tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40986644689032726102024-03-17T20:04:31.068-07:00Writing My Mind.comBy Russ Allison LoarRuss Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098664468903272610.post-9615209520072556472024-03-16T12:13:00.000-07:002024-03-16T12:13:35.700-07:00# 211:<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: 20px;"><u>This Is The Age Of The Pure Self</u></span><br />
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<span>Anarchy,<br />
Not just for the dispossessed anymore,<br />
It's catching on like wildfire,<br />
A fad,<br />
A new sport for the upper crust,<br />
For those separated from the great mass<br />
By privilege,<br />
Power,<br />
Perception.<br />
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This perception of superiority,<br />
Now this is the motive force,<br />
Not just for the well-to-do anymore,<br />
No,<br />
Even the lowest inhabitants of the social order<br />
Feel superior these days.<br />
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Now,<br />
In our cities and our streets,<br />
In our homes and office buildings,<br />
In all manner of public and private places,<br />
Now,<br />
No one is safe from this self-righteous anarchy.<br />
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This is war.<br />
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To each their own pure self,<br />
The pure self that needs no law,<br />
That bends to no man, woman or child,<br />
That considers not its own frailties,<br />
Sees no larger world beyond itself,<br />
Enforces its iron rule without mercy,<br />
No matter how trivial or mundane its kingdom may be.<br />
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Nor more humility,<br />
No backing up,<br />
No admission of error,<br />
Of guilt,<br />
Of responsibility.<br />
All actions and motives of the pure self are beyond question.<br />
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We encounter one another<br />
In our day-to-day lives<br />
And exchange the menacing glance.<br />
All is understood.<br />
Ours is the age of the pure self.<br />
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<a href="http://russallisonloar.com/"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS; font-size:90%;color:#0066CC;">~ Russ Allison Loar</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS; font-size:90%;color:#0066CC;">© All Rights Reserved</span><br />
Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098664468903272610.post-33902731377251315332024-03-16T12:10:00.000-07:002024-03-16T12:10:26.447-07:00Living In A Tree<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russloar/sets/72157627453067023/" style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 90%;" target="xxxx">~ Words, photograph and rat by Russ Allison Loar</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_symbol" target="xxxx">© All Rights Reserved</a></span>Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098664468903272610.post-6704310508211425852024-03-09T12:53:00.000-08:002024-03-09T12:53:24.222-08:00# 249:<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: 28px;">When you are treated</span><div><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: 28px;">as if your life </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 28px;">has no worth,</span><div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 28px;">then you have no honor to uphold.</span><div>
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<a href="http://russallisonloar.com/"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;">~ Russ Allison Loar</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;">© All Rights Reserved</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;"><a href="http://russloarart.com/" target="xxxx">~ Text & artwork by Russ Allison Loar</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_symbol" target="xxxx">© All Rights Reserved</a></span>Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098664468903272610.post-33933036411812376212024-03-02T14:29:00.000-08:002024-03-02T14:31:06.137-08:00# 134:<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: 28px;">I would legalize marijuana<br />
for limited recreational use.<br />
You could only smoke it<br />
while playing pickleball.</span><br />
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<a href="http://russallisonloar.com/"><span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS; font-size:90%;color:#0066CC;">~ Russ Allison Loar</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS; font-size:90%;color:#0066CC;">© All Rights Reserved</span><br />
Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098664468903272610.post-20993445670197389502024-03-02T14:27:00.000-08:002024-03-02T14:27:45.664-08:00Ways We Lie<br />
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 90%;"><a href="http://russallisonloar.com/" target="xxxx">~ by Russ Allison Loar</a><br />
<a href="http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=1339133" target="xxxx">~ Photo by John Kounadeas</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_symbol" target="xxxx">© All Rights Reserved</a></span>Russ Allison Loarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757215252727321125noreply@blogger.com