Where do the people
who own this,
work here,
go for stability
and confidence?
What grounds their life?
Beyond religion,
drugs
and alcohol?
How close to the edge
can we live
for how long?
Nikki Haley says
if she is elected President,
she will end Medicare and Social Security.
And Donald Trump poses a similar threat.
Those two federal programs
are Edge Buffers for millions of Americans,
me being one of them.
The two Republican presidential hopefuls
bring The Edge to life
for most of the people
who will vote for them.
What makes this so crazy
is that they will vote for them anyway.
We are an election away
from a way of life that is unlivable.
It seems to happen around the world
on a regular basis.
No one can make sense of it.
We can watch it happening,
see it coming,
with no way of stopping it
or avoiding it,
or getting out of the way.
"See? Told you."
Will provide no solace.
In a world where we all
are day to day,
we will be left with
trusting our luck,
and hoping for more than
religion,
drugs and alcohol
to keep us going.
We can start building
that foundation now.
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 