Just Ahead . . .

https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/sea

I don’t ask much,
Living my life the way that I want.
I stay in touch with what goes on out there.
I’ve seen trouble. I’ve seen heartache.
But my time here
Has been long enough to
Instill certain qualities. 
Seems the more that I witness,
All the more that I wish
I could hear what you’re saying.
We’re all better than this.
Let’s identify exactly what we miss.

Beyond perilous moors
The brave sea glitters.
Better lies ahead.

Whether or not 
We realize the years flow upstream.
Things that we’ve got aren’t always what they seem.
Your and my faiths are so different.
Each is placed in 
Antipodal reference 
So painful to reconcile.
If we stop trying,
What can we do?
What’s in the future
For me and you?
There’s both right and wrong but only reality prevails. 

Beyond
©2021 Raymond M. Jozwiak
from the forthcoming GRAINS, due June 7, 2022



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Justice . . .

https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/

vicepresident/photoessays/outdoors/index.html

Cowboy justice 

Is just exactly what we need.

Twice as effective 

As mercy, now for which they plead.

If I can't get you 

To see things the way I do,

Something happens.

I start the process. see it through.

It's what I've been taught to do.

And I'll teach you.

No one tells me

Just what I can or cannot do.

My advisors,

Some, say are keepers of this zoo.

I don't mind if

You think that what they say is real.

I'm in charge here.

At least that's how they make me feel.

That's a part of the deal,

And it came true.

Gotta see it my way.

I'm giving the people what I want.

It's a price I must pay.

We cowboys know how to be gallant.

There's no question

Of right or wrong here to debate.

Disagree though, 

You'll be subjected to the hate

That's inflicted 

On members of the team like you.

Cause we cowboys

Will never worry if we're few.

Our justice is true.

Make no mistake. 

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                          2014

Consequences . . .

. . . or the lack thereof

https://inside.ewu.edu/managementtoolbox/consistent-consequences/

". . . People sometimes plead to things that turn out not to be crimes," (Trump Attorney General William) Barr said after the Justice Department asked for the case to be dropped arguing his move was a step to "restore confidence in the system." . . . By asking the judge to drop the (Michael) Flynn case, Barr was finally accomplishing what Trump had asked (former FBI Director James) Comey to do on the twenty-sixth day of his presidency. "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go," Trump had said bak in February 2017. Now Barr had. . . The president had bent Washington to his will. . . "

And a substantial portion of the Republican party ensured that he did not suffer any consequences as a result.

Let Him Dangle
- Elvis Costello



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Absolutely No . . .

. . . principles

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/18/ted-cruz-cancun-texas-winter-storm.html

(from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/23/cruz-jackson-hearing-critical-race-theory-school/)

". . . Sen. Ted Cruz seldom overlooks a chance to be underhanded, and, sure enough, the Texas Republican led the effort to imbue this week’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings with the latest effort by the right to make White America fear Black America. . . Cruz attempted to tie Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the high court, to the supposed menace of “critical race theory” — because, he said, this theory is taught at the private school where she serves on the board (and where she sent her daughters). . . “If you look at the Georgetown Day School’s curriculum, it is filled and overflowing with critical race theory,” Cruz alleged, holding up books he said the school has on reading lists. . . Georgetown Day School, in the nation’s capital, does indeed take a strong “anti-racism” approach. So does St. John’s School, the private school in Houston where, as the New Republic’s Timothy Noah noted, Cruz sends his daughters. . ."

A Man Without Love
- DM Band (DM Music Entertainment)
rough demo of new OHO tune in progress



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Inquiring . . .

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/The_$64,000_Question

. . . minds want to know

That Face
- Frank Sinatra Jr.

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The Richest . . .

https://www.amazon.com/King-Kameha-Shortsleeve-

Frontpocket-Hawaiian-Print/dp/B07B4FMN9C

Southward bound,

A latte grande on the seat

Between my legs.

All around,

I see the saints,

I see the dregs.

And the byproducts of civilization

Enter, exit from stage left, stage right.

Another monument 

To the elusive and mysterious

Honolulu Harry, 

The richest man I know.

Honolulu Harry,

The richest man in this life 

Or the next.

Through the town,

Sometimes with baggage,

Some without,

Making a livelihood.

Up or down,

Any direction that you choose

And among the fast foods, strip malls and traffic, 

There’s that name again as plain as day.

Harry was certainly rich,

But it only was money.

Very few liked him that much.

Now it seems kind of funny.

Just the sound

Of his name spoken with respect

And reverence that’s owed to him,

Brings to mind

Beneficence 

Without a peer.

And it warms the heart to think of the thousands

Harry helped, but not while he was here.

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For The Ride

Otherwise . . .

 

https://www.pngwing.com/en/search?q=spoiled+Child

(By Franklin Foer, staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of World Without Mind and How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization from https://www.theatlantic.com/ ideas/ archive/2019/03/paul-manaforts-otherwise-blamess-life-crime/584419/)

". . . “He has lived an otherwise blameless life,” said Judge T. S. Ellis as he sentenced Paul Manafort to just 47 months in prison on Thursday. . . In an otherwise blameless life, Paul Manafort lobbied on behalf of the tobacco industry and wangled millions in tax breaks for corporations. . . he helped Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos bolster his image in Washington after he assassinated his primary political opponent. . . he worked to keep arms flowing to the Angolan generalissimo Jonas Savimbi, a monstrous leader bankrolled by the apartheid government in South Africa. . . (he) was kicked out of the lobbying firm he co-founded, accused of inflating his expenses and cutting his partners out of deals. . . he spent a decade as the chief political adviser to a clique of former gangsters in Ukraine. . . (he) came to adopt the lifestyle and corrupt practices of his Ukrainian clients as his own. . . he produced a public-relations campaign to convince Washington that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was acting within his democratic rights and duties when he imprisoned his most compelling rival for power. . . he stood mute as Yanukovych’s police killed 130 protesters in the Maidan. . . (he) was found guilty of tax evasion on an industrial scale. Rather than paying his fair share to help fund national defense and public health, he kept his cash in Cyprus and wired it home to buy more than $1 million in bespoke clothing. . . he attempted to phone a potential witness in his trial so that they could align their stories. . ."

Otherwise
©2021 Raymond M. Jozwiak
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