Capitalism/Socialism/Communism

Socialism is wide socially oriented rule.
Communism is narrow dictatorial rule.
Socialism is NOT communism.

After spending years examining complex issues, their reduction is accomplished by observing results.
Beyond obfuscating blather are these summarizing descriptions.

Capitalism creates problems,
Socialism solves them.

Into the Refrigerator - Poem

Ev’ry time I open the refrigerator door,
it must be to see the light.
Why else do I stand in contemplation
wondering why I opened it again.
I delve within, find a morsel,
gulp it down—for a moment satisfied.
Ten minutes later, my hungry soul
is back again, bathing in the cool light,
the empty promise of food for the body,
but not the soul.

First Breath

The first breath

catches me unaware

the first touch stops—

then gets me started.

The first kiss

I remember,

then every kiss

remembers the first.

The first word said

in the heat of love

tells the first lie.

The last word

tells the truth.

The first love

lives fondly

in the heart,

clothed in the light

of young mornings

when breath was fresh—

or remembered so.

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