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Premium Member Strings

Not 
a word 
is sincere,
an agenda
hidden in shadows.
Collateralized smiles  
full of symbiotic words,
I want someone to just want me.
Thinking back on the whole of today,
every person who talked to me had strings.

Premium Member ETCETERA

So many Wonders all around
 have made us spell bound
On Earth 
    Fauna and Flora.
  along with non -living
 Matter and Materials
   Etcetera
Versatile Nature to nurture.
 
On Cosmos 
Black Hole 
grasping grabbing 
  on the whole
   each and everything to capture
     Even Light is captivated
   Tremendous 
   Gravitational Force 
   acting in rapture.

 ***** Phenomenon  
regarding Sun Spectrum.
on Visible and Non Visible Sun rays
 on sky album.
 Visible Sun spectrum
as Rainbow at random. 
Invisible Sun rays as Red Infra
   and also shown as Violet Ultra

At charcoal  night 
dark sky spreading tapestry 
 of silver spangles
as twinkling stars
in sublime salient mode.

Evolution going on !
Human Civilisation 
 on progress
 In Cycle of
 Survival or Existence
  and Extibcinction

Premium Member Anne Widdecombe '

A patantly decent Christaian soul, from what i read of Anne on the whole, if she
Got a thing wrong..To make amends she
Took not long.' A decent and a caring soul
From what i know? On the whole, such a bad.? No terrible event, i will caution not to vent.' Was it done to tip the scales into
Mayhem? Anger; rage.' I think that such she would not want.? Yet actions and answers are needed and how.' Thirty years of mis-handling, must be ended and
Starting now.' Make no milage Nigel of her
Demise' yet let this be the moment of Britains reprise.' Support your indigenous
Who are such as she, redraw your prioritys, end the sleaze, fly the flags at
Half mast and see, respect is offered to
Anne; right living, and her home country.'


Premium Member Richard The Third

Have you ever seen the satanic snake?
A fierce cheetah hunting with no mistake
A bloodthirsty wolf in the black sheep's clothes
How would it be if you find all in close?

Richard the third, the most villainous Duke
Known as a treacherous and selfish kook
Holds the status of the Duke of Gloucester
A saboteur, schemes as an imposter

Possess an ugly build with a hunchback
Hides his flaws as a professional flack
Feels menial for his deformity
Handles things with extreme enormity

A power monger and it's very clear
Cares not even to kill his near and dear
Strategically waits for chance and grabs
With his honeyed words, he always backstabs

By hook or by crook, wants to seize the throne
Cheats Lady Anne with his convincing tone
Spreads rumours to showcase the heirs unfit
Executes those who thwart with his outwit

When the battle at Bosworth in full swing
Stanley takes a U-turn and quits the ring
Unhorsed Richard cries out losing the source
'A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse"

A ruthless tyrant with no repentance
For him, there isn't any moral sentence
The Bard's 'wicked uncle' gets the title role
Invites the crowds' interest on the whole

Politically Incorrect

Sooner or later the presiding politician
will be pushed off his perch
made to do the walk of shame
on his own and left in the lurch
then marched off into eternity
no matter how loud he begs
with head bowed down low
and tail tucked between his legs
he went on to bomb and kidnap
after his flag unfurled
and became the self-elected
policeman of the world
by annexing Canada and Greenland
he wants to make America large
guilty of piracy on the high seas
blame those who put the clown in charge
he may beg plead bribe or cajole
only to wear on our nerves
but on the whole let's dump the chump
and hope he gets what he deserves

Premium Member It is I, the Nut

True enough, on the whole,
in a debate, each has a role.
There can be no question but, 
it is I, who is the nut.


Premium Member Galloway; and his popes '

I can't see..? 
Going on his worldview how it
Comes to be.'  
How the Corrupted corpse of the un-holy see.? Figures in Georges mind.' Is it a generational phenomenon.?
Goodness me.' I must admit for some time
I walked that path, trusting some greater good, was balancing the wrath.? St Peters
Seat and prison of 
St Paul, a place where those, were, who listened for Gods
Call.' Yet it seems they have joined the pharisees.? Operating with evil at ease.) The once picture, is now 
a scattered puzzle?
With odd pieces, that might be bothered to
Stand at kill centers, to oppose and pray,yet  on the whole, we follow evil ways.' Billions of funding going on wars, vatican
Bank in the mix, death pays well,
 truth chafes raw.' And the mancles of mind control..Yet we are informed we can get well in this hole.? I read one Truth..good direction is stole, its been 
'tricked up; and out'
Painted with gold.' What a parcel of lies
Twined in evils cloaking; and a heavy
 blood red role.'

Premium Member The Modern Christmas Effect

What is it really all about?
this season at the end of the year
it feels so false and lacking
one word that's so evident is insincere

The reason for the season
has been missed out on the whole
as most folk feed themselves
more interested in getting their goal

An attitude of gratitude is amiss
asking more, what am I going to get?
a real change of heart is required
seeking to give makes a good effect

If more of us thought of others
before considering just little old me
we could make this world a lot better
bringing smiley faces for all to see

Then we could all have joy abounding
during this jolly old Christmas time
making it effectively marvellous
so that ink would turn into rhyme!

Premium Member Great Britian I would advise,'

You will soon be facing March 2026..' Which as far as I am aware? Will be in
Many places.' Not offering local elections)

We often hear that 'all the power is held way beyond, the grasp of the general
Populace.' So maybe an apathy is grown
I wonder who that might benefit?

However why not ? As a whole nation
Refuse to vote altogther.' It looks as if
That may be a strong action..Against
All the machinations of a rouge system.?

That would negate any planned funneling
Of voters, any misinforming of people, in
Fact it would let the system filter through why it exists at all.? And whether elected
Mp's on the whole, work for the country or
Among themselves.? Or for G M O'S outside of the country.'

Premium Member Samsara and the Circle of Life

The Asian version of Life
Is of a wheel that endlessly spins
Rotating in kaleidoscopic scenes
Of beings in realms
Trapped by their karmas in endless suffering
Endless until it, of course, ends
Which is what all things must eventually do. 

In the West the dominant view is now
Of an endless cycle of Life
Where we don’t actually become anything
After we die, just a nutritional building block
In the ecological web of growth and decay.
It’s a rational seeming world view,
But one devoid of soul.

On the whole these two views compliment
And complete each other;
Soulful and soulless
To give a sense of life on the wheel.
But the truth is neither are complete,
Together or alone
Because neither sees what lies beyond the wheel.

Of course, they say eternity and annihilation respectively
But what is the it that endures or dissolves?
And if it endures was it ever really trapped?
And if it dissolves was it ever really existent?
Somewhere between is the middle way
Free of extremes and labels, 
Free to simply be, what is, inherently ineffable.

(10/12/25)

Going Down

I don't endorse 'going with flow'
for of course you never know
if the current will funnel
you down the drain
the tubes or flume
through the tunnel
toward the spume
to where you end up
in the sewer below
so as I'm in no rush to gush
or feel completely flushed
here and now I do avow
for me the bowl on the whole
is a non-starter a definite no-go

Premium Member Milton was misguided’

A man who wrote with strokes so bold’ of the
Struggle of humanity.. Long may his excerpts
Be told’ he helped write the American constitution, all his writes are original; and Often Concerned with restitution.. Yet too much
To satan I see he gave, with that line on ruling
A error (most grave!) though he was only human as
Anne Lise put on shaky…Yet effects are far reaching, through many a century..’ As I will
Here put this man’s work on the whole was good’ yet I’d not give a whit to the devil..’ if
I do? Then condemn me, that things may be
That be well understood.’ Consider Joseph in
The Egypt of old, who gathered the grain and
Kept it as gold, slowly he took all the people did
Hold, then put them in usury.. Was God really
Glad? It says much of the world that he”s a
Hero at all. Do we have inbuilt moral decrepitude? What say ye all.?

Peter's Plateau

Always following company policy
you set a good example and it showed
qualified at your level of incompetence
while rather than carry the can
you continued to kick it down the road
and I'll be the first to say I'm last in line
on the lower echelon boot-licking list
but please trust and do keep in mind
by me the cheeks of your behind
are not about to be bussed or kissed
I know at work I am junior-most man
on the promotion ladder totem pole
but on the whole you've surrounded yourself
with employees who are quite inferior
and tho' overall you may be the boss
no you are not my superior

Premium Member Hello to Dresden'

Its harrowing to think on the heavy bombing.' A non
Military town, with art aplenty.' Many refugees there
It seems and around; not economic had come, in terrified 
Streams.' The war almost over.' German military gone'
And soon this town of beauty would be swept by bombs.'
Firestoms raging even melting steel' what a twist by wars
Victors.' I consider it wrong.' All this to build back better.?
A valid point? As I muse and consider.? Could that be an
Annoint.? Or If its 'Nie wider kreig?' Then thats something at
Least.' If its stop..' And maybe even question the con-vid release.? I
Guess victorys of truth, can be had.' Yet mass killing
Of normal everyday civillians.? On the whole this makes me' for one; very sad.)

Premium Member I, myself, and me, and me, myself, and I

I, myself, and me,
we comprise the royal we.
I makes most decisions,
while me or myself makes the needed revisions
to ensure we three
don’t unwittingly disagree.

Me, myself, and I,
we're a well-integrated guy.
On the whole,
we're a tripartite soul
stuck together till the day we three die.

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