Category: Being human
Pandemic Ponderings
Fingers fly over faces, some smiling, others
stoic, then the occasional blurry one, or
the pic that’s 20 years old.
Profiles abound, shuffled through like a deck of
cards—which one is a winner—place
your bets.
Although slightly ashamed of it, my image is
paraded for all to see, fortunately, the name has
been changed to protect the guilty.
Online, members are searching, hoping to find the
diamond in the rough, the Trophy Wife, or
runner-up girlfriend.
Although anthropologically fascinating, the viewing
feels artificial. Still, it’s the safest way to proceed,
or is it?
by,
Joan Ellen Gage
(Note, image above is from online dating photos).
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BOOKS:
EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&
qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader
STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140
WATER RUNNING DOWNHILL, ROSE EDITION: http://www.amazon.com/Water-Running-Downhill-Words-Empowerment/dp/0692571965/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447021563&sr=1-1&keywords=water+running+downhill%2C+words+of+empowerment%2C+rose+edition
A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60
©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.
Spun to Death, poetry and photo-creation by Joan Ellen Gage
Spun to Death
This modern amoral, truth-spun (Let’s
not call them lies) world, sends me
under the covers, hiding from the daily
talking heads delivering todays
affronts to hearts that still
beat for humanity and brotherhood;
hearts that bleed and crack
open from the onslaught of
cruelty and cowardice, while our
minds consider madness rather than
try to wrap what constitutes
truth around them.
Can we not bless the poor, the
downtrodden, can’t we feed them, heal
them, help them, can we not
remember we are the same, the
same flesh, the same heart, can we
stand for something more than lower
taxes, something more than our selfish
inward islands, for protecting our own
asses and screw anyone else? I am
spun to
death.
by Joan Ellen Gage
OTHER WEBSITE: https://joanellengage.com/
JOAN’S LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/yourpersonalcheerleaderJoanEllenGage/
https://twitter.com/gage_joanellen
https://www.instagram.com/JoanEllenGage609/
BOOKS:
EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHEERLEADER: http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Your-Inner-Cheerleader-ebook/dp/B0086WW7AA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&
qid=1340641839&sr=8-1&keywords=Embracing+Your+Inner+Cheerleader
STRANGER IN A STRANGE SKIN: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/95140
WATER RUNNING DOWNHILL, ROSE EDITION: http://www.amazon.com/Water-Running-Downhill-Words-Empowerment/dp/0692571965/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447021563&sr=1-1&keywords=water+running+downhill%2C+words+of+empowerment%2C+rose+edition
A Redhead Looks at 60: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/189-7867874-1973650?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+redhead+looks+at+60
©All creative works by Joan Ellen Gage are her exclusive property, and Joan maintains the legal rights to them.
