“The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.” – John Quincy Adams
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First Principles: History Shows That of All Governments, Democracy Is the Most Unstable, Fluctuating and Short-Lived
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Tagged Ages, Democracy, Experience, First Principles, Fluctuating, Government, Human, John Quincy Adams, Short Lived, Shown, Unstable
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Boy Genius
Inspired by and dedicated to the vexatious life of Erik Satie.
Boy Genius by Michael Romani Reeling out of control Unable to console The boy genius fights Taking confront in his nights Sideways bit of swagger Sliced into like a dagger Shamelessly ballistic Far too antagonistic Wordlessly described Often circumscribed More ego than we know Force taken blow by blow Longing for glory But failing at the story Self superior in his thinking Caught up in his drinking Reeling out of control Unable to console The boy genius fights Taking comfort in his night Disintegrating humanity Lost within in his vanity Collapsing in his sanity He falters in his dignity Approaching steps toward fame Harrowed into his shame Lonely dreams coming true Melt into the serenity renewed Shown love and empathy He returns this with cruelty Lost capacity for connection He's never cared for correction Reeling out of control Unable to console The boy genius fights Taking comfort in his nights (c) September 9, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Antagonistic, Blow By Blow, Boy, Capacity, Circumscribed, Confront, Connect, Console, Contrl, Correct, Cruelty, Dignity, Dream, Drink, Ego, Empathy, Erik Satie, Fail, Fame, Fight, Genius, Glory, Harrow, Human, Love, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Serenity, Shame, Shameless, Show, Slice, Steps, Story, Superior, Swagger, Think, Vanity, Wordless
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At A Half Mumble
Like the song says, if there’s a rock n heaven, you know they got a heck of a band. Have you ever really stopped to think on all those who rose up like some latter day shamen only to burn out and fade away.. and yet still leave their mark on society’s common memory?
At A Half Mumble by Michael Romani Spaced out troubadors Splash across lost generations Quavering melodies crumble With words at a half mumble Receive ready in stateliness Caught up in its headiness Fragile in it scare Bordering on a list of real care Stolen lines for the next fight Hint of soul's darkness brought to light A man child playing the part of a poet Distorts his emotion afraid to show it What's left to be said When everything has been said Twirled blues spin the mind Yesterday's memories are left blind Toxic on a personal level Are the mixed messages of an untamed devil Booze and sex offer line given highs Dreams of the ideal slipped behind our sighs It feels forever since we've chased dignity Caught up in the darkness of our complexity Looking of signals of strength in the wind Steelier eyes seek our future past the bend All the hopped up promises of love seem to fade As those torn to dust insist on throwing shade Pieces of puzzle whispered into our ears Run away with the magic of all our rushing years Cries worthy of some sort of a happy ending Self imagined dreams worth some sort of blending Glorious in the heaving of a heavy sonic melody It offers truth of tender somewhat genuinely Taken place across in its historical sweep Heaven's unstable frontier makes us weep Holding on as the ground shakes and hills burned It's an epitaph to all things we've graciously learned (c) September 9, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Band, Bend, Blend, Blind, Blues, Burn, Complex, Devil, Dignity, Distort, Dreams, Emotion, End, Epitaph, Fade, Fragile, Frontier, Future, Generation, Genuine, Gracious, Ground, Happy, Heaven, High, Hills, Hint, History, Ideal, Learn, Left, Magic, Melody, Memory, Mind, Mixed Message, Mumble, Personal Level, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Promises, Puzzle, Rock N Roll, Rush, Said, Shade, Shake, Shaman, Show, Sigh, Signal, Sonic, Sould, Space Out, Steely Eyes, Stolen Line, Strength, Sweep, Tender, Toxic, Troubador, Weep, Whisper, Wind
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Thought For the Day: The Fight For the Right To Life Is the Cause of the Whole Family of Man
“The fight for the right to life is not the cause of a special few, but the cause of every man, woman and child who cares not only about his or her own family, but the whole family of man.” – Dr. Mildred Jefferson
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Tagged an, Care, Cause, Child, Dr. Mildred Jefferson, Family, Family of Man, Few, Fight, Right To Life, Thought For the Day, Whole, Woman
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First Principles: Peace Is Better Than War, War Is Better Than Tribute
“It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.” – James Madison (1816)
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Thought For the Day: Care of Human Life and Happiness and Not Their Destruction Is the First and Only Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Care, Destruction, First, Good, Government, Happiness, Human Life, Object, Only, Thomas Jefferson, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: If Truth Be Not Diffused, Error Will Be
“If truth be not diffused, error will be.” – Daniel Webster
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Thought For the Day: A Person Is A Person No Matter How Small
“A person is a person no matter how small.” – Dr. Seuss
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First Principles A Bible, Newspaper and Good Schooling Are the Principal Supports of Virtue, Morality and Civil Liberty
“A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district–all studied and appreciated as they merit–are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty“ – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Appreciate, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Civil Liberty, District, First Principles, House, Merit, Morality, Newspaper, School, Study, Support, Virtue
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Come To Light
Truth be told, I am excited that the things of comic books that I dreamed on a kid are coming about in my lifetime. One of these was robots. Then AI. And then robots with AI . This is a poetic stab in that direction.
Come To Light by Michael Romani Might it be that The creation of AI Able to be like man If this could be a fact Would be deep as the sky And that first act That only Gods can Bring into effect And significantly correct In it's standby That is something new Which brings into view The conceptualizing Overcoming the ability To comprehend That the history of man ends Bringing us to our new tomorrow Where fascination Leads past our sorrow In its stark impression That has a language That exceeds expression Fully surpassing the analytical Of yesterday's fanatical Thoughts leaving us sleepless at night As new man comes to light (c) September 6, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Able, Act, AI, Analytical, Comic Book, Comprehend, Concept, Correct, Effect, Express, Fact, Fascination, First, Gods, History, Impression, Light, Man, New, New Man, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Robot, Sky, Sleepless, Sorrow, Tomorrow, View, Yesterday
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