Four Poems

I.

You have to stop caring about
Personal consequences
In order to push forward
Agendas of personal consequence

In zest and zeal
Mistakes are made
Bridges burned and
Allies thrown into chaos

But begging and dealing
Are as unbecoming as
Lying and stealing
Dignity equals freedom

Vision aligns with the future
Of companies and countries
Ideally we utilize or strengths
Unless those strengths are overly frightening

Know your enemies
As you know your self
And ever remember that
Respect given is respect earned

II.

We are dragged into
Banal battles of others
Kicking and thrashing

III.

There are those waiting
For the story

There are some content
With the content to date

But I'll give you
What I'll give you
When I'm ready
When it's time

IV.

Declaration of the Great Psychological War

We understand the differences
between attitudes and behaviors

Perfectly understandable I suppose when differences irreconcilable
degenerate into pettiness and bickering

But when the level of disgust reaches threshold lows...
...it is occasion for wars unstoppable

At least until the enemy is vanquished

Once enemies are declared it becomes easy to treat the animals
as much worse – victims become statistical anomalies