DAILY ROUTINES IN A COUNTRY GONE CRAZY

 

 DAILY ROUTINES IN A COUNTRY GONE CRAZY

I am a person who has routines.

I make coffee and fix a mug of iced coffee for Lynette.

I turn on the fountain in the backyard.

I check and fill the bird feeders.

I solve 7 of the daily NYT games.

I check my e-mails.

I may drive to several spots to photograph birds and wildlife.

I may go to the grocery store.

I may write.

I may paint.

I may listen to music.

I make dinner with Lynette

I have a glass or two of wine.

I watch TV after dinner.

In between all this, I watch the news.

These had been my daily activities for over 10 years.

Little has changed, except the country I/we seem to be living in and,

The future being created by those in power.

I could stop watching the news but that isn't an answer.

The country, perhaps the world is spinning out of control. 

We have to separate facts and truth from lies and deception. 

We have to hold on to what matters; what is important to us and to the US.

We can't lose hope, but praying and hoping are never enough. 

We have to stand up and speak out. 

We have to add new actions to our routines.

Actions that are legal, moral, and ethical.

Actions that will fight and end the lies.

The chaos, and the division being perpetrated by the president and his minions.   

   

MY WORLD VIEW - A list poem

 

My World View

I struggle to make sense of the world I find myself living in.

As a boy I wore my dad’s “I like Ike” button.

At ten I wore a “Kennedy” button.

With age, I grew to appreciate the value of:

Small Government

Fiscal responsibility

A balanced budget

But that didn’t make me a conservative

It didn’t lessen my belief in the value of:

Social Security.

Civil rights.

Women’s rights.

Gay rights.

Medicare.

Medicaid.

Marriage rights for all.

Birth rights.

The right to an education.

The right to choose.

The right to control your own body and health care.

The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Hard fought rights that are being chipped away.

I have been a democrat ever since Kenney.

A liberal ever since I could vote.

I accepted a person’s right to have a different point of view.

Not a different world.

It seems a quarter of Americans want a different world.