{"id":19446,"date":"2020-04-29T20:40:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T20:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=19446"},"modified":"2020-04-29T20:42:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T20:42:23","slug":"life-island-times-commies-tell-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/life-island-times-commies-tell-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Life &#038; Island Times: Commies Tell Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: Here is the latest. I don&#8217;t know how you are doing- the farm is lively, since the animals don&#8217;t seem to notice anything except quiet roadways. Marlow is doing yeoman&#8217;s work in documenting the strange global outbreak that has affected us all. Management claims the installments will be gathered up as a book if this is ever over.<\/p>\n<p>-Vic<\/p>\n<p>Author&#8217;s Note: Over the weekend I vented to my laptop but did not share.<\/p>\n<p>-Marlow<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LIT-042920-1-285x281.png\" alt=\"LIT-042920-1\" width=\"285\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LIT-042920-1-285x281.png 285w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LIT-042920-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LIT-042920-1-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LIT-042920-1.png 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Commies Tell Lies<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s is Part XII of my Plague Chronicle Notes.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I remain perturbed about this.<\/p>\n<p>-Marlow<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u56fd\u8bf4\u8c0e &#8211; &#8220;China Lies&#8221; (recent street plaque art seen around Atlanta GA courtesy of Atlanta TV station CBS46.com)<\/p>\n<p>If only they didn&#8217;t want the world<br \/>\nThey wouldn&#8217;t have made us so sick<br \/>\nWe\u2019re sure their shame would pass upon apology<br \/>\nWere we too human, believing their lies?<\/p>\n<p>If only they&#8217;d buried their power lust<br \/>\nAnd been human and a bit more just<br \/>\nIf only they didn&#8217;t try stealing more and more<br \/>\nWere we just too human in adoring our sweet life so?<\/p>\n<p>If only our condemned had been spared, there\u2019d be no regret<br \/>\nMaybe had they told the truth, they wouldn&#8217;t feel so much guilt<br \/>\nIs it human to ask them for more?<br \/>\nOr were we too human in adoring our sweet life so?<\/p>\n<p>We know evil when we see it<br \/>\nWe know good and we just do it<br \/>\nIf only they hadn\u2019t tried stealing more and more<br \/>\nWere we just too human in adoring our sweet life so?<\/p>\n<p>Why don\u2019t they understand the urgency of life?<br \/>\nEven in the distance they refuse to see their untruth that cut us like a knife<br \/>\nMaybe I will die tomorrow so I need to say<\/p>\n<p>We adore life<br \/>\nCommies tell lies<\/p>\n<p>If only they hadn\u2019t been so truth-shy<br \/>\nAnd hid every sin that caused so many to die<br \/>\nIf only they didn&#8217;t cause so many to die<br \/>\nBut Commies don\u2019t care, they just tell lies<\/p>\n<p>If only they had cared, just even a whit<br \/>\nWe\u2019d not feel our dead\u2019s cold touch or be in this shit<br \/>\nNot even to be bedside when our dead leave us behind<br \/>\nIs it human to adore our sweet life so?<\/p>\n<p>Why don\u2019t they understand the urgency of life?<br \/>\nEven in the distance they refuse to see their untruth that cut us like a knife<br \/>\nMaybe I will die tomorrow so I need to say<\/p>\n<p>We adore life<br \/>\nCommies tell lies<\/p>\n<p>We adore life<br \/>\nCommies tell lies<\/p>\n<p>Why don\u2019t they adore life?<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2020 From My Isle Seat<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: Here is the latest. I don&#8217;t know how you are doing- the farm is lively, since the animals don&#8217;t seem to notice anything except quiet roadways. Marlow is doing yeoman&#8217;s work in documenting the strange global outbreak that has affected us all. 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