Category Archives: Wisdom



Ambition

What dark afflictions drive us—gifted, cursed
With what no other animals possess?
I used to think religion was the worst
Disease dementing us—pustular abscess!
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Posted in Conformity, Greed, Religion, Vanity, Wisdom

Life As String Theory

Look Steve, your math has too few dimensions;
Basic string theory needs eleven,
While you complain about time’s tensions
(Using four). You need the other seven.
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Posted in Pain, Vanity, Wisdom

Agitation

Neurobiology, doubtless, maintains
Strange modalities manipulating
Brains—sound and sight and worry, produce strains,
Synapse sparks, ebbs and snarling flows freighting
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Posted in Politics, Today's News, War, Wisdom

The Way It Is

Just last week, chatting with a regular
At the paddle tennis courts, I, beguiled,
Noted Luiza, stunning (our blond star!),
Was showing more flesh lately, fashion, style.
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Posted in Beauty, Lust, Vanity, Wisdom

The Golden Mean

Some people live lickety-split
And strike us as persnickety.
Others, cautious, are so amazed
By peril, they act as if dazed. Continue reading →

Posted in Wisdom

The Big Bang

Cosmologists, driven to explain things,
Frequently confuse theories with facts.
From carvings on cave walls, they moved to wings
Of angels, discovered math, grew abstract. Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, Wisdom