“When One Leaf Falls”
When one leaf falls, folks pay no mind,
But with a bang folks lose their mind –
“Disaster, that” the headlines read;
Not really, though – it’s more from need –To make a splash in Brandon-town –
The system’s fixed to put folks down –
“I’m sorry for your loss”, say friends,
As auto-crash a hope-set ends.But when the fall is greater yet,
The impact calls attention – bet
You think the impact will endure –
It won’t, for purpose is secured.A “Self-fulfilling prophecy”
Plays out in detail, fills one’s needs;
Or, in the case of larger splash,
Fulfills an economic task.For “GDP” includes the wars;
“Corrections” mean the rich get more;
“The boss? Away on business, see,
Which leaves the awkwardness to me”.The games go on – the poor get used;
Those in the middle get abused;
A mess indeed, but nothing yet –
Implosion comes – on that I’d bet.His house is leveled, sadder end,
Bit player’s stakes just would not bend;
“He played and lost”, the bullies say –
Too bad for him” (he’s gone away).So raising kids in fetid pond
Despair imbues – they move along;
It’s not that life’s impossible;
More, folks seem ir-response-able.They’d rather die than lose their chance
To be on top – schoolyard romance –
Such thinking is quite fanciful,
In land God gives that’s bountiful.Thanksgiving was the day I saw
The coup unfold, life in the raw –
Laid out before us, plain to see,
Three months before it crashed on me.So photographing as an art
Reveals the shootist – “Play your part”,
Say clients and society;
“Comply – or you can take your leave”.“Don’t speak the truth, reveal the score”;
“Game-player be”; “Don’t ask for more”.
“For those who see, be silent, then
We’ll throw a bone; Yule-Turkey send.“Stu, it’s okay, much worse it gets
Though memory-loss lets you forget,
I don’t – but I don’t linger on
The trash – for Me, what’s gone is gone.“I told old Adam, ‘Don’t go there;
A mess that is; brings on despair’;
But no, he had to try things out,
And that’s what history’s all about.”Thanks Lord for this.
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