POETRY

BLISS

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LISTENING TO JOSEPH CAMPBELL THE POWER OF MYTH ONE THROUGH SIX BILL MOYER INTERVIEWS JOSEPH CAMPBELL ON AUDIBLE...HE MENTIONED FOLLOWING YOUR BLISS AND IT MADE ME THINK OF THIS...

TECHNOLOGY

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I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE SAID DON'T DO IT THAT WAY DO IT THIS WAY...THAT WAY WOULD MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE REFERING TO THE RIDICULOUSNESS OF COMPLICATING THINGS AND WASTING YOUR TIME INSTEAD OF STREAMLINING AND SIMPLIFYING TO SAVE TIME....THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO AN EMAIL I GOT FROM DISCORD...A WEBSITE I DON'T EVEN USE. I THINK I SIGNED UP CUZ OF A MUSIC COURSE I ENDED UP CANCELING AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO DELETE MYSELF FROM THE WEBSITE. THEY SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT THEIR BRIGHT IDEA TO CHANGE EVERYONE'S ACCOUNT ID ON THERE AND SAID IF YOU DON'T GO THERE BY A CERTAIN DATE THEY WILL MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT ID YOU WILL BE STUCK WITH. I COULDN'T EVEN LOG IN OVER THERE WITH THEIR CRAZY CAPCHA CRAP AND THEY SEND EMAILS FROM THOSE STUPID NO REPLY ACCOUNTS SO YOU CAN'T EVEN TRY TO GET HELP BY SIMPLY REPLYING TO AN EMAIL AND YOU CAN'T ASK FOR HELP IF YOU CAN'T LOG IN TO THE WEB SITE. I JUST WANNA DELETE  MYSELF OFF OF THERE CUZ I NEVER USE IT ANYWAY...UGH...BEFORE THAT... MICROSOFT DELETED MY WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER OR UPDATED IT TOTHE NEW VERSION THAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE AND SAY THEY NO LONGER SUPPORT THE OLD VERSION SO I CAN'T  PUT ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUTUBE CUZ I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING I CAN USE TO UPLOAD THERE ANYMORE....I DO HAVE OVER SIX HUNDRED THINGS ON THERE ALREADY SO I GUESS I DON'T NEED TO UPLOAD ANYMORE BUT STILL IF I WANTED TO I CAN'T NOW CUZ I NO LONGER HAVE THE VERSION I KNEW HOW TO USE ON MY COMPUTER I GUESS  FROM A WINDOWS UPDATE THEY  MESSED IT UP FOR ME...I AM NOT TECHNOLOGY SAVVY SO THESE THINGS REALLY BOTHER ME. YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD SIMPLIFY RATHER THAN COMPLICATE THINGS. I TRY TO LIMIT COMPUTER TIME AND END UP WASTING WAY TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT ON THERE ...IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING. THAT STUFF WAS ON MY  MIND WHEN I WROTE MY POEM...ALL THOSE CRAZY CAPCHA THINGS AND PASSWORD RULES AND TWO STEP VERIFICATION AND ALL THAT TIME WASTING STUFF JUST BOGGLES THE MIND...SIMPLIFY...DON'T COMPLICATE...RANT OVER...

GETTING BACK TO BASICS

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GETTING BACK TO THE BASICS...SIMPLE PLEASURES ANYONE CAN DO ANYTIME...LITTLE THINGS YOU MAY FORGET ABOUT BEING DISTRACTED OR PREOCCUPIED BY SO MANY OTHER THINGS...TAKE TIME AND MAKE TIME FOR THESE DAILY AND SEE JUST HOW HAPPY YOU CAN BE...

A BIT OFF THE CUFF

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I WAS THINKING OF TIME UPON A ONCE THAT I HAVE YET TO TRY TO FIND IF I STILL HAVE A COPY OF IT AT ALL...I'M AFRAID IT WAS ON A DRIVE THAT FAILED ME...ANYWAY THAT WAS IN MY HEAD WHEN I WROTE THIS BACKWARDS STUFF...TOCK TICK...OWME...

MAKE THEM EARN OUR TRUST

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TRUST YOUR INTUITION

YOU WILL KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST OR NOT...

THE TRUTH MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE

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I JUST SAW A HEADLINE ON CHILDRENS DEFENSE THAT MENTIONED THAT NOW BIDEN WANTS TO USE AI TO CENSOR THINGS ONLINE...I GUESS THEIR FAKE NEWS COHORTS AREN'T DOING A GOOD ENOGH JOB CUZ SOME TRUTH MANAGES TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS....IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT THE ONES WHO SILENCE YOUR POSTS CLAIMING THEY ARE FAKE NEWS  ACTUALLY IS TRYING TO PROTECT THE REAL FAKE NEWS THAT RUNS RAMPANT MAINSTREAM....CRAZY MIXED UP WORLD......YOU GOTTA WONDER WHAT HE IS TRYING TO HIDE...WHAT IS HE AFRAID WILL GET OUT THAT HASN'T YET...THEY SHOULD NOT BE GETTING AWAY WITH THE AMOUNT OF CENSORSHIP YOU SEE MORE AND MORE OF THESE DAYS... THAT ONLY CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. THEY ARE GOING AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION DENYING OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. WE  NEED TO PUT A STOP TO THIS NONSENSE. CORRUPTION RUNS RAMPANT. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON AND WONDER HOW AND WHY THEY GET AWAY WITH IT...THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT. WE NEED TO FIX IT. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. WAKE UP CALL.

 

DON'T FORGET THE GOLDEN RULE

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I SUPPOSE THAT IS WHY SO MANY SPEAK OF LEARNING SELF LOVE...BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AND YOU LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF THE GOLDEN RULE GETS MESSED UP FOR EVERYONE...SO LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF FIRST AND THEN THE GOLDEN RULE WILL WORK OUT MUCH BETTER FOR ALL...TOO MANY CHOOSE TO BLAME GOD WHEN THINGS GO WRONG WHEN IT IS THE MISTAKES OF MAN THAT CAUSE THE HARM NOT GOD....THIS POEM IS LONGER THAN USUAL...I MAY COME BACK AND CONDENSE IT BUT MAYBE NOT...TIME WILL TELL...TRY YOUR BEST TO MAKE GOOD MINDFUL CHOICES...YOU LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR CHOICES SO DON'T LET OTHERS CHOOSE FOR YOU...IT IS A DO ITYOURESLF PROJECT...GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.

DO YOU DEFER TO A CONNOISSEUR

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I WAS THINKING OF PARALLEL LINES OR PARALLEL LIVES AND THEN THOUGHT MAYBE PERPENDICULAR LINES OR LIVES MIGHT BE MORE INTERESTING TO CONTEMPLATE...THEN WONDERED WHAT A CONNOISSEUR MIGHT HAVE TO SAY  ON THE SUBJECT...I AM GUESSING THEY WOULD GO WITH PERPENDICULAR...WHAT DO YOU THINK...

INVISIBLE THINGS SELECTIVELY ACCEPTED

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AN INTERESTING PHENOMENON...