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What To Believe

WHAT TO BELIEVE

Imagination!
powerful brain creation
that can seem quite real
has been used to fashion gods
and other scary notions

memory function!
amazing brain retrieval
of past happenings
that may or may not be true
or perhaps wishful thinking

I  'member my dog
a sweet little dachshund pup
but can imagine
him as a protective wolf
glad to give his life for me

confirmed evidence!
without whiich we are guessing,
the basis for fact
not only is it tested
but also repeatable

as a little child
I "saw" a nighttime creature
with horns and a tail
my dad turned on all the lights
and we never confirmed it

visibility!
might seem needed for belief
but air is still real
although I've never seen it-
love is invisible, too

you might just conclude
if prayers are not answered
the reason may be
they are heard but not valued.
or there's no one listening

you might believe life
is not a dependency
on a dictator
but an opportunity
for us to do it ourselves

a sense of freedom
is a welcome attribute
of personal life
free of any delusion
of invisible spying

your very good friends
may "know" what is best for you,
but you will soon find
it's whatever they've chosen
to be the best for themselves

so it remains true-
you  choose your belief system
with complete freedom.
no one can criticise you
or claim that you don't get it

nothing tops the joy
of discovering beliefs
through your own efforts
that also means it's OK
to edit them on your own

Richard Ramette

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The Emancipation of David

THE EMANCIPATION OF DAVID

for millions of years
he slept in marble prison.
Michelangelo
chiseled his naked freedom,
revealing timeless beauty

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Lollypop Saga

LOLLYPOP SAGA

the lollypop sits
as it has for seven years
on a window sill
immune to the flow of time
abandoned but not lonely

the girl who left it
learns about carbohydrates
in chemistry class
not thinking of the sucrose
in the sweetness she forgot

she discovers it
during her college spring break
and promptly eats it.
one might say the confection
achieves its final purpose

but wait- there is more!
she converts the sucrose to
carbon dioxide.
thus the candy's destiny
is to aid global warming

Richard Ramette

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You Go, Girl

YOU GO, GIRL

throughout history
 a frequent question has been
"What's a girl to do?"

often the answer,
"Don't worry your pretty head"
came from dear old Dad

who thought her duty
was to produce grandchildren
and manage her home

but more recently
the girls have re-framed it to
"What would I like best?"

the world is richer
in respecting women's rights
and happier, too