THE ORIGINAL

  THE ORIGINAL

I AM 

always looking for 

an original

like myself..

a snowflake of unique design, 

an intelligence unlike any other, 

that explains it’s understanding of the universe

in it’s very own language

a version like no other

though she may stand upon 

the shoulders of her ancestors

who wandered the same wonderland

searching for their lost joy,

she alone has trod her own unique path

to that God of her own understanding..

I AM 

growing into my own truth

after sixty years of searching 

outside myself

for my self,

Life has a twisted sense of humor,

irony plays the perfect game of hide and seek..

Boo!

I can not be frightened any more

for i know exactly who 

I AM

Startled?  Yes! 

startled by the phenomenal

unfolding miraculous mysterious wonder

of miracles 

perpetually giving birth to more miracles, 

engulfing my every sense

moment after sacred moment..

I AM

in eternal awe, 

mouth agape,

completely enchanted

by the overwhelming beauty

of my constantly changing surroundings,

the universe reinventing itself at

186,000 miles per second-

yes that’s right, 

we live at the speed of light 

because we are made of light

we are new born stars

made to decorate the night,

I AM 

home at last

comfortably nestled

inside myself,

swaddled like a fat, giggling baby

I happily fart

and the world around me 

explodes intelligently

in cosmic laughter!

God loves slapstick 

to make me laugh,

Irony to teach me what is truly true,

Tragedy to crack 

my heart open with compassion,

and silence 

to quiet and embrace 

the sacred me.

O Chi Tuwakawey

 Awakening Otter

120410

Oh My-Promiscuous Corrupt Politicians? What a Surprise!

THERE are at least 2 things that trouble me concerning the growing number of politicians who get caught cheating on their marriages and their jobs; one is that they actually get to have any choice in the matter of whether or not to resign and the other is in most if not all cases, they are having these affairs on our dime.

When your average spouse in the “real world” gets caught cheating, having an affair or even just planning one it usually leads to divorce-end of conversation. The offending spouse does not get to refuse the divorce so why does a public employee like Weiner have any say so whatsoever in whether or not to lose his office?

The other really offensive piece to me is that most, if not all of the covert promiscuity of our officials involve the use of our tax dollars. ”Honey, I’m going to be working late at the office tonight so don’t wait up for me.” Thank you Mr. Clinton.

Most of us who get caught screwing around on the job get fired or at the least get docked pay and given a last warning.  Most of us who get caught using other peoples money for our own selfish purposes are accused of stealing and are arrested and sent to trial and then prison. So how come when Senator Mark Sanford of S. Carolina got busted not only for cheating (on the job) but for using public monies to fund his flights to S. America, his hotel rooms, and other seduction expenses he was not arrested?

Why are politicians seemingly exempt from breaking the laws and rules that the rest of us ordinary folk would go to jail for? Why do they have any voice at all in whether or not to resign from their job?

It’s real simple to my way of thinking. I am Weiner’s boss. I pay his salary. Mr. Weiner, you screwed up. You are now  fired!

 What’s that? Oh, you were texting and sex chatting on company time? In that case you are fired and fined x amount of dollars paid to you for doing a job that you weren’t doing. Don’t do the crime if you can’t pay your dime and do the time.

Enough is enough, is it not people? Why do we put up with this type of behavior? Is it because half of us are guilty of the same behaviors and their is a part of us that justifies and acquits us of any wrong doing?  Hmmmm?

Tune in next week for more on the way you and I support political corruption in this Proud Land of Liberty and Justice for All....



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