world is changing Schmidt. Call it evolution. Social distancing for health sake at present, but I cannot help but to think where this next leads with monitoring individuals through "apps" to trace people, it is very Orwellian, one wonders is this the beginning of dissolving of the family nucleus, pulling people into totalitarianism and a one world political system. Around the time of the Spanish Flue and the Great Depression, there was war. Similar patterns. Isolated people, becoming more isolated and the people on the streets with no shelter, stimulas checks gone, are left out in the cold as always to fend for themselves. Mental health becomes more unstable for a lot of people. Of course the world needs "Love", and "Compassion" for each other. Of course we must look after those we love, but look towards those who have no one and nothing. Let us hope we progress to a higher vibrationary level.

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 4/18/2020 7:01:00 PM

We have remained the same for centuries, not learning from past pandemics and wars; up to this point greed and war has not changed our species for the better...perhaps there is hope. These are my 'thoughts' not my 'feelings'. WHO funding is impacted now, due to their handling of the Wuhan wet markets and alliance with China, this will now affect poorer nations (like for eg. Africa predicted to become hit badly by the virus, and without little medical aid). If China is about to hit a 2nd wave of the Virus - and the States are now recording numbers of deaths/cases higher than China, and science is confirming this thing doesn't die off in the Summer months and can mutate, the States could follow with a 2nd wave. Stay safe if you are in the front line with the public and take the precautions medical officials are advising. Leanne xx

Ts Poetry
Date: 4/18/2020 6:52:00 PM

This is the feeling I was left with the past few days from the vibe given off by the shoppers

Ts Poetry
Date: 4/18/2020 6:47:00 PM

I remember last time we were given a stimulus by Obama many spent at casinos and on material things...what will come we don't know but what we do know is we must cherish the ones we love xx