More on Human ABILITY to REASON, Human RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 136

Most likely to be published later this spring/summer of 2020, my 11th book entitled appropriately; More 100 Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters. The following will probably be included upon further editing, and front cover a slightly modified yet appropriate version of the previous....

PROEM & POEM No. 136 - Pursuit of Happiness / 2nd Reprise

      Covetousness casts quite long a shadow indeed in soul and mind, although comparatively a mere passing twilight to the darkness upon Envy’s moonless wold along Hate’s bitterness so cold. 

      To state less metaphorically thus more practically, when responsibility and risk (see Nos. 117-120, 123) are mitigated communally, socially, religiously, economically, legally, militarily and/or politically, the actor and action becomes empowered informally by an enabling relative, friend, community, society, or empowered formally by voting booth, political office, enforcing agent, law, regulation, subsidy, and as such always corruptible. The moral vacancy left by mitigated responsibility and/or risk, is immediately occupied by the excessive tendency to think and act unrestrained. Conjured preference, developed perception even formulated principle regarding holiness, goodness, fairness (and more) cannot adequately nor marginally constrain nearly as much if at all as does the natural existence of responsibility and risk. It is important to note, it is not a matter of simple disappointment within the aforementioned set of dynamics, rather the ever elusive happiness, consequently the ever present unhappiness, sadness, gloom, depression even tortuous misery.

      Facilitated of course by Covetousness’ insatiable hunger, unquenchable thirst therefore perpetual Discontentment chased by inevitable Resentment, thereupon further nurturing and maturing; the lustful paramours Envy and Hate.

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Plight per fight for fright of mass might-makes-right

The fuckin’ blight upon kratocracy consequently trite 

Complimentarily smiting the dissenting, the resenting

Those insisting the singular human right by consenting

Or not, the mortal lot as immortally sought thus spoken

The common grace and image, so the universal token

Although broken, per propensities for error and excess

If to forcibly mitigate or mend, then quite presumptuous

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

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