Retirement

 (haiku)

I wake up happy.

I turn on television

and despair sets in.

I turn off the set

and turn on my computer.

New despair begins.

I go to the store
and then to the library.
I wander a lot.

I have resources.
I could go around the world
but I never will.

I go to sleep tired.

I dream of days of glory.

I wake up happy.  

So Much Anger 

(haiku)

I just don't get it.

Anger has no place in me

for things I can't change.

I walk to the store.

People will usually smile

as I walk on by.

People look happy.

They might live in a bubble

but they look happy.

I turn on TV

and then all of a sudden 

I see the anger.

Great Delusion 

(haiku)

They should put warnings

on every damn commercial.

Hazardous to Health.

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Politicians too
should come with warning labels.
Hazardous to Brains.

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Our cup overflows

and the result is a mess

we'll never clean up.

How It Happens

You spend a few decades dumbing the masses down 

with commercialism, hi-tech, special effects and wishful thinking 

and we the people, the government, will choose representation 

that best reflects our ignorance.

Stupid By Choice

(haiku)

Stupid is like snow

balls rolling down steep inclines

gaining momentum.

My only real hope.

Stupid doesn't become crazy

as it gathers speed.

But that's stupid too

because stupid is crazy

when it need not be.

Real Politics 

(haiku)

The biggest error

is assuming The People

are intelligent.

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Say something stupid

and you'll gain a multitude

almost overnight

but say something smart

and people will think you are

utterly crazy.

Haiku

I hear syllables.

Words broken down in segments

that fit my world view.

Three and four are best.

Five or more present problems.

One and two are free.

If it can't be said

in seventeen syllables

it's not worth saying.