My Angry Friends

A  L  O  H  A !

" Freedom is the right 
to tell people 
what they do not want
 to hear. "

George Orwell

 “ It is generally agreed that

 "Hello"

 is an appropriate greeting
because if you entered a room 

and said

 "Goodbye,"
 it could confuse

 a lot of people ”

 Dolph Sharp

" Love
 is of the soul.
Fear
 is of the personality. "

 Gary Zukav 

 "Seat Of The Soul"

" The only thing

more destructive

than a tornado

is a family. "

Reynolds Price

 " You
 multitude of the dead

 are merely
 people

 who have done certain things, 

and the memory of those things

 illuminates my path. "

Frank Herbert,

Dune

" Have a heart

 that never hardens. .  . 

and a touch 

that never hurts.  "

Charles Dickens

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Some people 
seem so angry 
these days.

Everyone it seems
reserves the right

to be right

exclusively.

AND
 they are angry about it.

Some people

are scary angry,

full of far-fetched

conspiracy theories-

all of which

seem to match

perfectly

their own

prejudices, and 

comfort zone-

isn't that convenient!
Meticulous
in judging those
they never met,
their own motivations
are a mystery 
to themselves.

If you don't agree

100 percent

then they become angry

at you too;

Or if they like you,

merely condescending

and dismissive.

Angry people
 want to instruct
 you & me
because NOBODY
who understands
could possibly
dissagree
with their
simplistic
version of events.
 
 

Hey angry people,

I'm done engaging with you.

You never listen,

you never acknowledge

anything I say.

Facts bounce off you-

so I'm done.

"What, "

you say,

"You are dismissing my views

from here on out,

without even listening?! "

Yes, angry friend,

Now I am going

to behave
 just like you.

Only without the 

corrosive anger.

Instead I will laugh

to myself

as I shake my head

and give your 

radical lunacy

the wide berth

it so richly

deserves.

With Voltaire
 

(French 

and an intellectual,

so you no-doubt

think he's stupid) 

with Voltaire I say:

" Think for yourself, 

ditto head,

and let others enjoy

the same privilege. " 

What do you,

my non-angry friends

think about this?

                         Warmly,  cloudia