Category Archives: Philosophy

Cowering

I call them assholes when I’m in my placeand talking to myself, without controls,of those who snipe and won’t confront my face.I call them assholes. They suffer vacancies within their souls,and feel correction as profound disgrace(like blame and shame in … Continue reading

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Marshmallows

I know a forceful personality,who might have made a most impressive man,but culture deemed her shrill, and familywas sore the more she nonconformed to plan.They said she was a strident know-it-all,(who loved to learn and talked to get response).Her mother … Continue reading

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Looking the Wrong Way

He registers embarrassment becauseI grinned at him, although my smile hadno relevance to any of his flaws –of course I never meant to make him sad. Her feelings have been bruised. With hurt she’s full,and so she flails internally at … Continue reading

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A Penetrating Glimpse into the Obvious

Review the choices made when you were 8,for everyone gets hurt in childhood,but most survive to age and recreate,with strategies and tactics that were goodenough to serve them then, but rarely worthcontinuing to use when they’re mature.I watch too many … Continue reading

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Messier than Fiction

A story is a popular deviceas old as song, as ancient as cave art.It can be utilized to give advice,or illustrate a precept, or to starta way of thought-in-action, but the talecannot be messy like reality.Too accurate a plot or … Continue reading

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Centered

The center of my universe is me,and circumstances here are rather nice.The next concentric circle’s family,and though my peers and elders give advice,there’s plenty of respect and courtesy.My neighborhood demands no sacrifice.But farther out – the more the distance grows … Continue reading

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Logic Problem

“They need to read more Plato,” someone said,but he’s a teacher bound to miss the mark,who thinks that only logic fills the head,and only reason penetrates the dark.I wish he were correct. I once agreed,but I cannot ignore experience.For while … Continue reading

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Impetus

I think all children love to learn at first,but many suffer curiosityto wane as they gain years, as if they’re cursedto age into dull insipidity.The lucky are precocious, full of thirstfor power, lusting for maturity.Though early pain may be their … Continue reading

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Girlish

Most people I’ve knownhave let life happen to themespecially girls.

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On the Stranger Who Paid Our Tab

What prompted him to buy us wine and food,and leave before we voiced our gratitude?Did we remind him of a mother dearto him, but missed or gone this awful year?Was he in a nostalgic sort of mood? Did he receive … Continue reading

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