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The Unglad

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("Utopia and Terror Merit Badge", 2010, original oil) The Unglad Increasingly You, me, us Are part of the great Unglad People without much hope Given the great Inexorable Tide of Unhumans That from Marx on down To today Has morphed like a metastasizing Cancer Until all that’s left Of the uncorrupted Is the Unglad Sick and tired, In need of safe harbor And solace Before the gathering storm. (8/1/24)

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/1/2024 7:49:00 PM

A pox on all of them: Putin, Xi, Khameini, Kim, Maduro, et al. Execrable links in the chain that started with Marx.

James Moore
Date: 8/3/2024 3:50:00 PM

Yes, for sure, and don't forget to include our own home-grown ones like Obama and Harris...

Tom Woody

Date: 8/1/2024 6:08:00 AM

I suppose those without God in their life feel this way. As for me, my hope lies in the Prince of Peace

Tom Woody
Date: 8/1/2024 6:37:00 PM

Love the new ending. Safety can be found in a rock solid relationship with the Creator. As far as context for what's going on, it was all prophesied for our generation - 2 Timothy 3:1-5

James Moore
Date: 8/1/2024 3:24:00 PM

ps. Tom, thanks for your input. I wrote most of this last night in frustration at the weight of current events and while it captures that moment it doesn't give it much context. So I changed the ending to make it a little more complete.

James Moore
Date: 8/1/2024 3:07:00 PM

All that being said, I'm still very much glad to be alive. I'm just not glad to see what is happening all round - as age old and serviceable traditions crumble, confusion (disinformation and corruption) rules and whatever you want to call the forces of chaos (postmodernism) swallow up more and more of modern society.

Tom Woody
Date: 8/1/2024 6:28:00 AM

So true James

James Moore
Date: 8/1/2024 6:25:00 AM

Yes, for sure. But... the Kingdom of Heaven plays by a different set of rules than the world of the Unhuman....