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In halls of governance the elected rule
by vested interest and insider rort,
and when last ballots are cast me and you’ll
be no wiser whose allegiance is bought.
In jurist action lawyers plead their case
as God is their witness on the bible swore,
but justice has a price and has a face
and you will pay both in a court of law.
On dark lit streets prostitutes bend their rack
risking life and liberty at each leer -
that screwing whore on her uncovered back
robs us only of a ride paying fare.
Three whoredoms and three professions,
all confessors of seedy confessions.
But what that pro does to us all hot and wet
the other two do every chance they get!
Written: November 1992
Failing the truth caused by deceitful heart
I do pray for illumined vision glow
radiating light of Scriptures’ rampart
toward perspective against falsehood blow.
Confessing personal biases’ blight
failing the truth caused by deceitful heart
I seek God’s pardon from arrogance-delight
gripped by selfishness-hypocrisy dart.
Aware of preference right from the start
I do admit own vested interest
failing the truth caused by deceitful heart
thus, trusting the Lord’s guidance is still best.
Respecting others through Christ’s love in view
my spirit reaches out for grace impart
striving not to wear vain empathy shoe
failing the truth caused by deceitful heart*.
*Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
July 4, 2021
1st place, "A BRIAN STRAND 2 to 14 line" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 8/17/2021.
I sing praise to the home-maker,
forgotten hero of the world,
whose actions raise up good children,
whether they be a boy or girl.
Whose presence is there to guide us
in a world that can seem half-damned,
who invest more love into us
than a day-care aide even can.
Who have a vested interest in
seeing that we are brought up well,
their children being their life’s work,
the results of this you can tell:
Less instance of mental illness,
less nihilism and despair,
less major social dysfunction
knowing that someone will be there.
They also provide a model
to their children subconsciously,
showing them how to structure their
own futures homes and families.
They give a agree of value to
a child just starting in life,
to know they’re so important that
another will freely sacrifice.
They teach those kids to realize,
that in a world so harsh and tough,
their existence isn’t nothing,
they are truly worthy of love.
And I think it should be mentioned
what home-makers do for their spouse,
building the kind of refuge that
reality rarely allows.
Making it so the house is more
then a shelter you happen to own,
making a place for life to happen,
turning board and glass to a home.
So many homes now without,
and the results haven’t been great,
children are depressed and stressed out,
many marriages end in hate.
Millennials not having children,
they never were shown why they should,
too many drugs and school shooters,
wherever we’ve gone, it’s not good.
Using daycare, the latch and key,
too much emphasis on career,
tells our kids they’re second-fiddle,
would be easier if they weren’t here.
Throwing away the cornerstone
of any balanced child’s mind,
demonizing those who stay home
when in truth I think we would find
That all of us would do better
with more stay-at-home parenting,
we should pray for more home-makers,
on their shoulders rest near everything…
"My decision
is not any negative reflection
on you.
It's not personal."
This would be a Business School graduate,
meaning, if it is personal,
then it is not political or economic;
so, if it is political and/or economic,
it is not personal.
"It's your decision,
for you to personally
and responsibly make."
This would be a Social Work graduate,
or maybe some variety of therapist,
recognizing that what is personal choice
is also political, empowering or disempowering,
and possibly economic investment or divestment.
What is personal,
like what is political,
is about power
and vested interest
and small ego-staged,
even if short-term.
"Our decisions
about who runs for office,
who votes which way,
who nominates whom and why,
are matters of individual conscience."
If this statement
is made by someone in political office,
who knows?
Maybe s/he gets it
that personal is also political,
that individual organic corporations
are also economic actors and investors,
or not.
So, what do you think?
What is your personal preference?
The Business Party view,
segregating personal faith
from political powers of relationship,
financial influence,
Or the Social Worker model
of power analysis,
individual through global,
competitive through cooperative,
personal through ecopolitical?
I suppose this is at least one reason,
my Republican colleagues,
when I was in a Master of Public Administration (MPA) program,
found the cultural distance
from a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program
subtle
opaque
unclear
ambiguous;
while the Democrats
and Green Party students
found differences between MPA
and MBA cultures
profound,
cooperative v competitive,
looking for Win/Win resonance
as opposed to searching for Win/Lose
ZeroSum endless growth of market share.
If all organic energy systems
are also ecopolitical communicators,
then we all have ecotherapeutic opportunities;
Some great,
some small,
but all one moment,
one message,
one relationship,
one rhetorical non-violent/violent
association/dissociation
at a personal political time.
From a favourite spoon or pet,
AI’s turned to cutlery set.
From wholesale flattery,
To flat sycophancy,
To queries, easy balls to bat.
From a fish-catching stork,
From plain spoon to warped fork,
True pet nor yet vigilant cat.
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Happenings | 06.12. 2025 | cat, fish, flattery, humour, truth, limerick
Note: A study reveals that AI, ‘agreeing much more than not, sucks up to people’. Even more than people sucks up to each other in face of vested interest. Their answers often border on sheer flattery. Its performance much below the expectations. It seems to have promised much more than can deliver.
How can we take pride in a country
that is sliding into dissolution and chaos?
We praise ourselves for ending slavery.
yet racial prejudice is still much with us.
We pay slave wages and refuse to change
the minimum wage to a living wage.
We call all people equal under the law,
yet privilege and money or the lack of it
make legal decisions unequal every day.
We have liars, cheats and criminals in
our supposedly democratic government,
chosen primarily by a voting system
that is funded by moneyed corporations
with a vested interest and the wealthy.
Goal: to remain in power.
We declare all are entitled to liberty,
justice and the pursuit of happiness,
yet how can a people be happy without
security that they will not go bankrupt
because of hospital and medical bills?
How can we be proud of a country
where the supreme justices of the land
arbitrarily take away our rights
to make decisions about our sex lives
and personal decisions about our bodies?
Who choose to exercise the power of a
ruling class against the will of the people?
In a country founded on freedom of religion
we are more and more governed by those
who propound a certain religious mindset.
We are not yet living under a dictator,
and have freedoms not dreamed of in
dictatorships, but for how much longer?
Our freedoms are being taken away,
unilaterally, without recourse.
Our democracy is in mortal danger,
not from enemies abroad, but from within.
To many of its citizens it's the American Dream
but having been there done that
it made me want to shout and scream
about Congressmen with vested interest
on the board of a corporation
who swayed by lobbyists pass laws
which ransack the coffers of the nation
as the longer I lived in the U.S.A. the more I did learn
and the less I liked what I saw yes it was cause for concern
yet not to give fair warning I would be remiss
that living in America is like looking into the abyss
where if you outwear your welcome
there nightmares do come true
for stay and stare too long and the void
will gaze back into you
it takes strong character to sidestep
their rudeness violence ignorance
and not be worn away in their likeness
of obnoxious self-righteous arrogance
or once immersed let it rub off on you
take you down hold you under 'til that which you knew
all who you were is torn asunder totally obliterated
to become deaf dumb and blind
equally guilty by association an aberration of mankind
'Love it or leave it' an axiom recited
with no spark of humanity or humility ignited
tho' 'In God we trust' said proud overly loud
is their official motto
'Illegitimi non carborundum' is mine...
spoken voce sotto
My vested interest is in keeping communities intact
My vested interest is in keeping some spaces green,
My vested interest is in keeping the fraudsters away,
My vested interest is in keeping obesity in check,
My vested interest is in keeping gambling in check,
My vested interest is in teaching consequences in school,
My vested interest is in keeping conversation alive,
My vested interest is in finding reason to hope.
Understanding we all have vested interests,
Is one of the many steps on the path towards wisdom.
Understanding vested interests when dealing with others,
Is a helpful tool,
When working towards closing a deal.
Understanding vested interests can prevent us being ripped off,
Understanding vested interests in international relations,
May reduce the likelihood of war,
Understanding vested interests are what makes the world go round,
May help when it is time to cast a vote,
Or when you want to know who is stirring the pot.
Understanding vested interest will definitely help,
In making and keeping friendships alive,
And children out of trouble.
With jaundiced eye affected by my heart
I do pray for enlightened vision glow
radiating truth of Scriptures’ rampart
toward perspective against falsehood blow.
Confessing personal biases’ blight
with jaundiced eye affected by my heart
I seek God’s pardon from arrogance-delight
gripped by hypocrisy and conceit’s dart.
Aware of preference right from the start
I do admit own vested interest
with jaundiced eye affected by my heart
thus, trusting the Lord’s guidance is still best.
Respecting others through Christ’s love in view
my spirit reaches out for grace impart
resolved never to wear empathy shoe
with jaundiced eye* affected by my heart.
*Psalm 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
June 22, 2021
Edited on July 11, 2021
1st place, "A Brian Strand July 13" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 7/12/2021.
ARTEGOUS MADE HIS IN RING DEBUT
WEARING A RED ROBE
WITH SILVER RHINESTONES
WITH THE WORDS
" KING ARTEGOUS "
ON THE BACK. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED
BY "DYNAMO"YWINKLE WESTLING
IT WAS SAID THAT HE WOULD
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HIMSELF
BY ALLOWING A WORLD WATCH HIM WRESTLE
SAID A MEMEBR OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COMMISION
( the over sight board>>>><<< WHICH REGULATES THE RANKINGS
AND CALLS TO ACTION THE RULES OF CONTENTION, AND
CONTRASTS AND NEGOCATES THE DEALINGS BETWEEN THE
COMPANY, THE WRESTLERS( AND MANAGERS), AND
THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE.
THIS OVERSIGHT GROUP ALLOWS THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE TO DO IT'S JOB
BY REMINDING THE COMPANY OF IT'S OBLIGATIONS
TO THOSE WHO HAVE PROVENED THEMSELF WORTHY
OF CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE HAS THE RIGHT TO MOVE MEMBERS OF CONTENTION
( THOSE RANKED NUMBER ONE TO NUMBER TEN)
ABOVE THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER:
BUT IT CAN NOT
TAKE AWAY A NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS RIGHT TO
BE RANKED NUMBER ONE)
THIS RULE S VOID WHEN THE COMMITTEE VOTES AND THE
VOTE IS COUNTED AS A TIE. THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE CAN
ALLOW A CONTENDER TO BE RANKED ABOVE THE NUMBER ONE CONTDER
IN THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS
1. INJURY
2. ABSENCE
3. TARTINESS
4. FOUNDED NOT ADHERING TO THE RULES
5. UNWILLING TO SURRENDER A TITLE IN THE COMPANY( OR ANOTHER COMPANY)
6. CONTRACT RESTRICT THE CONTENDER FROM USING CERTAIN MANEUVERS
IN AREAS WHERE MANEUVERS ARE BANNED.
7. IF A MEMBER OF THE STATE ATHLETIC COMMISION REFUSES TO ALLOW ( A MASK, A RINGSIDE MANAGER, OR IF THE IF THE STATE HAS RULES PROHIBITING CERTAIN POST MATCH OR PRE MATCH CEREMONIES)
8. IF THE CONTRACT IS LIMITED TO TITLE MATCH AND NO REMATCH UPON TITLE CHANGE, THE COMMITTEE CAN APPOINT THE NUMBER TWO CONTENDER TO BE TIED AT NUMBER ONE UNTIL THE DISPUTE OR NEGOCATIONS HAVE BEEN STTLED,
BUT UPON A TITLE CHANGE WITHIN THIS WINDOW, THE TIED SITUATION CANNOT BE SOLVED UNTIL THE CURRENT NUMBER ONE CONTENDER IS EITHER DEFEATED OR DISQULIFED TO CON COMPETE AGAINST THE CHAMPION.
9. THE COMPANY PRESIDENT DIVIDEDS HIS/ HER LOYALITY AND NAMES NEW CONTENDERS. THUS
10. THIS GIVES THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE THE RIGHT TO ALLOW BOTH CURRENT AND OUT GOING CONTENTION MEMEBERS
TO EITHER COMPETE TO COMPILE A NEW LIST OR WITHDRAW AND START FRESH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RANKINGS