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The Patient Ox (aka Hénock Gugsa)

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A personal blog with diverse topicality and multiple interests!


On the menu ... politics, music, poetry, and other good stuff.
There is humor, but there is blunt seriousness here as well!


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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

NYPD, unclassy and rude! - FB commentary by Hénock Gugsa


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Hundreds Turn Their Back
on de Blasio at NYPD Officer's Funeral
ABC News / Facebook – December 27, 2014


[NYPD, unclassy and rude! - FB commentary by Hénock Gugsa]
 
Hénock Gugsa - They seem to have forgotten their primary objective is "to protect and to serve."
It has never been "to be pampered and worshiped."
    Tim Gaylord - That's the dumbest thing I've read all day.
      Hénock Gugsa - But it got 8 likes all the same ... you must be one of those disrespectful cops to get upset by my comment!
        Hénock Gugsa - People should not expect to get respect thru disrespect. The Mayor came to pay his respects, and you respond like that! How honorable is that? Surely, there are other worthier venues for protest.
          Hénock Gugsa - Bullies and idiots use the word "dumb" to describe what they do not or cannot comprehend. It is a self-reflective word in their case, and they are merely self-projecting. And what I just said here is too complex for them because they are so dense!




          Friday, December 26, 2014

          Head, Heart - by Lydia Davis




          Head, Heart *

          Heart weeps.
          Head tries to help Heart.
          Head tries to tell Heart how it is, again.

          You will lose the ones you love. They will all go. But even the
          Earth will go, someday.

          Heart feels better, then.
          But the words of Head do not remain long in the ears of Heart.
          Heart is so new to this.
          I want them back, says Heart.
          Head is all Heart has.
          Help, Head. Help Heart.


          - Lydia Davis, 2007
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          * Source-  Maira Kalman: "My Favorite Things"