I kept hoping for better: instead, “Just wait till you’re older,” folks said; By now I should know Things won’t change, although Perhaps they’ll improve once I’m dead.
Acceptance of doom negates hope. You might as well hand me some rope: A noose 'round my neck A drop -- fast body check. (If we're wrong, though, I'll feel such a dope!)
pendantry, you’re good at these! I don’t think I can keep up with you in limericks, so for now let me just say that, from my post-NTE-acceptance POV, acceptance of doom negates only unrealistic hope.
Unrealistic hope is a tease I'll have none of that, if you please; To sidestep the seductive And reveal what's productive We must free education's keys.
Important distinction to recognize in dealing with doom. Our sounding the alarm will ring down through future generations...um, wait a minute, that’s not right....
Don't get me wrong -- I don't condone denial. What we face is one huge megatrial! If we accept that we must Go for broke or go bust Then (perhaps) we may win (for a while...)
(PS I don't know why this thing now insists on posting this as 'anonymous'. I gave it a pseudonym, but it's clearly not happy with that, though it was before...) --pendantry
You've got the bull by the horns
ReplyDeleteOne rejoices while the other mourns
My trouble, I finds
Is I'm in two minds
And will probably be till doom dawns.
Accepting doom has really helped my cognitive dissonance.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that acceptance of doom negates hope.
ReplyDeleteHmm. O.K., try this:
ReplyDeleteHope
I kept hoping for better: instead,
“Just wait till you’re older,” folks said;
By now I should know
Things won’t change, although
Perhaps they’ll improve once I’m dead.
Acceptance of doom negates hope.
ReplyDeleteYou might as well hand me some rope:
A noose 'round my neck
A drop -- fast body check.
(If we're wrong, though, I'll feel such a dope!)
pendantry, you’re good at these! I don’t think I can keep up with you in limericks, so for now let me just say that, from my post-NTE-acceptance POV, acceptance of doom negates only unrealistic hope.
DeleteO.K., pendantry, here we go:
DeleteHope Springs Eternal
Some advice that’s not moralistic
Nor unduly pessimistic:
As we slide down doom’s slope,
Don’t abandon all hope—
Just hope that’s unrealistic.
That's the ticket!
DeleteUnrealistic hope is a tease
I'll have none of that, if you please;
To sidestep the seductive
And reveal what's productive
We must free education's keys.
Important distinction to recognize in dealing with doom. Our sounding the alarm will ring down through future generations...um, wait a minute, that’s not right....
DeleteYes. It's weird, isn't it?
DeleteDon't get me wrong -- I don't condone denial.
ReplyDeleteWhat we face is one huge megatrial!
If we accept that we must
Go for broke or go bust
Then (perhaps) we may win (for a while...)
(PS I don't know why this thing now insists on posting this as 'anonymous'. I gave it a pseudonym, but it's clearly not happy with that, though it was before...) --pendantry
I support all constructive ways of dealing with the news.
DeleteAs to the technicalities, sorry, I haven’t a clue!
Me, neither. Blasted machines foil me at every turn.
Delete