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Post by AquarianM on Sept 2, 2020 0:18:03 GMT -6
When Twenty Twenty Has Gone...
I look back through this year, This psycho cocoon of a year, And I wonder.
The damn thing literally saved my life, Locked down the traffic, Just as the rain spun me, No COVID, No poetry, No me, For real.
We've been each given one or t' other, This year, This clear as glass year, Essential and working like maniacs, Or home staring at the walls, In either case, Our souls are reflecting back, No mirror the wiser.
Do you know what is real yet?
I look back at this rollercoaster of a year, All the flash and crazy carnival, Disaster theater on steroids, Carnival barker buffoons in all directions, Pissed-off Mother Nature, Us little crybabies sitting time-out.
I look back, I wonder, Can we really do it?
Go back to the snake oil, BS and rah-rah cotton candy, All the used car sales of a life?
Do you know what is real yet, Who actually must go on?
Will we pull the veil clear of our illusions, Free of our self-delusions, After Twenty Twenty is gone?
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford © 09/01/2020
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Post by Catlady2710 on Sept 2, 2020 10:38:00 GMT -6
Yes, that's 2020 alright. Who knows what the resulting years afterward will be like. Will COVID19 ever truly be beaten?
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Post by AquarianM on Sept 2, 2020 12:34:16 GMT -6
Yes, that's 2020 alright. Who knows what the resulting years afterward will be like. Will COVID19 ever truly be beaten? Cat, your guess is as good as mine. Thank you. Dan
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Post by goldenmyst on Sept 8, 2020 10:35:10 GMT -6
Great look back at both your experience of 2020 and the broader perspective. Covid saved your life on that highway. Reminds me of an old Chinese proverb where a king’s son broke his leg. The villagers said how terrible! The king said not at all. The son didn’t have to go to war. So that broken leg likely saved the son from worse injuries even death. And there are a series of mishaps for the son all with a surprise favorable outcome. Covid was an international tragedy. Still there are those who who may have benefitted. Especially animals. I heard of turtles returning to a beach for the first time in ages because it was deserted by people.
John
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Post by AquarianM on Sept 9, 2020 0:37:22 GMT -6
Great look back at both your experience of 2020 and the broader perspective. Covid saved your life on that highway. Reminds me of an old Chinese proverb where a king’s son broke his leg. The villagers said how terrible! The king said not at all. The son didn’t have to go to war. So that broken leg likely saved the son from worse injuries even death. And there are a series of mishaps for the son all with a surprise favorable outcome. Covid was an international tragedy. Still there are those who who may have benefitted. Especially animals. I heard of turtles returning to a beach for the first time in ages because it was deserted by people. John Great analogy, John. Good and evil can definitely be relative to our own needs and perspective. Thank you. Dan
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