Poems
by KJ Hannah
Greenberg
Dear Little Detail
Ruminate over the hamal who ported encouragement for many aspirants.
“[O]nce words become fixed onto clay or papyrus, they became objects with
[E]xistences of their own[,] constitute[d] units of information,”1 not mere kits.
Society, represented by famed persons, was defined by more than its parts’ sum.
Denizens & leaders, alike, recognized that loosely, or otherwise, individuals could,
Should, impact the collective’s direction even if illiberal detractors protested plenty.
See, indiscriminate acceptance of ideas converted us into anaesthetized ignoramuses,
Yoked us to superfluous communal mysteries, caused a hesitation to engage in crucial
Whistleblowing, open surplusage’s gates, focus ourselves on rulers’ odd idiosyncrasies.
Cultural inimitability ill-served villeins; civilization best functions once all folks convey
Constructs concurrent with interpreting verbalizations & manufacturing: their identities,
Social acceptability, linguistic reliability, as week as relative logical sensibility.
Both microscopic, explicitly, syntagmatic traits, additionally macroscopic, i.e.,
Channel-specific, attributes, employ notational modes; adaptations impact
Ideas’ framing, else create events or illuminate meaning’s morality.
Observe that civilization’s quoins, in farthest scenarios, constitute
Sundry behaviors, counting psychomotor & affective acts, even
Pause actions governed by explicit, mutable rules.
Jorge G. Schement and Hartmut B. Mokros. “The Social and Historical Construction of the Idea of Information as Thing.” International Communication Association Convention. U Dublin P, 1990, 5.
To Arrogate
To claim without justification, like bandits, worse, terrorists, means
Laic will rub harn over eyes, likewise, ignore social weirs until every
Populace feels alienated.
It’s equally true that in depicting cultural and individual practices, evil
Beings experience no compunction while defiling, beheading, immolating
Opposing factions.
When morality shifts adown, wanton sirrahs and their misses tend toward
Ignoring all signposts of civility; there’s small reward keeping mores flouted
By rulers.
