Patty Thomsen
Destruction
What it takes a lifetime to build Can be destroyed overnight. A marriage and kids torn apart A business firebombed at night. “Tear it down, this vile thing!” (You’ve joined the tide of evil). “Grab your torch! Burn it down!” (You’re running with the devil). Any fool can destroy. There is no virtue…
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The New World Order???
This?! The new world order? On ashes that smolder? Portland? This is the way? This destruction? Okay?
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Be Careful What You Ask For
“Be careful what you ask for,” So said mother to her son. “But mom, I know what I need!” (Mom hoped he’d want wisdom). But wisdom did not drive him, Desires and passions instead. He married “beauty” and folly, Now, his misery widespread. A nation follows ideas. Ideology, the mainspring. When ideas have…
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Thirst
She was ever thirsty, came daily to this well, Her bucket lowered down, a darkness of her hell. And each day she believed, “At last my thirst be quenched.” Sure this water splashing, her heart should now be drenched! Her thirst was much deeper, for deeper connection, To know and to be known, with…
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Bias
We demonize one guy virtually every time. We’re sure his intentions, self-serving or a crime. We interpret his words in the vilest of ways. No matter what he does it’s evil in our gaze. The other guy we give the benefit of the doubt. We’re sure his intentions are pure as a cub scout.…
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