Your North Star
What is your North Star,
Your moral compass
Which all your oughts and shoulds
And not good enoughs revolve around?
Every time we see the world
Either as good or needing to be better
We’re judging by an internal compass
It has taken a lifetime to form.
And it’s a compass
Influenced by and expressing
Everything we have ever learned
Everything we have ever
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, culture, education, introspection, perspective,
Form: Narrative
Death, Again
I
The man said, we are treated as children
By almost every tradition and religion
As with goblin, gargoyle, fairy stories
Socialized into fearfulness: losing memories, lives -
II
Jesus taught, "I have overcome!" Recall His Resurrection:
O death, where is your sting, O "sin" where is condemnation?
Whether one meditates on space, or my beloved "Sky-ness"
Humble gurus you prefer, Pursue Peace
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, bible, education, jesus,
Form: Didactic
Wearing Facemasks Doth Dehumanize Socialization
Understandable... the sensible
(three ringed circuitous) logic
to trumpet necessity
each individual moost heed
bedecking, cloaking donning,
ludicrous interloper facial covering,
(I prefer sporting
latest custom made
invisible máscaras faciales),
when commingling amidst madding crowd,
nevertheless coronavirus (COVID-19)
makes laughingstock kickstarting
maniacal paranoid testing yapping
authoritarians blabber ceaselessly
bleak household pandemic
plagues (sear ring)
robust human specimen,
hence yours truly,
a feckless (gibbon) primate
breathes sigh of relief,
why? cuz he counts himself insignificant
absolute zero
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, 12th grade, caregiving, heaven,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Seize On Socialization
There once was an assault during the early roarin twenty twenties
In a way it infected the International flow of monies
It could be called the seize on socialization
Using a virus front casting grave patients
For a time being the healthy were required to no longer socialize
When interesting terms distributed claiming safety before
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, america, celebration, friendship, history,
Form: Rhyme
Darling, Delightful, Dubious, Delectable Despicable Day
The darling, delightfully, dubious, delectable despicable day
No one thought to warn me; no one noticed maybe, never mind
It was an extra special, extraneously exciting, and exacting day.
I did not even notice at first, deliberating about dungarees,
I was exasperatingly naïve about anything except my wardrobe.
Unaware of what was whispering in winter, wishing mine had pockets.
So when
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
I Had a Big Plan
I had a big plan about how I wanted my hair cut.
I told her how I wanted the front, the back, the sides.
I was quite specific.
Wet, I could not see what she was doing.
She is the hairdresser, so I paid her.
I was polite.
I gave her a tip.
Silly considering, I have the exact haircut I did
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, introspection,
Form: Free verse
I Am Fake
I am a fake so many times a day,
It is crazy
Pretending to care when I don’t.
Pretending things are okay, when they are not.
Sometimes I pull myself into my pajamas and crawl into my bed with the
fluffy comforters, three or four seconds after I come home from work.
Knowing I can be real only in my
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, depression,
Form: Free verse
Socialization
Socialization
When does socialization become sexualization?
When does socialization become sabotaging?
Socialization isn't sexualization
Socialization isn't sabotaging
Saboteur isn't a socialist
Socialization isn't sacrilege
A socialist isn't a sacrosanct
Socialism isn't sadism
A sadist isn't a socialist
Salacious isn't socialization
Socialization isn't admitting safe sex
A satanic isn't a socialist
A socialist isn't a scandal monger
Screwy isn't socialization
A socialist will not be scruffy
Socialization isn't scurrilous
Seamy isn't socialization
Seduction
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, 10th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Socialization
Socialization
When does socialization become sexualization?
When does socialization become sabotaging?
Socialization isn't sexualization
Socialization isn't sabotaging
Saboteur isn't a socialist
Socialization isn't sacrilege
A socialist isn't a sacrosanct
Socialism isn't sadism
A sadist isn't a socialist
Salacious isn't socialization
Socialization isn't admitting safe sex
A satanic isn't a socialist
A socialist isn't a scandal monger
Screwy isn't socialization
A socialist will not be scruffy
Socialization isn't scurrilous
Seamy isn't socialization
Seduction
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, abortion, absence, allusion,
Form: Pastoral
Socialization
Socialization
When does socialization become sexualization?
When does socialization become sabotaging?
Socialization isn't sexualization
Socialization isn't sabotaging
Saboteur isn't a socialist
Socialization isn't sacrilege
A socialist isn't a sacrosanct
Socialism isn't sadism
A sadist isn't a socialist
Salacious isn't socialization
Socialization isn't admitting safe sex
A satanic isn't a socialist
A socialist isn't a scandal monger
Screwy isn't socialization
A socialist will not be scruffy
Socialization isn't scurrilous
Seamy isn't socialization
Seduction
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
socialization, adventure,
Form: Pastoral