Poem: "So DONE with It All"

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This poem came out of the April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by janetmiles. It also fills the "Request" square in my 4-1-26 card for the Flower Fest Bingo.


"So DONE with It All"


Looking at the news,
I am so DONE with it all.

I'm tired of politics being
nothing more than
the Greek "poly"
meaning "many"
and the English "ticks"
for "small blood-suckers."

I am so DONE with anything
to do with Trump and his
randomized chickening out
or actually committing horrors,
so you never know what to expect.

I'm tired of men who just want
to watch the world burn and are
happy to pay illegal loggers or
oil barons to make that happen.

I am so DONE with the forever
Republican refrain, "In two weeks
we'll have health care, surrender in Iran,
free energy, America great again" --
whatever, and it doesn't matter,
because we never get any of that.

I'm tired of seeing scientists cry
because what they spent years
studying was just paved over or
went extinct some other way, and
no matter how they try to phrase
the warnings, nobody ever listens.

I am pretty much DONE with
the 21st century as a concept.

So what's left then?

Set aside politics in favor
of building resilient communities.

Hush the devil's tongue by
speaking truth and sticking
to the promises you make.

Buy locally grown and
sustainable products
as much as you can,
and prefer green energy.

Ignore the liars and their lies;
listen for whispers of truth and
watch for the people working
to make the world a bit better.

Make refugia for wildlife and
support the larger sanctuaries.

Search the past for useful ideas
that have been forgotten; seek
hope from the future and look
for ways to manifest it today.

If you're finished with things,
then put them away and
commit to creating
something new.

* * *

Notes:

"Politics. From the Latin poly, meaning many, and tics, meaning blood-sucking parasites. That may be incorrect, but it’s not wrong."
-- Garon Whited, Knightfall

Strong Towns is a good resource for all kinds of community building. In the United Kingdom, see Transition Towns.

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Comments

All politics are local

[(Anonymous)]

"All virtue is local"

“Virtue is never solitary; it always has neighbors" (Confucius)