HEAVY HEART AND TIRED BONES

     Yesterday, I came up with a new song. To the tune of another counting song I inserted an accounting of tired bones, traitorous body parts that have turned Benedict Arnold on me. And then amusing myself with the song, I turned to the not so easily smoothed over problem of a heavy heart.
     My weeping heart turned to thoughts of my beloved country, the country to which I cannot pledge now, for its leadership is total anathema to everything the USA is supposed to stand for. How can I salute the government headed by a man so consumed with hate that not minutes after he visited the wounded, those shot by people wielding assault weapons, visits which he claimed to be non political, so consumed with hate and with egomania was he that he then posted a 50 second political ad glorifying himself, and took off after his Democratic opponents and the "Lamestream" media.
     The man is a danger to himself and to others. The Red Flag laws, such as they are, or the Baker law when in Florida, would serve us well if we used it properly, if we can find those with the courage to try this. These laws force an evaluation of the one mentioned, causing an evaluation of  mental state of mind, the danger posed to self and others. This man, this illegitimate president, this man, backed by McConnell, who refuses to pass gun legislation and who is willing to accept Russian help again to get his guy in office once more, this man needs to have a true evaluation of his mental state of mind, of his capacity to truly fulfill the responsibilties of the office which he entered into with the aid of our enemy. I know what would be found, but will the other haters accept it? That is the question of the day.
     Buttigieg stated that it would be nice if we had a president right now,but we don't. Sad that, very sad, and very telling. The man who purports to be our president spews out divisive language and garbage all day long, going afte O'Rourke, after the Castro brothers, after the media, and now he is drafting an executive order that will shut down social media if they criticize "conservatives". Really? Again an attack on the free press? Again an attempt to control the country, to impose his one man rule over us? A pyscho equal to the worst of the Roman emperors who also reigned, many of them, in a morass of evil and insanity.
     How the mighty have fallen as we now join the countries around the world enmeshed in a violence so pervasive that Amnesty International actually issued a warning about us for "high levels of gun violence". Hang our collective heads in shame. Wear sackcloth and ashes as we mourn the death of a most wonderful experiment for mankind, America, as it has turned on itself, consumed itself with hatred and violence.
     America, too, now has tired bones and a heavy heart. The only way out is to doctor ourselves, take the harsh medicine that is needed to cure the ills. Have the courage to oust all those whose ambitions are not for the people but for themselves. Turn away all those who speak with divisive and forked tongues, who would ally with our enemies and turn on our allies, who would reintroduce an arms race of deadly weaons once more, who believe that countries are there to serve them, rather than the other way around.
     Chrissy Teigen has called for a boycott of Equinox and SoulCycle as the chair of the company is holding a huge fundraising event for Trump. Yes, exactly. Hit these people in their pockets, for that is the value that actually moves them, the twisted value upon which they base their own self importance. 
     Until we look upon others of different races, ethnicities, countries, backgrounds, economic classes with respect due to any and all members of mankind, we will never progress. Until we realize that there are bad people and good people amongst all of us, we will never move forward. Until we realize that violence of words leads to violence of deeds, we will continue to live with tired bones and heavy hearts, with burdened souls.
     I am so tired of this, tired of the attacks on our country, and by its very own citizens, by blowhards who were failures in their prior lives, who were blowhards, lying about their true status in life, speaking millions and having none. I am so tired of this, as is the country. Look deep into your hearts and souls, feel the weight and ache of your bones and then ask yourself if this is the way you truly feel we need to go. I hope you will realize the truth; I despair if you do not.