“Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.” – Virginia Woolf
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Thought For the Day: Literature Is Strewn With the Wreckage of Men Who Have Minded Beyond Reason the Opinions of Others
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Practiced Denial
Practiced Denial
by Michael Doyle
We laugh, we smile
We practice our denial
Trying hard to hide
Feelings we can't confide
There are words unspoken
Like sharp sticks poking
Leaving wounds that will scar
It all went a bit too far
Painted like a clown
It always got me down
Like a three-ring big top
That didn't know how to stop
Problematic monkeys found
Circuses to chase around
There was no way to find a cure
And no way our love could endure
We laughed, we smiled
We practiced and defiled
Those things of sacrament
The doomsayers were prescient
(c) February 2, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: The Bosom of America Is Open To Receive Not Only the Opulent and Respectable Stranger, But the Oppressed and Persecuted of All Nations and Religions
“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.” – George Washington (1783)
Read that last part.. mysteriously it is omitted on most graphics for this quote. Yet, it is essential. The illegal aliens who were beating on the police officers in NYC should be jailed until they are deported
Thought For the Day: The Absence of Flaw In Beauty Is Itself A Flaw
“The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.” – Havelock Ellis, physician, writer, and social reformer (2 Feb 1859-1939)
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What Queen Frostine Taught Me
What Queen Frostine Taught Me
by Michael Doyle
Queen Frostine taught me to cherish victory
Sweetly satisfying and stacked in her mystery
At four years old, I began to learn to take my turn
Life was full of all these sorts of things to learn
I found that those things learned with a laugh
Stuck with me more than worrisome patterns of math
Yet still, I learned to count with color recognition
And I found that kids' games developed my cognition
All of this became discerned to my gratitude
While creative enjoyment taught me the attitude
That would come to serve me well through my days
I found that life's games are worth a million plays
Win or lose, I learned to play my turns honestly
Finding otherwise, no one would continue to play with me
Losing time and time again until winning, I came to define
All those things I came to claim as me and mine
Among these things was the honor of my integrity
This came hard learned, I will say with sincerity
It was in growing older that I learned to face rejection
With only a few moonshot roles building needed connections
In all the hopes that would have been, that could have been
I learned from Candyland to become gracious, lose or win
Knowing full well that whether encountering ladders or slides
I learned I'd be alright, and always come out the other side
You see, the trick is to keep going, facing ever forward
Moving with persistence, ever onward and constantly toward
With our eyes set on whatever the goals chosen might mean
And still, we remain hopeful until happening on Queen Frostine
(c) February 1, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: The Only Sure and Permanent Foundation of Virtue Is Religion. Let This Important Truth Be Engraved Upon Your Heart
“The only sure and permanent foundation of virtue is religion. Let this important truth be engraved upon your heart.” – Abigail Adams
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Thought For the Day: Power Concedes Nothing Without A Demand. It Never Did and Never Will.
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” – Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, editor and orator (c. Feb 1817-1895)
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Thought For the Day: I Shall Live Badly If I Do Not Write, and I Shall Write Badly If I Do Not Live
“I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.” – Francoise Sagan, playwright and novelist (1935-2004)
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First Principles: An Honest Man Can Feel No Pleasure In the Exercise of Power Over His Fellow Citizens
“An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson (1813)
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We Were So Certain
We Were So Certain
by Michael Doyle
It's not so funny
How things rearrange
It used to be so sunny
Now everything has changed
You were my Bonnie,
And I was your Clyde
Was I only dreaming
Or along for your ride
We were so certain
Now we're simply hurting
I wanted to love you always
Now you're missing in my days
In the morning, I open my eyes
Thankful for the new sunrise
And I wonder how you are feeling
Still, it is that I am reeling
Your side of the bed is empty
Except for your haunting memory
I don't want to be your yesterday
But you're gone anyway
We were so certain
Now I'm deeply hurting
You were my last in line
Where are you Valentine?
Where there's a light
There's a way to make it right
But with no real words between
I must guess at what you mean
The devil was right there
Lost up in all the details
The pain inside is clear
It's what the silence reveals
You were my Bonnie
And I was your Clyde
Was I only dreaming
And along for your ride?
(c) January 31, 2024 Michael Doyle
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