Of Labels, Unity, and Democracy

An exploration through poems and essays, exposing the tyranny of the majority

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Epigrams

labels
extreme thinking
rounds pegged in square boxes
deprives depth of colors deep in
greyscales

labels just divide
dispense only injustice
to critical thought
arguments need not be won
positions we should respect
assumptions consume logic
can you see the fallacy
emotions take over
“ego” says I must prevail
everyone loses

(I wrote both for this post. The first is an American cinquain (2/4/6/8/2 syllable count). The second is a tanka-reverse-tanka (5/7/5/7/7/7/7/5/7/5)).

[I drafted this post a few nights ago. I put it aside, which is rare for me, and have edited it tons tonight. As synchronicity would have it, today I read a different view of labels by

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