The Eagle, a predatory bird! Sometimes a small emblem can say so much!
too much respect
for inside voice
in places where
the outside voice
should be required
too much tolerance
of outside voice
where inside voice
would work better
the swollen tissue
we call
money
entirely too much
unearned
self-esteem
the inability to see
complexity
patiently
the notion that
any “_____ism”
isn’t holding steady
a lack of real eagles
married to
a preference for symbolic ones
armored intensities
squared off
an insistence upon
picture perfection
laughter wrung
from the deadly misfortune
of others being other
its standing in red-soaked earth
kept wet through clumsy inattention
and skillful market research
its clowned remarkability
and
its durable packaging
poetry, photos and musings oh my! 
the inability to see
complexity
patiently
Wow, hadn’t thought of it that way. I tend to label people concrete thinkers
and give up on them, particularly in the area of recognizing the paradoxical nature of truth.
Patience, a virtue I have perhaps underappreciated.
Thanks for the insight.
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