s.t.o.p.
stop-
the madness.
stop-
speaking in tongues with mindless folks
who engage in doublespeak and jargonese.
could the world just please
stop-
thinking
twice about thinking twice?
my how time flies
when you’re diving off the deep end.
could we gain some control? grab a hold?
i don’t think there’s ever been a time
when this world’s been at peace;
we’re just trying to get closer
without getting erased.
our species is so egotistical-
thinking we’ll be here forever,
like we can’t go like the dinosaurs.
what a bunch of dodos!
i don’t know
what else to say
when folks are still living day to day,
meal to meal.
how do we heal
all of the broken people?
stop-
trying to make sense
out of nonsense.
stop-
asking rhetorical questions.
you’ll end up trapped in your mind
in the world of what ifs and
hypotheticals.
just let it be,
and jump in where you fit in.
you are not your parents’ sins.
we are not our ancestors’ mistakes.
we are the survivors.
our DNA carries the strands
of a people that have prolonged
and survived, and survived, and survived,
but for how much longer
when “idiocracy”
starts to resemble reality.
10.19.16.
UP!::urban po'E.Tree(s) 
I loved reading this. ☺
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I loved reading this.☺
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Idiocracy … great word … rule by idiots, I assume?
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So true .. and unfortunately not enough people think about this
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it doesn’t hurt my eyes looking at the video. Great words it fits in with the video but, it also doesn’t. I mean your words “lost in the mind” fits the picture but… I get dizzy. However, I REALLY LOVE THE POEM!!!!
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Thank you. I liked the pic too much I had to pay but I understand.
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So true “I don’t think there’s ever been a time when this world’s been at peace…our species is so egotistical”…Great Piece loved it
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I like how you transitioned the stanza into a call for action: “stop-
asking rhetorical questions.
you’ll end up trapped in your mind
in the world of what ifs and
hypotheticals.
just let it be,
and jump in where you fit in.”
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