Can you spell "DIRGE", anyone?

                    *CON ARTIST ELEGY*

                       

So typically

'CHARMING'

[Which is]

All the more

ALARMING!

Yet, what does

A con-artist

Look like??

Some may look

WEIRD,

And thus grow

A beard;

Others just stay

  As a creep...

[Please, remember this]:

He can alter

His 'spots'

Without making a peep;

Adapting, quite flawlessly,

While the innocent

SLEEP !

There's also 'this' on X:

 James M. Thomas (JT) @Insurgent_Prof

Vance grew up in a 4 bedroom suburban home in Ohio, in a family that earned a little over $175k/year in today's dollars and paid for his golf lessons. 

My note: Is he a grifter like the Trump family ???

Oh, Oh, Oh! IT'S MAGIC ?

                                                                       

"MAGICAL THINKING"

[A potent pastime for many]

Just toss them an amulet;

 Or, pitch them a penny...

A 'most lucky one'

(Pretty please);

Yet, here lies the query:

Are some things

NOT coincidence?

   But of 'THIS' I stay leery !!

 

"Magical thinking is the belief that unrelated events

are causally connected, often due to supernatural forces" ...

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Regrettably, one principal truism definitely bears emphasizing in light of recent events, as well: Those who were bullied may, in the future, single out an individual they perceive as exhibiting  pugilistic traits they would like to see annihilated.  Hence, do you risk allowing a gun to be placed in the hands of the one who suffered severe bullying? Amnesia regarding  the past behavior of flagrant bullies is not helpful either. When one [i.e., the bully] is "hung by his own petard" through some boomerang effect of aggression, who is to blame? 

Please think about this...

Bottom line: Bullying damages the brain

So I have 'this' to say about 'that'

                                                                 

Denial creeps cautiously

Into our brain:

It translates our fears; thus,

  Dulls the raw pain...

It summons sweet sunbeams;

It silences rain;

Reality takes license:

   The truth must be feigned...

Denial can quell the

Dimmest of noons;

It spreads saccharined solace

  On unprocessed wounds...

It keeps flimsy bandages

Thick, strong and tight;

Advising our tough-times,

   Farewell and good-night !!

poem written by L.P.-G. / 7-2024

Certain sun-signs can breathe a gentle sigh of relief...

                                                  now that it's passed !!

 

Something seemed 'off' in

Our grand paradise,

Days 'round the

Solstice of June...

The clouds rained disharmony;

Rivers ran rapids;

No robins sang sweet

Claire de Lune...

Some stars glimmered darkly;

Black holes ached to swallow

Thick plasma with one

Giant spoon...

Yet, 'someone' was smiling

As torrents unfolded:

A big, brazen

Strawberry moon !!!

Some astrologists had warned that 'the chaos card will come calling' with the strawberry moon positioned in the domain of Capricorn on 6-21-2024: "People will feel uneasy and perturbed as the diligent, task-master 'Capricorn' demands us to be ultra-conscientious, hard-working and super-focused. Nonetheless, remnants of the winter solstice stubbornly remain and still tempt us to rest and reflect."

poem at top by L.P.-G. / 6-2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !!

 

Though tomorrow [6-24-2024] is the actual day...

Cancer is the moodiest of the zodiac signs, thanks to the influence of the Moon; i.e., they feel everything very, very deeply. Cancers are very proud of their children and see them as an extension of themselves. Cancers are excellent providers and conscientious workers. Also, they work best when left on their own without being 'micro-managed'.