individual

first there was one
afraid but undaunted     willingly
subject to disgrace, symptomatic
affliction made prey
upon within isolated cooperatives {coops} co-opted
beleaguered conglomerates
to live to survive to imagine
ultimately alone.

after the jibes & jaunts of the explicable, then
    inexplicable (surprising, it may seem)
      we thrust upon us, arrives the birth
of a second - the a priori twin - such a sweet
ghostly visage
who shouts *yelps* "i am!"
  who sees what physically
limited cannot; who resides in
   the aethereal ephemera of forms
     far to near too distant from here
      also here where there is no here here
       (or there there for that matter)
   in effect, pure grandeur:eternity

, immortality, the pristine fundamental idee
elusive in it's humanity - interacting
    immaterially
     mingling, engaging   in    phatic
       small-talk discussing amongst
others [how well are you doing?] the nature of
consciousness. the gist of whom relates to whom
                  or womb to womb
         as non-physical instantaneously
      becomes physical
{{as she wonders} i wander
too distantly..}

contemporaneously one has become many, contemplated
that of those master of mind, a collective as
 {plaster of paris coats}
 microbial bacteria, trillions to be
    sure, amount to the illusion
     we are one or i am one to your beauty
  to hold constructs surrounding
the complex biomes at work
below the surface within the surface
          the fractal patterned
              microcosmic
source of simple [simply complicated]
single cells.

remember about judging books or false-claiming
indivisibility - reserved for one, which you are not
nor am i nor are we, despairingly,
as elusive as manageable [-ness of creative
thought worth your open eyes drawn toward
the light of the ceiling in
the fan
spinning
feels] like chaos but is really probability+
statistical maneuvering, hoovering
as full of soul to empty the tank
      -ards after desultory celebration, 
yet, it could be as simple as me holding you
or you holding your hand-in-hand
mine. and in the end it's just the end.
        
and that's wonderful if you ask me.




{but no one is} 

The Irony of Voter ID

While arguments and pending lawsuits filter through our justice system, it's worthwhile to ponder the precise inanity of the arguments bandied about.

The push in favor of voter ID laws is unarguably coming from the right. The left seems to be doing everything in its power to stop it.

Republicans use the prevention of fraud as the main reason to enact legislation.

Democrats sight suppression as the main reason to enjoin.

Yet, is it terribly wrong to require citizens to carry identification. After all, all around the world this idea is commonplace.

State enforced mandates to own state-recognized ID is nothing new. All across Europe and in most, if not all, developed countries, state issued ID is required in order to vote, access health care, to drive a vehicle, or purchase cigarettes and alcohol. Asking Americans to obtain state-recognized ID leads us closer to nationalized systems of governance.

From Iran

to Israel,

states require their citizens to carry proof of citizenship or for the requisite paperwork that demonstrates sufficient authorization for admission and a legal stay in the country, such as a visa.

Interestingly, and here is where irony rears its wonderful Janus head(s), Republicans have argued against the Democratic backed Affordable Health Care Act (affectionately known as Obamacare) as infringement of individual rights. As if Republicans have never passed any personal-rights-infringing legislation. The Patriot Act is for our own protection, evidently, even though it specifies that the government may search and seize Americans' papers and effects without probable cause to assist terror investigation.

But to the matter at hand, it isn't as though IDs are hard to come by.

And one person might have many.

There are websites that make IDs readily available (http://www.buyfakeidonline.com/, http://www.noveltyidsite.com/, http://www.theidshop.com/). So the argument cannot be made that they are too difficult to obtain.

So let's get on the same boat and sail toward the future. It isn't as though the government isn't monitoring us already.

The move toward a socialized system is driven by Republicans as much as by Democrats.  Let's stop bickering about it and accept it as inevitable.  If it's inevitable, let's at least get something in return.  Let's all get the same health insurance our public employees get, that includes our elected officials, by the way.

Voter ID is leading us toward a centralized database.  The information stored in a centralized database can be used by a variety of governmental departments such as law enforcement or a centralized health care system - much like the one in use in Taiwan.

Very little is private information nowadays anyway.