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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>and that the act of biting your nails </b></span><b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">reduces anxiety levels.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And that could be. . . because for me,</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">it's so ingrained that I rarely realize I'm doing it.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've tried painting on the nasty tasting stuff.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">With the fake nails, I just start picking at any loose spots</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and eventually strip them all off,</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">taking the top layers of my nails with it.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The few times I've fought the urge</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(or even beyond), my nails are really soft</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and tear and break so easily that I give up</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and go back to the raggedy, bitten look.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Whatever the etiology,</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>I know it's a scourge to property owners</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>who are often required by local laws</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>to cover it up at their own expense,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>but I have to admit that well-executed</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>But I express my urges</b></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-20280497004820122052017-02-14T06:30:00.000-08:002017-02-14T06:30:03.854-08:00Love Stuffing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>When I hear the "Be My. . . " part</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>I just think of Mr. Rogers</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>and "Won't you be my neighbor?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>to moon rise here in the Puget Sound region,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Springtime in Paris.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>A lover's dream.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Not much interested in winter in Paris.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>I'd rather winter in Provence.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>But October in Paris. . . .</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>that sounds lovely.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>With a side trip to Burgundy and Champagne.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Haven't seen those regions yet.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Let's raise a glass to exploring</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>old and new places to love.</b></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-69871433950387014232017-02-10T06:59:00.002-08:002017-02-10T06:59:47.161-08:00Art Journal Pages: Hope and Love<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>It must be the incipient arrival of Valentine's Day</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>that makes me hopeful and thinking of love.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Its power. Its ability to inspire.</b></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-16067335996407160552017-02-08T05:30:00.000-08:002017-02-08T09:25:17.013-08:00Art Journal Page<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>They might be related.</b></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-43324093274150591002017-02-06T06:00:00.000-08:002017-02-08T09:26:16.200-08:00This Woman Believes No. 1<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Kindness.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Seeking to understand.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>All these flow from love.</b></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-48051516282190947262017-02-04T05:30:00.000-08:002017-02-08T09:27:16.624-08:00Abstract No. 42<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"If I choose abstraction over reality, it is because I consider it the lesser chaos." </span></b></span><br />
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-34022799414985029242017-02-03T06:30:00.000-08:002017-02-06T12:52:40.875-08:00Stuck in the Middle<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Could U.S. politics get any crazier?</b></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-43685024312871648132017-02-02T06:30:00.000-08:002017-02-06T12:53:23.382-08:00Overwhelmed?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Recharge.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Redirect, even.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>But keep on keepin' on.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>The world needs your energy,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>your vision, your dedication.</b></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-3717856705692221922017-02-01T06:00:00.000-08:002017-02-01T06:00:07.426-08:00Abstract No. 43<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>I'm drawn to this color palette. . . </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>soft blues and greens,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>punched up with some hot pink, peach, and yellows.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>And then bold black/charcoal for a counterpoint.</b></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-65812344092133605672017-01-30T06:30:00.000-08:002017-01-30T06:30:31.146-08:00Digital Abstracts<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>On those rare occasions that I paint these days,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>I'm drawn to abstraction.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>(Notice I didn't say I drive myself</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>There's something about the power of color</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>and form and line </b></span><b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">that has a purity </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>at least to my way of thinking.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>I've been drawn to creating abstract pieces</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>on Polyvore lately, as well.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>You are Art.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>to speaking out</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>to doing what makes them a little fearful</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>to shining their divine light</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>into the darkness of complacency</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>or ignorance or willful blindness</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>I bought Rebecca Solnit's book</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Men Explain Things to Me</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>for my Kindle.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>That little digital marvel</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>is making the time I spend </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>on the Octane exercise bike</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>go faster.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Not very far into it,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>but I know what she means.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Too many men feel compelled to explain things to women</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>(us poor addled creatures that don't know nuthin)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>even when they don't have the foggiest idea</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>of what they speak</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>and we may be experts on the topic.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Did I mention</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>At Judkins Park during the pre-March rally,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>there was a young man with cloth bags</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>full of long-stemmed roses of all colors,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>some even multicolored.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>He was offering them to people who went by.</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Most declined. Not all.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Some carried these little works of beauty with them.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Don't know who he was, but thanks.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It was one of the moments of delight I experienced.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>And that's no small thing.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Narya Marcille poster, available on etsy.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Just search for the Women's March poster.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>I just bought one.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>January 21, 2017.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>People inspired to work for change </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>People willing to be the change</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>People who believe in compassion, inclusion, stewardship of the earth, that black lives have often not mattered as much as they should in this society, that health care access and affordable care</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>are essential in modern society, that different doesn't mean diminished value, that love between two adult people should be honored and their marriage legal even if they aren't a traditional heterosexual couple, that diversity strengthens our country</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>because it offers new perspectives and ideas.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Seattle's a city that somehow encourages expression </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>and giving new ideas sturdy legs.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>And when women come together to plan a demonstration,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>it's most likely to unfold without violence,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>with no arrests, just as yesterday did.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Above all, I hope it's a city</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>where demonstrators understand that</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>this is just a beginning.</b></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-79916726247596688222017-01-21T06:00:00.000-08:002017-02-06T12:54:48.224-08:00Recipe for Creating Change<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>I'm supporting the Women's March for Change</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>in D.C. and cities around the country.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>I think it makes the good old boys nervous</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>to see women who are angry</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>and saying no to power.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>But marching isn't enough.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>It may have put pressure on the US government</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>to end the war in Southeast Asia</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>decades ago</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>(that, plus the fact that by the mid-sixties</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>almost everyone in the country had a television set</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>tuned to the nightly news</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>showing reporters embedded with troops</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>and presenting a less rosy picture</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>than the official government blather).</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Times have changed</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>in the intervening decades.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b> Spending a day marching isn't enough.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>The sophistication of Tea Party tactics</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>must be co-opted and used to promote</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>a different, inclusive agenda.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>One that says</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>we won't put up with policies</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>that promote the 1%</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>and leave the rest of us adrift.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>What we need is targeted,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>effective action.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Lots of it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Day in and day out.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Not for four years</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>or eight years,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>but until those of us who marched</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>in the 60s</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>are all dead and buried.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Educate yourself on what works now.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Find allies.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Collaborate.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Work hard,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>but don't forget to dance</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>and laugh and play.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>You need to recharge your batteries</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>so you don't lose power.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>And remember to follow this</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>recipe for creating change.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Access to health care is threatened.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Social Security and Medicare are under attack.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Whether or not you voted for Mr. Trump or not,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>these issues affect you or someone you love. . . </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>a parent or grandparent, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>a college graduate who hasn't found a job.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Someone with a pre-existing condition who will be</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>uninsurable, like before "Obamacare."</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Like someone who's had a catastrophic health crisis</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>and has incurred equivalent medical costs</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>so they've max-ed out their lifetime limit. . . </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>which the Affordable Care Act did away with.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>You may worry about climate change and the obliteration of species</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>after species and the climate change deniers who are now holding</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>the reins of power.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>You may be adamant about protecting water,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>banning GMO's, taxpayer-funded corporate handouts,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>the plight of the homeless.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The dismal state of education.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The cost of college tuition.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>You may be non-white, or non-straight, or not native born</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>and worry your rights will be abridged in this climate</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>of "us vs. them."</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>All legitimate concerns</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>given the rhetoric of the alt-right.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The folks that believe that equality is relative</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>and might makes right.</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>For everyone gobsmacked by the election outcome -- </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>stop spending your energy ranting.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>I'm not telling you to get over it,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>I'm saying it's time to get on with it.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Staying stuck in fear and grief</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>immobilizes you at a time</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>our country is threatened by inaction</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>in the face of goings-on that threaten your values.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Pick an issue, educate yourself</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b> on what actions have positive impact,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b> find and mobilize allies,</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b> and get to work. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>That's how we become the change</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b> we want to see in the world. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Yes we can!</b></span></span></div>
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Merihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711078332281330670.post-5967784374718006242017-01-20T05:00:00.000-08:002017-01-20T05:00:09.896-08:00Haiku My Heart: Pomegranate<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b><a href="http://corazon.typepad.com/recuerda_mi_corazon/" target="_blank">Haiku My Heart</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>a pomegranate</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>symbol of fertility</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>bursting with ripe seeds</b></span></div>
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