Day: May 7, 2021

I never downplay other’s talents
But may disagree with their basic thinking
I know what leads to possibilities
It is not high taxes and overbearing regulations
The erudite think this is a good way
Bring in more money for government display
But the opposite happens; business declines
Moves to other countries in order to survive

Less revenue; more expense; higher tax
A spiral that needs to relax
I look for the critical thinker
They are on the road as a tinker
Anything; do anything – just to survive
Wonder if the American dream is alive
Others suppressed feed off the government
No encouragement to succeed; feet in cement

Discouraged and no knowledge of society
These souls adjust to government dependency
They vote for the left for the sake of security
Not realizing they are taking the road to misery
I talk to those who seemingly have talent
Their concern is limited because they are all right 
But what about all of that around them
What happens when their world collapses?

Is there a care; a glimpse of responsibility
Will the dollar tip help with all the misery
Will the walking away, the turning of the back
Make our country greater; restore what we lack
I am hungry for justice; have respect for my peers
Wonder what I can do to make them see clear
I ask, “Won’t you try to change the system?”
They react as though it were a church hymn

Stanski
May 1, 2021 ^

The top twenty percent
Of income earners pay
Eighty percent of
The taxes

We lowered corporate taxes
To bring back manufacturing
To this country
It could be lowered more
The results were incredible 

The occupant knows this
But is comfortable with lies
He is in bed with China
As is his son

(No charges against either)
Quid quo pro was an honor
They fired the SOB

The former occupant was
Tormented for five years
Impeached twice
Still did more to
Improve this country
Than anyone in history

FDR was not a hero
Neither was LBJ

The occupant with 
Almost fifty years 
In politics had
No record of achievement

He is a racist
He championed black incarceration
His VP raised millions to bail out
Last summers “peaceful protestors”
He plays the race card
Robert Byrd was a hero to him

He won a rigged election
Then destroyed by executive order
A relatively safe border
Not perfect, but improving


He put an end to the
Keystone pipe line
Stopped fracking on
Government land
Costing countless thousands
Of jobs and this
During a pandemic

Wants to raise corporate taxes
Which will chase companies to
Other countries

Thinks we are a racist country
Apologies through proxies for
Our country and our
White supremacy which
By enlarge does not exist

Wants the taxpayers to
Provide free education
To everyone including
The illegals 

Gasoline is six dollars more
For ten gallons than three months ago
That is money I can’t spend elsewhere
Food prices are higher because
Transportation costs more

He is for defunding the police
Is on the side of the perpetrators 
Officers are quitting and retiring 
In record numbers

But the occupant wants us
To come together
An unify 
Work out our differences
Build back better

Stanski
April 29, 2021 ^

I love writing poems and muses
It is a healthy release
Many times I can say
In a line or two
What others can’t say
In thirty or more or
Even ever

There is much to say
And I am willing
So much truth
Has to be told
I am not in denial
I do not like lies

Like the climate crisis
Or parading inactivity
As amazing accomplishments
Handed to you 
By someone else’s actions

I do not like
Unequal justice
The poor in poor schools
Always with the promise
That things will get better
When we need you again

An epidemic covered
The need for truth

Deceit and fraud
Were more convenient
Who could argue
When they were dead

Control was easy
When you had the upper hand
Defund the police
Is not an answer

Releasing criminals to
Rape and murder again
To save them from the Covid-19

But arrest and jail
Someone for not
Wearing a mask

Promises made
To provide for free
Services that others
Will pay for
Print more money
Tax our grandchildren

Can we remove ourselves
From fantasy land?

Open our borders
To illegals and criminals
Drugs and human traffic

Raise corporate taxes
Chasing business elsewhere
Competing countries
Laugh at us

The occupant
Almost fifty years
With nothing to show
Except unfair jailing

And an alliance with China
Big Guy did it
Along with his son
Then in one hundred days
He destroyed our nation

How sad
I pray for help

Stanski
April 29, 2021 ^

I like Bukowski
He wrote from life
Knew it top to bottom
Inside out and outside in
He has been down
Has been up
Liquor and women
Were always a part of
His amazing existence
He had a God
Whom he never mocked
Understood depression
Wrote every noun
Verb and adjective
Also throw in adverb

Respected the losers
He had been one himself
Received notes from those
Who read his stuff
Their compliments were good
But his chest didn’t puff
He knew the way down
Was faster than the way up
He typed at night
When booze had effect
Loved his women
Until they made him sick
Or the wine was gone

He had his way
Wrote every day
He grew older
But critics still raved
Because of a simple thing
He was better than ever

Stanski
April 28, 2021 ^

Who are the special people?
Those – that is many – who
Are from Hollywood use
Their status to show they are special
They and many who think
Like they do are responsible for
The so called systemic racism
Suppression of the down trodden

Keeping them in decaying schools
With promises that things will
Be improving after the voting
And this never comes to pass
Free market in education
Would improve all schools
And the depressed would many
Times rise to excellence and
Ultimately put an end to
Indoctrination and lead
With the proper instruction
To the return of the nuclear family

We are all alike emotionally
And desire a happy family, not
Always without failings, to be attached to
Those against school choice are
The systemic racists

Critical thinking is encouraged and
History is brought to light and
We can deal with the
Good and the bad and once past this
Can appreciate the freedoms that
Many of our citizens gave their lives for

The bringing back of good manufacturing jobs
Is critical to the abolishing the term
Systemic racism

Stanski
April 27, 2021 ^

One should not try
Not to be someone else
Like a father he didn’t like
Or an uncle or pretend friend
But rather strive to be
The best of whom you can see
Who do you have to answer to?
Only yourself if you are true

Life is not meant to be lived
As a slave to false ambition
To fall in line with other’s wishes
Or following the normal tradition

One should live to the
Fullest of his potential, not
Without consideration for others
Do your best without concern
If you are going to get your rest

Accomplishment comes with sacrifice
Success is not the roll of dice
Forget what others expect of you
Set your goals not high or low

Be who you are – not make believe
Do not race away from reality
Never look back with dismay
Life is not a big stage play
Mistakes are made – a truth
Recovery is within grasp
Then the travel down a new route

Be yourself and enjoy the trip
Forget the critics
They don’t really give a rip

Stanski
April 26, 2021 ^