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Without Bars: Four By Six
WITHOUT BARS
Prefers to drink at home
The alcohol’s cheaper
And being by yourself
The company’s better
Possibilities
POSSIBILITIES
Relationships
(And communications)
All too often
In time degenerate
(Or become enmeshed)
Into game playing
There are ways out
(But not always taken)
Alack and alas
Anathema: Shadorma
ANATHEMA
She found it
An anathema
To answer
His question
She appeared not to realise
Just how rude it was
Once Bitten: Shadorma
ONCE BITTEN
Some woman
Turns and smiles at him
Ignores her
Turns his back
Waits to walk on till she’s gone
“Nowt but trouble there.”
The Mating Game: Senryu
THE MATING GAME
They drew their pictures
And once so armed sallied forth
Obliviously
Sleight Of Hand: Cinqku
SLEIGHT OF HAND
Listen
Warily
Entertainment
Can be used to disguise
Intent
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Playing The Game
Jun 23
Posted by Ben Naga
“The cliché is that ‘power corrupts’ but it would be more accurate, and more telling, to rephrase this as ‘the ability to define reality corrupts’! If I have the power to define reality than I am pretty much untouchable; if I have the power to say what reality is and what it isn’t then I can get away with just about anything. How can I get caught out when ‘everything I do is right’ (or when ‘everything I do is eminently justifiable’) and you can be sure that everything I do will be excused in this way if I’m the one in charge of the ‘official validation procedure’!”
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Tags: Abuse, Corruption, Ego, Games, Identity, Lila, Perception management, Politics, Power, Social commentary, Truth