NEWS

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Poem I wrote

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NEWS

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Sabers are rattled

The weather is strange

Prices are rising

Dictator deranged

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Natural disaster

A famous name died

Poor people are struggling

A politician that lied

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Something is dangerous

The bridge has collapsed

You must eat healthy

A treaty has lapsed

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From this present moment

To the olden days of yore

The news never changes

Of that I am sure

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GREAT CLOUD OF UNKNOWING

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Great  Cloud of Unknowing

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I keep my judgements

In the Great Cloud of Unknowing

Where I also keep my hopes and fears

About the future

Speculations about the past

The mighty "What If?"

I keep my opinions about the behavior of others

In the Great Cloud of Unknowing 

Because one never knows, do one?

There is a lot of wiggle room in the Great Cloud

A ballroom, with a mirrored ball and fabulous music

I dance there every chance I get

With the shadows and phantoms and specters 

To the pounding rhythm of "I Don't Know" 

I know all the words of this song

So I can sing along 

Follow the bouncing ball down the rabbit hole

To the peaceful ever-present Cloud

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