(written by Ila Farrar-DiMino)
Where are citizens echoing
"Give me liberty, or give me death"?
Where is a statesman whose wisdom and courage
could cross a frozen Delaware to save an army and
a nation?
One declaring his signature boldly so a despot
was certain to see it?
Where is a statesman or woman whose integrity guides
his or her motives?
One who legislates for the National well-being, and not
for selfish personal gain?
Where is the statesman who lives and voices the spirit
of "This Hallowed Ground"?
Stands firm, placing honor before money and power?
Where is the statesman who lives by the principal "Of the
people, by the people, and for the people"?
One whose honor states "I don't agree with you, but I will
defend your right to say it!"?
God, give us statesmen!
I was about to check out a new detective drama
and paused
however briefly
when I noticed a consumer warning
"Sexual Situations"
Which I find confusing.
Everyday
as long as I continue to wake up
however partially
I am not gender impartial
I awake into my
Sexual Situation
I live in a sexual body
with a neuro-sensory communicating
communing pheromonic mind
filled with multigenerational memories
and multicultural images
Whether conscious or not,
if you can read
and understand this,
and even if you couldn't,
you too live
in a sexual situation
among a sexual species.
So, I'm wondering
when will I read a consumer warning
"No Sexual Situations"
No drama
No detective work
or play
No plot
No sensory interest
Better off
to go take a wild
wet
warm
dreamy
creamy nap
Than be the sap
who legislates
no social communication benefits
from speaking compassionately together
about our diverse sexual situations.
A society that legislates
To murder its own children
Is destined to destroy itself.
W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly. 2018.
Posted 5th April 2019.
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