Friday, July 6, 2012

My Angry Friends

A  L  O  H  A !
I Am A Child by Buffalo Springfield on Grooveshark
" 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