Poetry / IGNORAMUS REX

You are welcome!
Glad you liked it.
Makes me feel good
Like I’m a poet or something . . .

Thanks for the review.
I don’t disagree with your point about “so, so . .” and will give it more thought.
I’d have liked to hear you read it.

So glad that you enjoyed it.
Kinda’ makes me wanna polish an apple on my chest . .
Thanks for your review.

I’m chuckling.  I don’t think I’ve ever polished an apple on my chest, but the gesture’s meaning isn’t lost on me.  

Thanks for your review. Glad that you mostly liked it.
I wouldn’t say I was “skewering”, it IS an indictment of our foreign policy and continued embracement of a world gone-by, where covert activities could seamlessly replace a government and/or many other options. I see the world as a much smaller place, exponentially so. I see the powers that be very resistant to this “idea”. Sad thing is that it’s not an “idea” but a reality. I think that’s sad because I also think that we (the U.S.A.) should be taking the lead on many issues  i.e global warming, etc., instead of remaining married to special interests who refuse to even recognize that global warming is in fact happening.

I don’t disagree with ur comments re: QUESTION AUTHORITY ALWAYS. It was an afterthought and not a part of this piece. I’m pretty sure I did in fact pick it up from a bumper sticker.
I do like it tho’ and think it germaine to the theme of the piece.
Thanx for your thoughts.

You’re welcome.

Assalamu alaikum(Arabic)Peace be upon you.
The rhythym sin’t necessarily off . .. it’s in the reading and inflection. I really should take more time with puncuation before I post. I’m sure a little more care taken with the basic grammar on my part would take some confusion out of the mix . .
Thanx for your comments.
I do appreciate them.
Peter

Pax Tecum(Latin) Peace be with you. I’ll bet is(in
the reading) and that it would. :) You’re quite
welcome. —Mandy

Like I said, I’m not naive to the fact that there exists horrific evil loose in this world. WAR should ALWAYS be the very last FINAL OPTION> Not a deterrent. Not a wall. Not a political ploy with no altruistic quality. And if indeed we are at WAR like they keep saying we are, then let’s go to TOTAL WAR! No B-S-sin’ around then. Conjure(google) General George Tecumseh Sherman
From wikipedia: “The northern generals who prosecuted the war most effectively , and most ruthlessly, had more understanding of its ideological purposes…
“We are not only fighting hostile armies,” William Tecumseh Sherman declared, “but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war”....
Therefore the North must “make the war so terrible…[and] make them so sick of war that generations would pass away before they would again appeal to it ”...The Union’s conduct of the Civil War would remain, for American commanders in both world wars of the twentieth century, the very model of a great war…a war of ‘power unrestrained’ unleashed for ‘complete conquest.’

Sherman famously said “War is hell,” a stark statement that encapsulates the horror of war. He’s been accused of committing war crimes during the Civil War, but the evidence is that his campaign against the civilians of the South was mainly limited to destroying property, although it certainly caused a great deal of suffering—as intended.

Sherman also had a way with words. He’s the author of many famous quotes about war which show a fascinating combination of the compassionate and the implacable. Sherman felt the two were closely linked in war—in order to ultimately be compassionate, one had to be ruthless, because half-measures kept the population in an undefeated state, ready to wage war again:

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and defeat.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

The scenes on this field would cure anyone of war.

War as a remedy for war--it seems paradoxical. And yet, it worked for Sherman. And it seems that the dreadful wars of the twentieth century--World Wars I and II—bore out the principle that if a war is bad enough that a people actually feels defeated (not just humiliated or tricked, but defeated and war weary), they are unlikely to start another.”

Assalamu alaikum(Arabic)
Peace be upon you.
Peace!
Out!
Peter

Well…being Southern, I don’t really have to Google Sherman. ;)

If you’ve never read the poem “Dulce et Decorum est,” do so. I think you’ll like it.

Yeah, that’s quite an indictment on war.
It’s really perverse when you think about it . . .

It is, but “an ecstacy of fumbling” is probably one of the greatest lines of poetry ever written.

The beginning is also a prologue, it purposely takes you through the mystery of birth, of consciousness perhaps, of mobilizing the masses . .the birth of a new consciousness . . .maybe just the primodial original consciousness getting through to us . . and our own shortcomings at coming to grips with it. Ya’ know, our world coming apart at the seams an’ all . .I know we got more important things to do, to talk about and whatever, I got laundry, I gotta’ prepare meals, I gotta’ bring home the bacon, “Sure we tell ourselves I feel sorry for the world.” Isn’t that a riot that we even can rationalize our existence like that?. . . compromising the very core of our survival? . . . certainly cutting down our odds of survival. . .so maybe not such a bad thing . .perhaps it just is .. ya’ know. We (meaning Mankind) have brought it so far. We carried the torch, long and well, but hey maybe we’ve reached our zenith as a species, just seems to be a lot to ask of our species. We have our limits.

Peace!
Out!
may your glass be half full,
Peter

The point I’m trying to bring across here is that it doesn’t matter which side your on. It’s all a sham and we’re caught in the middle of it to appease our idealogues and their cronies. Be the deeds be done in the name of Allah as in “Hassan’s assassins” or our own “cowboy oil baron.” We all (christain, Jew and Muslim) spring acknowledgedly from the same seed. We all trace our ancestry back to Abraham. Without the intervention of Mankind we wouldn’t have this “great divide”. Actually I was raised Roman Catholic but, am now diametrically opposed to any organized religion. I don’t think mankind can handle, nor deserves the concept of religion. I do consider myself a christian. Assalamu alaikum(Arabic)Peace be upon you. I think I should add that in, so that nobody thinks I’m taking sides. I believe we’re all on the side of peace. I’m not ignorant nor naive to the fact that there is horrific evil loose in our world. I just see no reason to further its’ cause. Thanks so much for taking the time. I really do appreciate your comments.