An Empty Vessel

Lincoln said : the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Trump ( and Elon ) says: rich are people too. So the government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich.

The elephants trumpet : maga, maga, maga, sare gama gadha, till they are red in their face.

The donkeys bray, just singing the blues, waiting for happy days to roll in again.

The rich become richer, poor poorer.

The suckers have eggs on their face. Alas, they can’t lick their face, their tongues are tied.

The country lurches from one crisis to the other.

Four years just pass by. What’s four years in the grand scheme of time? What trickles down is shit, the cream rises to the top, to be enjoyed by the rich.

After all they can have their cakes if there are no breads

Viva la revolution till St. Helena beckons.

The dustbins of history are littered with skeletons of thousand year reichs and the meeks haven’t inherited the world.

There is nothing new under the sun and every few revolutions we reinvent the wheel.

We go merrily around doing our jobs, oblivious of the visitor/s from outer space racing madly to wipe us out

Ignorance is bliss indeed, so enjoy your day under the sun.

Who knows what tomorrow brings, Watergate, Iran-Contra, Savings and Loans, Willie Horton, Read my lips, the stained blue dress, nine eleven and wmd, obama care and lock her up etc etc

We sure live in an era of constant excitement and TRP.

Somewher along the line humanity and humility took a break and forgot to return.

Now our enjoyment comes from constant barking and being at each other’s throats.

No wonder religion is seeing a resurgence, yada yada hi dharmasya…”.

Ah, did any one say religion is the opioid of the masses?

Who needs fentanyl to get high when one has religion.

Well, an empty vessel sounds much, it’s noon time and my breakfast is well digested a few hours back.

Time to fill my vessel and keep my mouth shut.

• “gadha”- donkey

“” yada yada hi dharmasya…” – a sloka in Gita where Krishna proclaims that he comes down whenever there is abuse of “dharma”( religion?).