Poems
by KJ Hannah Greenberg
Perpetuity
Risograph art, like Peter Maxs pop images in the 1960s, became notorious.
Sarcopenia occurred among simple denizens and those fashioned like Arnold
Schwarzenegger. After all, difficult family members were vainglorious in deeds.
Yet, valetudinarians worried about whether their peers retained muscle mass or not.
They forgot that instrumental behaviors are means for acting, are etiquette (inversely,
Intrinsic behaviors, are ends for acting, are the technical subject substance of ethics.)
Theres a vast difference between magic and liturgy, yet, in past dystopias when we were
Alienated from the Path of the Just, our allegiance to Goodness was piecemeal, incomplete.
In consequence, obsequious denizens demolished us, putrefied systemic frameworks.
Prior to the printing press, knowing ones self was peculiar. Thereafter, self-ignorance
Was mental illness. Nonetheless, across eras, wordsmiths continued to revere languages
Potency, still pedestaled the careful use of verbs, nouns, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions.
Appropriate care could have meant meeting standards. Apophenia remained helpful as Well as other species of associative cognitions. Assiduous discourse remained valuable. Spit Balling during ordinary exchanges, the same, provided useful results for tree frogs, teenagers.
Meanwhile, laboratory tests for pokeweeds toxicity were insufficient; one droplet was lethal.
Formerly, Cartesian epistemology was popular. Phenomenology, history, like
Development, objective wisdom/subjective words juncture, not prescriptions,
Descriptions, theories of obligation, were supreme. Apart from good with
Virtue, there existed many ways to intellectualize ethics. Hurrah! We assessed
Ttextural contrasts between smooth, gas-discharge tubes, besides brick & aluminium
Facades (notwithstanding common disinterest in beer brands and in correctly spelling Businesses names.) Rhetoric had limited potency. Thus, we needed figures pertaining
To all manner of dental floss, flutterbyes, plastic camels, eggnog mixes, gardening tools.
Dolor
Immense sorrow oft jumps from poignant gaffs,
From being impaled by barbed remarks, hooks
Fated to pierce esteem. Theres nought sapid as
Our wee children, time after time, emulate sibs,
Withdraw from family soirées, or else sanction
Holidays as lonely affairs bereft of their smiles.
If only ollas could stockpile yesterdays warmth,
We could habitually hydrate by means of drops,
Ignore episodes of anguished, desiccating bizes.
Sometimes, relatives portion no common marks
No shared triumph o hardship, merely cerebral
Violence plus reckless, fundamental misfortune.
Our ordinary oratory knows nothing from poetry,
Ideas, questions. It lacks firm, general substance,
Signifies communication responsibility will not
Include extreme leaps between power and verity.
Instead, it culminates in missed creativity, never
Understanding, conscience, or reciprocated love.
Prescribed virtue not once banished fear, elsewise
Curbed base passions. Free experimentation culls
Missed excellence (form and style whirl between
Unclear morality and overarching uncertainty to
Evidence the changes in intellectual experiences
That customarily call for principled culpability.)
Tenia
Flat, ribbon-like blessings are no more mystical than gravel.
Rather, we ought to improve spiritual practices by continuously,
Predictably, opening ourselves to joy.
The meaning assigned to morality ebbs & flows is per social
Custom. Evaluative expressions, not factual premises, rule our
Perceptions of reality.
By learning to listen, we display caring regard for dear ones.
Good decisions rely on gathering information from the people
We value most.
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