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stealthmouse's avatar

Those poems fucking rock.

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Conway Judge's avatar

Thankyou

I put my soul into writing them so your compliment is greatly appreciated.

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Kelliann's avatar

Happy Belated Birthday! I really enjoyed reading this. Worked as an EMT many years ago and now a disgruntled RN. Thank you!

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Conway Judge's avatar

I am really glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Before Covid I was already losing my faith in allopathic medicine.

Especially within the realms of management of chronic disease.

I still think EMTs and paramedics for example do a lot of good.

But never have I been so outraged with the carelessness, tunnel vision and ignorance as this episode has caused me to feel

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Marta Staszak's avatar

Happy Birthday! So, it's your b'day and you're gifting us poetry? Thank you kindly.

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Conway Judge's avatar

I like showing my work off.

It's what I felt like doing with my morning.

Thank you.

Although it was to make a point too. Or a few of them really.

I stand behind my words.

But am always open to any other interpretations or perspectives.

Sometimes I just enjoy learning for learning sake.

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Sandra  Lee Smith's avatar

Happy birthday, and thanks for a lovely belated birthday gift ( mine as earlier this month). I'm sorry you're struggling with CFS. It is difficult. But I hope your day was blessed, none-the-less.

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Conway Judge's avatar

Thank you.

It really was, my whole weekend has been quite enjoyable and although busier than usual. There is a certain lack of pressure when others do things for you and it's not so much expected to have to pitch in and return the favour.

The little things, they add up giving me more time to relax, think and write.

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NewZealandDoc's avatar

Happy birthday Conway -- you've give us all a wonderful birthday present with this beautiful post. Thank you so much, and keep on writing, following your Muse.

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Soujourner's avatar

Your post, for which I am grateful, led me to this recent video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzOqBfJTOyM

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Conway Judge's avatar

Oh wow.

Thank you for sharing I thought I might be the only mad man out there blowing that trumpet

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Soujourner's avatar

You're not alone. There is a perceived 'good' side to this technology...on mice.

Unfortunately, the downside is higher for nefarious users.

I"m in the middle of this...

https://rumble.com/v3bztvp-vejon-health-post-vaxlong-covid-congress-the-silent-disaster.html

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Conway Judge's avatar

Unfortunately, I have come to realize how much I rely on those morons to do things like, fix roads, grow food, keep services running etcetera.

The ship goes down

The rats go with it

Including quite possibly

This one.

But... I'm not going to drown myself just because they decided to.

Let us see where this nail biting saga goes as we are forced to keep turning the pages.

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antoinette.uiterdijk's avatar

I hope I am reading this wrong and that you are not calling (hard)working people "morons".

Wishing you a nice B'day.

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Conway Judge's avatar

I'm not. Well, not really.

In a toolbox every tool has a different job.

The hammer hits in nails and can rip them out again.

The saw cuts the timber.

The screwdriver inserts or removes screws.

And the spirit level tells us when something is horizontal or flat.

If we are all judged by our ability to hammer a nail, three out of the four would surely fail.

They would be 'morons'

But that all changes when we need to cut a large beam then suddenly we find ourselves in quite a different situation.

People are just like that.

Different environments, different expertise, different experiences.

It's unfair to say one is better than another.

Or call anyone a moron

Brook no sense of class

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