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Mary Gottschalk's avatar

Suzanna .. so very powerful ... but it has been many weeks — before this executive order — that I have struggled to know whether I can believe what I see or what I read or what I am told by someone I trust ... and whether, if I share something I am told, if I am spreading untruth.

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

Thank you. Agreed. However, I am pretty sure the yellow flowers on the bush in my yard are real.

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Cynthia Turner's avatar

You are a gift with words. I smile when I read and think of your beautiful writing.

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

Thank you, Cynthia. What a lovely thing to say. I'm very touched and appreciative of your comment!

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Heide Exner Larson's avatar

This brings to mind Mike Waltz’s remark about the Atlantic reporter’s phone number being “sucked” into his phone numbers list. At first I let it pass, then

a second later, WAIT A MINUTE!! Deceptive delusion? Thought provoking poem 👍🏻 Thank you Suzanna.

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

Seriously!

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Tej Dhawan's avatar

Touch confirms the truth

Of observable sense

Smell endorses taste

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

Yes, exactly! Powerful!

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Barb George's avatar

Illusion, delusion, confusion - you nailed it again Suzanna!

And as the other commenter noted, I now wonder whether I am spreading false news. What a life learning to be living at this moment in history. What I have read about events before my time of knowing are making more of an impact on me today.

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

We don’t know what of what we believe to be history is real or just one perspective or plain old lies.

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