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Prophesy … Oft is … but Educated Guess (II)

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It’s time for Global Truth and Reconciliation. Whether you think we can, or might
think we can’t … you’re absolutely … right!

And so … AN ATLAS … POETIC; prose, poetry, tragedy, comedy … and … in
a surreal redaction … prophesy; nonfiction … posing as … fiction.

Tragi-comedic poetry because for a message globally dramatic, only poetry,
emotes more eloquently, than one may ever aspire to … prosaically.

Accordingly, via poetry melding Ovid’s on inexorable change and Emily’s letter
to the world … chachomanopapa … would a planet … better.

Therein, in poems to the global citizenry on change, the nonfictional emissaries
of the nations fictionally ask, “Of what good to our nations are … nationalities?”

AN ATLAS … POETIC; a poetic and prosaic tragi-comedy … and … yes,
prophesy too … for prophesy often is … but educated guess.

On Reading the Handwriting on Walls (II)

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Independent of the language that one speaks, it is near universally,
not at all easy to find a learned and skilled teacher sufficiently
versed to teach that method of reading that is the incisively
artful reading … of handwriting on walls … insightfully.

No, it’s not at all easy. It’s darn near impossible to earn a degree in the reading
of the international walls’ … cryptic handwritings; for education
lacks in its curricula that graduate degree requiring
an undergraduate degree … in wisdom.

Or more appropriately perhaps, an undergraduate degree in the reading
of international walls’ … multi-tongued handwritings … cryptic
ought be the formal prerequisite eventually leading
to a graduate degree in wisdom … so mystic.

On Reading the Handwriting on Walls

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Independent of the language that one speaks, it is (nearly universally),
not at all easy to find a teacher sufficiently
learned and skilled to teach that method of reading that is the incisively
artful reading … of handwriting on walls … insightfully.

No, it’s not at all easy. It’s darn near impossible to earn a degree in the reading
of the international walls’ … cryptic handwritings; for education
lacks in its curricula that graduate degree requiring
an undergraduate degree … in wisdom.

Treat Ye Others as Ye Would Have Others … Treat Thee (IV)

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The Golden Rule or the ethic of reciprocity is a maxim, ethical code or
morality that essentially states either of the following: One should treat
others as you would like others to treat oneself, OR,
one should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated.

The Golden Rule can be found in the early contributions of Confucianism,
but the concept’s framework appears prominently in many religions,
including Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism,
and the rest of the world’s major religions.

That’s quite a pedigree, as maxims go. Ergo, ought not a learning-impaired
humanity adopt it as the more secular-friendly and simplified
equivalent of an ethical code or morality, more than enough, sufficiently dignified
to bring hope … to this fractious status quo … disordered.

“Treat others as you would Have others treat thee.” The Golden Rule; seemingly,
near perfect … for a learning-impaired … humanity.
“Treat others as you would Have others treat thee.” A short phrase that pithily
captures the spirit of Him … who created thee.

For brothers’ keepers in this fractious status quo, piecemeal peace, is no answer;
but the late great Nelson Mandela’s visionary model may yet deliver
us from the more or less continuous anarchy … that seemingly … ever and ever,
haunts humanity. But what’s good for the goose … is good for the gander.

And, if indeed, what’s good for the goose, is good for the gander.
then why not a GLOBAL Truth and Reconciliation … consider?
For indeed, for brothers’ keepers, piecemeal peace, is no answer;
Nelson’s legacy is the power, to forgive and forget … to live … together.

These Hopeful Times

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This time we live in is the so-called end time, some say. That notwithstanding,
it’s not the end yet; so long as there’s hope, there’s time; both are a-wasting.
Hope springs eternal … Pope wrote in his “An Essay on Man”; but following
the ellipses … is to be found … a greater … meaning.

For following the ellipses, Pope went on to write, “Man never is, but always to be
blessed ….” Call it what you will then, whether it be
wishful thinking, or a positive attitude, it is what it is and will ever be
and that is … hope ever springing … if not eternal … but temporally.

Saving the Planet … One Poem … at a Time

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Pope warns, “Take care of the earth so it does not respond with destruction,”;
gets ovation. http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BBeReUG … #twitterfiction

Ignorance rules. The earth shall have her vengeance. Rhino killed for keratin
… in their horns. http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BBePZht … #twitterfiction

War of the religious … an oxymoron … as fitting today …. as it has ever been …
in divided Jerusalem. http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BBeDlwA … #twitterfiction

TO: @Facebook, @google, @CNN and @FoxNews, a movement is a-borning;
@Twitter @chachomanopapa & chachomanopapa.wordpress.com’s, a-blogging.

No mission impossible, however improbable, but verily, we’re running out of time.
The mission is to save the planet … one poem … at a time.

Prophesy … Oft is … but Educated Guess (I)

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It’s time for Global Truth and Reconciliation. Whether you think we can, or might
think we can’t … you’re absolutely … right!

And so, AN ATLAS, POETIC; prose, poetry, tragedy, comedy, and, in
a surreal redaction, prophesy; nonfiction … posing as … fiction.

Poetry melding Ovid’s and Emily’s; in poems to (wo)men about change visionaries
ask, “Of what good are borders … and nationalities?”

A poetic and prosaic tragi-comedy, and in surreal, nonfiction … yes,
prophesy too … for prophesy oft is but … educated guess.

An Existential Riddle

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An existential riddle: Spiritualities diverse aside, our common denominator really
is our humanity; not … surreally … any base … nationality.
So, in this surreal nonfiction … what is the common thread in the fabric
of His creation? Isn’t it … the totality … of His creation … cosmic?

Diverse spiritualities aside, the quintessence of unfathomability
is His purpose and its corollary … that is … our purpose.
But were we to abnegate our nationalities and exalt our humanity,
wouldn’t we … accomplish … His purpose?

Experimental, Internet-Linked, Poetry

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MUST READ: Kurdish region in Syria legislates FULL equality for its women.
Take that … al-Baghdadi! http://www.kwch.com/news/national/ghitis-on-womens
-rights-kurds-slap-at-isis/29757164#.VGrJxTuFvNg.twitter … #twitterfiction

NBC and Netflix drop Bill Cosby projects like white-hot potatoes amid allegations
of sexual assaults. http://nydn.us/14KTELE #twitterfiction

ANOTHER MUST READ: Humanity Counts on Global Citizens, Too Young to be
Reading … http://wp.me/p2NwTR-vP; nonfiction … #twitterfiction-ally.

TO: @Facebook, @google, @CNN and @FoxNews, a movement is a-borning;
@Twitter @chachomanopapa & chachomanopapa.wordpress.com’s, a-blogging.

Humanity’s Counting on Global Citizens … Too Young … to be Reading

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Two years ago and some days ago Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was wantonly
shot in the head by a gunman of the Pakistani
Taliban. Recently, she was honored by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She’s
sharing the 2014 peace prize with Indian … Kailash Satyarthi.

Irony abounds here. Malala’s world-widely famous at seventeen. Kailash, at sixty,
is less renowned. Kailash is an Indian Hindu. Malala is a Muslim, Pakistani.
Geographically speaking, India and Pakistan, are neighboring countries;
that notwithstanding, they are less than neighborly … politically.

These two nations, one predominantly Muslim, the other predominantly
Hindu, mirror the abstract spiritual schisms, that so haunt, humanity.
Would that more people begin to mirror these two laureates, so recently
honored. No doubt, they’d agree: Abnegate nationality. Exalt … humanity.

For the Big Three (a tongue-in-cheek characterization of the Muslims, Christians
and Jews), egocentric misinterpretation of our Scriptures,
Scriptures Abrahamic all, albeit sharing, many personages and doctrines,
are screwing up, for the spiritually … non-Big-Three-aligned … The Big Picture.

That being the case, perhaps the most hopeful harbingers of global solidarity
to arise from that day’s prize announcements are the invitations, timely,
by prize winners Malala and Kailash, to the political leaders of their countries;
to join them on the podium when they receive their Nobels … from the Committee.

Should such a scenario come to pass, then the Norwegian Nobel Committee
may be, along with its joint Indian and Pakistani
2014 peace honorees, amongst visionaries that see that peace and prosperity
awaits but a planet that abnegates nationalities … in favor of … humanity.

Irony abounds here indeed; and that an aged Hindu Indian and a young Pakistani
Muslim girl are amongst the latest Nobel laureates is, ironically,
the least of it; for Allah/God/Jehovah/Yahweh is the Creator of the Big Three,
their estranged brothers and of … a Big Picture … cosmologically.

Alas, India’s Modi aspires that his nation be an arms dealer in a big way;
and there’s no such thing as a … global citizenship day;
but in this surreal nonfiction … where there’s a will … there’s a way.
ALLAH/GOD/JEHOVAH/YAHWEH willing, where there is a will, there is a way.