On Saturday, the nation will
Join forces east to west
To protest this administration,
Easy to detest.
Called “No Kings” with no explanation
Offered or required,
There will be large-scale gatherings
This “leader” has inspired.
To show support, I thought I’d buy
Some “No Kings” merchandise –
A hat or tee or even
Some lapel pins would suffice.
The quickest way to find this
Would be Amazon, for sure.
No matter what you think about it,
Speed’s its biggest lure.
So I was shocked when, on the site,
Most “No Kings” items shown
Could not or would not be delivered
(Cue the sad trombone…)
Until at least the 28th
Or after; either case
Would get here past the point
When “No Kings” day had taken place.
I don’t think it is paranoid
To see Jeff Bezos’ role,
For when it comes to Amazon,
He’s kind of in control.
Ironically, this underscores
How vital is this cause,
For when greed and power rule, we’ve learned,
The kings make all the laws.
January 13, 2026: 'Help is on the way,' Donald Trump says as he urges Iranians to 'keep protesting'
January 30, 2026: Reuters: Thousands detained in Iran as part of large-scale preemptive arrest operation. IRGC personnel and plainclothes intelligence agents are raiding homes across the country and transferring those detained to secret prison facilities in order to prevent any attempts to restart the protests.
Betray me once, deceive me twice
Forsake Ukraine, Iran - on ice
When you are Trump, your honor's dreck
You give your word to take it back
The sky is leaden,
season's first rain
begins to fall.
The earth is thirsty
but cannot quench it's thirst
and the sound of rain
is not soothing in summer.
For a shower's while
water spills over
the roads,lanes,yards.....
as local ponds vanished,
drains,rills encroached
and filled with clay.
The hills from where
the rivers originate are barren
trees fallen in large scale.
Though the paddy fields
await with glee the rain,
pitter-patter on the roof
brings little comfort,
for the price is still
to be paid.
The rain once welcomed
with elation
now falls on a jaded land.
Each time they are ready
to shift their belongings,
but not ready
to right the wrongs.
colored dots
the deal
wide& closely
spaced
joined-up
large-scale
real
in popular
appeal
an
ambivalent
pastiche
off
the leash
other shapes
irregular
parallels lines
or waved lines
in
Four primaries
yellow, black magenta
&cyan
were the colour plan
another
was the
'small eye poet'
unconventional
&
innovative
versification
strangely
arranged
wordplay
with meaning
& the shape
they built
&
use
of the parenthesis
repetiton
to
make
impression
Did you ever read a fairytale,
maybe the fun book was on sale.
I had a fairytale book with a huge purple whale,
riding on his back was a yellow fox with a pink tail.
the purple whale was large-scale,
the yellow fox loved wearing a ponytail.
They loved to drink ginger ale,
as they eat dishes of fruit cocktail.
Guess this is enough of my wild tale,
now off to buy a new fairytale book at a yard sale.
Mrs Claus made a viagra eggnog
To energise ol’ Santa Claus Yule log
His frozen south pole recovered large-scale
Wagging frisky as a puppy dogs tail.
Mrs Claus dumplings hubby does adore
Her stew warms up her Santa’s inner core
Gravy so thick that it sticks to their lips
Leading to bliss of a lingering kiss.
Englishman Patrick Heron
with large scale artist did belong
Colours were such a delight
especially if seen in sunlight
Ex architect Tony Smith loved space
especially with black surface
Romantic rather than minimal
engineered on a large scale
Billboarder James Rosenquist
on large scale art he would insist
Layer upon layer so immaculate
imagery to never date
A sculptor was Jean-Antoine Houdon
large scale art of his one may come upon
His 'Voltaire' commissioned by Madame Denis
altogether his most famous piece*
*https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-antoine-houdon/voltaire
Pierre Puvis Chavannes
in his day,a modernist man
He painted on a very large scale
on public buildings*. he left a trail
*https://www.wikiart.org/en/pierre-puvis-de-chavannes/fresco-for-the-decoration-of-the-pantheon-saints
Thomas Wiimer Dewing
so accomplishedthe critics did sing
Often with large scale scenes
were changed to Japanese screens
Fresco wasthe style of Mattia Preti
with much theatricality
Painting* on a very large scale
depicting a Baroque pictorial tale
*https://www.wikiart.org/en/mattia-preti
as she scales sea wall
humpback whale’s a humdinger —
aerial antics
1/17/2022
*palooza - a large scale event
Social influence that influence ones belief and behavior,
being the sheep idiom in suit of group as inferior identity savior.
Compliances and obedience for the hero or nymph resort,
names and numbers as taste for pleasure of the court.
Instructive expectations in order to avoid looking foolish,
becoming strong in unity of the mass psychology bliss.
Procrastinations to adhere to moral obligation,
bringing out the darkest impulse to justify that situation.
Large scale atrocities for the greater good as ideal,
manipulated propaganda consequence imperial.
The change in response to pressure of social norms,
ethical values in humanity political deforms.
The mediocrity of conformity and its karmic hungry judges,
sentence wretches in time by individual budges.
The mental mill keeps on turning with the wind,
where fiery spirits blaze by gravity and its many scent.
The revolution not out there in golden words brocade,
freeing oneself from controlling theories need to be displayed.
Being infinitely pliable defines the space to be responsible,
and the soul of the world will give ones everything possible.
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