Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Survey

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Welcome and welcome back. While I am creating I spend less time being grumpy. It’s a blessing that’s easy to accept. Even as I smash these words, I am simply happy to be here.

Survey

On a scale of one to ten ... million

David L White

Jul 22

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What if perfection
acted digitally?
Ones. Zeros.
Yes. No.

Wonderful but for
the in-between
where so many
of us live and
breathe.

Volume.
Pressure.
Gas. Brake.
Temperature.

On a scale of
one to ten
million how
close are we
to one and
zero?

…

Take some time for your self. Perhaps a one-minute Joy Breath Meditation. Relax. (ha ha). Slow your breathing. Remember several moments of joy you have felt in your life until you can feel the joy as if it’s happening again in this very moment. Blessings to you!
While there is a Pledge Your Support button below I’ll also happily accept a few dollars tossed into my guitar case on the corner. Check the link. Thanks for reading along.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

We All Live

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Welcome and welcome back. While I am creating I spend less time being grumpy. It’s a blessing that’s easy to accept. Even as I smash these words, I am simply happy to be here.

We All Live

in a Yellow Submarine

David L White

Jul 21

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Well, submarine, or a starter home in a can of yellowfin tuna.

I will not go on and on about the concept or practice of peace. The debate itself seems less than peaceful to me. Thank you. Carry on. I’ll be in the back near the exits. Doodling maybe. Autographs? Absolutely.

It seems to me that it might be helpful to present ideas of the world as if they were an orchestral dance sculpture with still slides.

Anyway … the world. As if .. Not now. Not here.

As for me .. I’ve been getting out. Fishin’.

PS … I am about to swap out the bell diver for
the yellow submarine. Help. I need somebody!

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Sunday, July 19, 2026

There may be ...

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Welcome and welcome back. While I am creating I spend less time being grumpy. It’s a blessing that’s easy to accept. Even as I smash these words, I am simply happy to be here.

There may be ...

.. another poem today. Now? Two.

David L White

Jul 19

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Whisper

Not only do I
talk to myself,
out loud, alone,
but often enough
I hear me whispering
room to room. It may be
a navigational tool I use when
I don’t want to get caught being lost.

…

///

Unspeakable Reality

I will die before I’m finished,
trying, really trying, and not
so much feeling succeeded.

I am hereby relieved at not
having to create a plan
of succession.

On a scale of one to ten
million describe your
alignment phrases.

One: Do Not Judge,
Two: Let It Be,
Three: Wu Wei / la vie

…

///

Recently it occurred to me that I had not done a book since 2018. I queried the word ‘poem’ in my notes and copied 162 pages into a two column document.

A question that followed soon was: why do I not paste these sons-of-bitches into a pages layout document?

The next question seems more difficult.

Who cares?

And then ….

I do NOT need to … do that whole freaking thing.

I do not need to.

Free at last Free at last.
Thank God Almighty,
I’m free at last.

……

Anyway … it’s only 1 pm CST - Sunday. The Brewer’s baseball is about to start.

The air quality is dangerous.

The afternoon, barely after noon, wine is fine. Life is good.

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