dr_con Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 (edited) Common Cause What about your life They asked and he rolled a newbie mistake listing everyone he knew friends enemies radicals freedom-fighters his coffee vendor and anyone-pieces and places of truth-If I had been there I would have said Mcdonalds has killed more people than heroin for the last 30 years or tell a story like this: The Weeping Willow by the Stream stood as signpost the OUT-of-BOUNDS for a sword fights with dry ragweed blades The limits of the garden delineated by chickenwire and Sears wood fence poles spills wild and tender into the fallow orchard space with Gooseberries Raspberries Strawberries and even Peas Grapes and Dill care little for arbitrary agreements of ownership or blame filled contracts but they do occasionally respect bargains with lawnmowers and Rototillers--Kafka would laugh: Today's children would resort to a search-engine to filter and grasp words like Gooseberry-- O a small Kiwi or Rototiller-- An industrial age replacement for the plow Contracts and Original sin are the same part of the dis- ambiguation background to all thoughts of good bad and indifferent understood compensation for criminal and victim-- Walmart Microsoft Starbucks and purveyors of high fashion a recession of rock-bottom-prices purses and shoes sold for more than the slaves will make this year or any-other Claritin answers What is Ragweed Pollen fought by models with fashionable Glasses A Full Stop: Cheerful Abstractions- Dulls sane Breaks common cause- No welts and hysterical laughter to distract from this game of winners losers a simulation of Earth without pain Edited April 28, 2010 by dr_con Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 This poem spans at least three decades. From Sears and Rototillers to the giants of today, it tracks back as far as I can remember (to the 1970's, that is). Speaking from experience, the Common Cause, as glorious as it may be, inevitably degenerates to la-la-land. I enjoyed the look back. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 (edited) Thanks Tony! More like 4 decades but yes;-) DC&J Edited May 1, 2010 by dr_con Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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