Proof & Crooks

Crooks forget
That it is impossible
To prove beyond doubt
That something happened
When it really did not happen.
02.07.14

Fear & Victory

If we could un-frighten ourselves
By re-examining the evidence
We would win our battles;
When we enter into a conflict
With fearless confidence
Our opponents cower.
02.06.14

Media & Intelligence

The news media
Use a great number of words
To express what could have been said
In but a few, intelligent sentences;
Wasting their watchers’ time
With elaborate packaging
Is causing them to lose
Enlightened audiences.
01.05.14

Governments & Lawlessness

Governments
Always pay more attention
To illegal and criminal activities
But less attention to their etiologies;
Researching and preventing lawlessness
Would be far more cost effective and fruitful
Than merely trying to outwit and regulate the lawless.
02.04.14

Excess & Waste

Excess and waste
May seem normal to us
But they are symptoms of decay;
If we could reverse this inevitable decline
We could rewrite our own history.
02.03/14

Behind & Lurks

Behind love lurks need
Behind lust lurks desire
Behind hate lurks anger
Behind aspiration lurks hope
Behind abuse lurks selfishness
Behind despair lurks hopelessness
Behind coercion and violence lurks ignorance
And behind ignorance lurks self-destruction.
02.02.14

Little & Lot

All of us know
A lot about little
And little about a lot;
But those of us who think
They know a lot about a lot
Cause the most human harm.
02.01.14