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Illuminati, Part III: Only the Luddites
Illuminati, Part III: Only the Ludditesby Michael DoyleOnly the Luddites can save us now.It’s the only assurance of privacy, somehow.Terrorism and pandemics offer the pretenseWhile the foolishness of humanity has little defense.Anarchists and the Far Right have to unite,As we … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchists, Assurance, Bloodlines, Chains, Command, Control, Far Rght, Fight, Foolishness, Humanity, Illuminati, Imperial Six, Luddites, Machine, Mass Meda, Nation, Overlords, Pademc, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Privacy, Refrain, Rise, Save, Song, Stand, Technology, Terrorism, The Father, The New Luddites
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On the Swivel
On the Swivelby Michael DoyleEach passing season brings new discovery.Hidden within our unintentional etymology,Each season brings its liberation from history.When treated as newly known, it brings liberty.The scholars pretend that it brings new value,As if these were never noticed by … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dream, Country, Endure, Etymology, Funny, Good As It Gets, Grow, History, Known, Liberation, Liberty, Lifetime, New Discovery, New Value, Passing Season, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Relax, Revolutionary, Scholars, Scream, Swivel, Told
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Minding the Gap
Minding the Gapby Michael DoyleAn angel looked at our pretense at good.Or the lack thereof, as it’s understood.Finding God where I call my earthly home,In His presence, I find I’m never alone.Blessings of good news are heard,No matter what’s happened … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Adversity, Angel, Bible, Blessing, Capability, Christianity, Correction, Earthly Home, Faith, Forgiven, God, Good News, Growth, Hardest Part, Heaven's Glory, Hesitation, His Presence, Holiness, Impatience, Instant Gratififiation, Jesus, Lamentation, Limitation, Minding the Gap, Opportuity, Overcome, Perseverance, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Question, Rebllion, Refocus, Relationship, Right Direction, Sanctification, Season, Significance, Spiritual Improvement, Spiritual REalm, Stewardship, Sublime, Test, The Enemy, Thread, Trust, Understood, Upper Story, Waiting, Waiting Stars, Worship
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Bumping Up Against
Bumping Up Againstby Michael DoyleBumping up against the edgesToes reaching out over the ledgesThe quest is given up for the idealAs we learn to settle for the realThe higher grounds are out of boundsAs we seek to find further soundsThat … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Better Off, Bleed, Boundaries, Bumping Up Against, Chaos and Contradiction, Choice, Clock, Dedication, Deeper Truths, Despite, Dreams, Edges, Expectation, False Starts, Fear, Find In Our Hearts, Further Sounds, Ghost, Guitars, Hear, Heartbreaks, Higher Grounds, Hours, Ideal, Idols, Ignorance, Incidental Heathens, Lack, Learn, Ledges, Love, Mistakes, New Paths, Note By Note, Out of Bounds, Pain Cuts, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Quest, Reading, Real, Rest, Sense, Settle, Someone Else, Test, Toes, Turn Back, Voice, Wilderness, Wish
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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretence of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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Tagged Care, First Principles, Government, Happy, Labor, Pretense, Prevent, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Waste
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The Power In No
The Power In Noby Michael DoyleIn my life, I’ve been a sonHeld by a mother as second to noneTo my sister, I have been a brotherLoved by her like no otherI’ve been a doting sort of fatherOf my two beautiful, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Available, Believe, Bitter Fate, Brother, Call, Capability, Daughters, Deserve, Diligent, Do, Doting, Dreams, Dreams and Hopes, Empowerment, Father, Feelings, Find Themselves, Full Capacity, Getting Less, Greatest Power, Happiness, Healing, Home, Inconvenient Truths, Late, Life, Live Up, Love, Love Given, Medical Care, Mirrors, Mother, Neglect, No, Observe, Phone, Poetry and Poems, Power, Pretense, Rocks, Rope, Self-Respect, Shade, Single Sentence, Sister, Son, Wait, Weight, Women
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Innocence Born
Innocence Bornby Michael DoyleA child is born into this world innocentDespite the ways that can make a life diffidentThere is no wrong this child has doneYet, hatred ends its love before it’s begunHowever the killers guilt is framedThere is no … Continue reading
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Tagged Adequate, Age, Begun, Born, Caused, Child, Child's Death, Community, Defend, Defense, Diffident, Done, Ended, Framed, Good, Good Reason, Good Soul, Guilt, Hatred, Immunity, Innocence, Killers, Killing Season, Know, Lies, Life, Love, Monstrosity of Man, Named, No Reason, No Wrong, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Rain, Restored Value, Spoken, Suffered, Wash Away, Ways, World
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A Story’s End
A Story’s Endby Michael DoyleA story must be told through its endHowever little we think that we can defendAs the hero struggles to free himself from chainsWhile holding onto the dreams of the morning rainsIt’s hard to cut through the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger and Fear, Attendant Lies, Blur, Chains, Charade, Cut, Defend, Dreams, End, Grow, Hero, Hidden Road, Humanity, Ignorance, Maturity, Morning Rains, Offense, Paid In Full, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Security, Story, Struggle, Think, Tired Eyes, Travel, Truth
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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretence of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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Tagged Care, First Principles, Government, Happy, Labor, Pretense, Prevent, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Waste
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