- "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it’s that I have greater respect for justice. Where there is a conflict between the law and the higher moral code that we all share, my loyalty is to that higher moral code."
Tim DeChristopher
“This is what you shall do; love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”
Walt Whitman
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My Cat Bill
This is my cat. His name is Bill. No human has ever touched Bill. And no human ever will. Bill will not allow it. It is forbidden. – Among cats, Bill is untouchable. Bill takes a lot of shit (from the other cats). Bill don’t take no shit. Bill gives as good as he gets. Bill kicks cats’ asses. – Bill doesn’t care what I think. Bill doesn’t care what anyone thinks. Bill doesn’t care. That’s why I like Bill.
One with every pulse of life that beats the air
We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart’s blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring-impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. With beat of systole and of diastole One grand great life throbs through earth’s giant heart, And mighty waves of single Being roll From nerve-less germ … Continue reading
Excerpts From “Panthea” by Oscar Wilde
Trying to get myself re-grounded after the a few days of stressful stuff. This one always seems to help me find the the path. We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart’s blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring-impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. … Continue reading
We Rig the Game and We Buy Out Both Sides to Keep You Enslaved in Your Pitiful Lives
A little socially conscious poetry this morning. We are the 99% – Solidarity Forever!
Uncle Walt’s Wisdom
Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men-go freely with powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and with the mothers or families-re-examine all you have been told … Continue reading
