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A Cutting Death


He hides in the crowd

Afraid for his life

He curls up in panic

He knows there’s a knife.


He’s yanked to the fore

With nary thought

The cutting is quick

For those that are caught


The action is swift

Their life force is done

No more to shine

His days in the sun.


Death sweeps away

The thoughts and the cares

All that remains

Are  discarded hairs.


I’ll take just a trim

Off my shaky old head

So toss them aside

Those cut hairs are dead!

If You Were a Sign


If you were a sign

what would you say?

This place is open

and ready to play?


If you were a note

Then what would be written?

I think I’m in love,

I’m sure I am smitten?


If you were the sky

Would you be a cloud?

With hard hitting rain

And fog like a shroud?


Or would you be sunshine

With beams full of hope?

Gathering smiles

For people to cope?


Would your sign say hello

With welcoming arms?

A fist full of dollars

And a head full of charms?


We all wear a sign

For others to see?

Let yours be so bright

The world fills with glee!

I Am So Offended!


What you ask has gotten me in such a state? The answer: people who take offence for a perceived insult.   A song written in 1944, that won an Oscar for best original song in 1949 and was popular in the 50s and 60s, offended someone more than 70 years later. So now it is an evil song about rape. Well that is one way to get into the spotlight.

Breaking News!! It was a different time. I am quite sure the writer did not consider it a rape song. Neither did I, I still don’t. What about the beloved Muppets being gay? First of all, who cares? These beloved characters were written to encourage children, not to coerce them to engage in sex. What is it about them that makes you want to label them? They are best friend!

Do you remember the year some Christmas Songs were re-interpreted? Some were considered homophobic, some anti-feminist and some just mean. Seriously people they are songs. Some were written many years ago. There was no evil agenda.

And then there are the children’s stories. Sleeping Beauty is about rape!!! Cinderella is a stereotype. Beauty and the Beast . . . well. Why do people insist on looking for the bad, the evil, the vile. You can twist anything if you try hard enough. I prefer to see the good, the wondrous, the hope that is in each of these stories. Am I turning a blind eye? Yes, I am. I prefer not to give the evil people of the world my time.

A woman is incensed because a 6 year old boy gave her 6 year old daughter a hug and a kiss in the school playground surrounded by 30 or 40 people. It was a innocent moment of affection between two CHILDREN. Nope, the mother said it was sexual assault and wanted the little boy removed from the school. Shame. Shame on that mother for making assumptions based on her hang-ups. What did those children learn?

People are constantly judging others negatively based on their own inadequacies. What are they trying to do? Does homophobia exist? Of course it does! Is it wrong? YES!!! Anti-feminism exists, sexual discrimination, racial prejudice exists. And so many more ways we discriminate against others and try to subjugate them. It is an evil world. But there is hope. Every year we as a people get a little smarter, a little more accepting. One day maybe we will truly be ONE people. I wonder what the perception of us will be in 70 years.

In the meantime, let the kids be kids and stop trying to pollute the playground.