Political Games Poems

He hit the ball and run  

Aiming for a touch down 

But the wind is carrying his shoe 

that was custom made to fit...

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Systemic trauma
may be a more inclusive
and challenging
way of saying:

Systemic racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, discrimination, prejudice, bigotry,
avoiding fear
then anger aggressively approaching
fear avoiding...
unspiraling anti-communication systems
of trauma,
StraightWhiteMale privileged
drama.

Systemic...

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Twitter was abuzz all night
     at the breakdown of the right

   in the morning aught was left
  ...

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Chess pieces
By Michelle Morris
14/08/2021

We are like chess pieces, 
Being moved around the board;
Forever in play for political payoffs
For control of the world. 

Boundaries invisible, yet
Stark...

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Games not straight


Toffs on horses still killing foxes.
Boris parties while we put nans in boxes.          Chancellor...

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A field day shoe fit for Mother Goose
  
Fruitless effort squeezing figurative juice
Pandora called triggering 
helter skelter to get loose
necessitating Bullwinkle J. Moose
to usher...

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A problem with breath-focused sitting
eyes hooded
closed down sensory receptor meditation,
in my peak omnipotent mindful experience

This inside passive form of seeking resilience
presumes we consistently care
about furthering...

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New Games 
Seasons of spring time for war
So the politicians think
Drinking the scotch thinking
Where to use their new weapons

What country to send in their soldiers
How...

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Paranoid by a vision I saw you standing there
 Cancel my subscriptions the billing is just unfair
  Thoughts of indecision rattle up inside my...

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I've been living in the house of cards
That I can almost know your move
Cause I've seen how the cards shuffle 
And how the games have...

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Much has been felt
then written
about loneliness at the top

Less written,
yet perhaps far more often felt,
about claustrophobia in the center.

Problems with delegation,
boundaries,
predictable timelines,
responsive management focus,
follow through...

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We agree before any trip 
Exactly how livestock will ship
But with notice not
Venezuelans got
To the Martha’s Vineyard airstrip


Author's note: Pundits and politicians say Governor DeSantis...

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We are nearly all macro-economic capitalists
Yet micro-economic cooperativists
with those we trust

S/he said
while burning up
and out.

Yet,
a Patriarchal Capitalist
has also fully monopolized
his LeftBrain lessons
and monotheistic idolizing faith
in...

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Therapeutic political systems,
like unpolluted oceans
filled with healthy sea creatures,
slowly evolve
from cooperative thrival
of polyculturally healthy
nonviolent communication,
anticipating co-passionate intent,
for co-invested planning 
and co-operative green design

Bicamerally balanced
enlightened Either/Or...

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Skyrim is a cold place
Home of the Nords
They’re strong and mad and mean
Not as mean as us, of course
But even still I dream
War’d be abandoned...

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