Walk (a #poem)

Sometimes it seems impossible

to fold out your wings and fly.

As if you're stuck in a cage

which gives little room to move.

When you get out

you notice 

you are still unable to fly

because you haven't used 

your wings in a while

You almost feel paralyzed

until a friend tells you:

remember you can still walk

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Civilisation

Every once in a while anthropologists stumble upon a people that are completely oblivious to the outside world. Those groups of people are usually quite small and have developed customs that may seem alien to people living in 'our' world. 

Because they lack in numbers, it's not uncommon for cousins to have children. Making genetic defects like mental development issues not a rare occurence. They have lived like that for generations and seem overall content. In rural USA.

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All joking aside, it does seem that people living in small communities may seem simple minded to others and vote for politicians 'because they promised us a better life!" Apparently they can't comphrehend the notion there are people who would willingly harm others, just to enrich themselves and their so called friends. 

If you can't afford the $122 a month cable subscription in the US, 

your options to watch different TV channels are limited. And so will be your worldview. 

But that's okay, of course. There are tribes tucked away in dense forests that are perfectly content living in the exact same way their ancestors did 30,000 years ago. And - if poachers and corrupt government leaders don't ruin their habitat - they will probably outlive us. If only because they know how to live without electricity and supermarkets.

"Yeah, but those uncivilised tribes spend half an hour making fire!" Sure. Just like you at the yearly neighbourhood barbecue. Although you have matches. But even if they spend a few hours a day on collecting and preparing food, they have all the time in the world. They don't work 8 hours a day enriching someone else; they don't spend 3 hours a day watching TV and spend zero time mindlessly scrolling social media. They don't spend an hour a day discussing topics they know nothing about with people who don't care about their opinion because they already made up their minds. They don't waste time looking for gadgets they absolutely don't need but are told they can't live without. 

"Yeah, but they don't have money!"

If 'having money' is your best argument to call yourself 'civilised' (or 'civilized' if you're American), you may have to rethink your priorities.

A Final Dance (A #CirclePoem)

A Final Dance (A #CirclePoem)

A final dance

the last chance

to feel her fingers

toching his

To hear her breathing

and to see her smiling eyes

while her lips said no

the night

the curtains closed

after

a final dance

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Did human evolution stop? Maybe. For some.

Have we stopped evolving? Of course not. And there is plenty of evidence for that. 

Although it's true that a large group of humanoids (like Tiana and - for example - Marjorie Taylor Greene) never made it past the stage of the Neanderthaler, most of humanity has evolved and continues to do so.  It's true. Bigly.

Racists are a prime example of people who have yet to evolve. Sure, it's normal to be absolutely terrified of people who don't have the same colour skin as you do because you are only a small tribe and they might have diseases that your people can't deal with yet. But that was f'in 100,000 years ago.

It's time for racists to go extinct.

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People like Tiana and MTG are the reason I developed this theory: some time ago a branch of humans evolved into the Homo Sapiens Sapiens, 'the thinking man'. While a rather large group got stuck in the Neanderthal type of development: the Homo Lunatic Ludicrous, 'the really, really stupid man'. 

And remember (a #poem)

Sometimes the only thing that's left

is not right

but the past

that suddenly came instead

and won't last

as the charm that's now

a distant memory

that brings a smile

to those who still are

and remember

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Excuses

"But Hunter's laptop!", "But her emails!", "Yes, my Great Leader messed up and accidentally gave away top military secrets to the foreign power that pays him billions a year to spread misinformation but I read on Facebook once that someone on the left once accidentally gave his home- instead of work address when he ordered dinner so the left makes mistakes too!"

Why does the dumb right never take responsibility?

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If there's one group that rightfully can be called 'snowflakes' it's the radical right. Because fascists start crying when you call them fascists. Because the radical right mostly consists of cowards some 99% of them only dare to share their racist nonsense anonymously. Fascist cowards won't tell their names and hide their faces when their Great Leader tells them to round up people who speak out against fascism:

It happened with many more people than just with Tuft University student Rumeysa Ozturk. 

If you live in a country where people are violently silenced for exposing the truth about their fascist government, there's no longer any doubt you live in a facist state. 

"Yeah, but at least people don't get murdered for exposing the truth about their country's leaders!"

Think again.

What do you think are the signs you live in a fascist country?

To catch a Shadow (a #CirclePoem)

How to catch a shadow 

if you've never chased a dream?

On time moving on

without knowing it stood still 

or on promises broken 

by a night or the will 

to end the ability 

to describe an angel 

without ever having seen one 

or even heard of their existence?

Try to love 

without empathy and you'll fail.

Try to feel

without touch and you'll fall 

because you'll never know 

how to catch a shadow 

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