Are We Our Brother's Keeper?

I think, when Cain asked God, "Am I my brother's keeper?" The answer was and is yes.Here are two sparkling works from a couple of the Magic Viners.

Hope you will weigh in with your thoughts after you enjoy the simple and startling words of Slemay and Spaceyhippie.

Enjoy, Em

By Spaciehippie, NV

achieve
accountability
ya wanna call yerselves
a shiny society

otherwise
if yer in any position o authority
n not doin that, see
even jus not totally
yer feedin off that potential in anything

parta the solution v parta the problem
how much u contributing
to either category
anytime u have monopolies
or anythingy even approaching oligarchies etc
something's impeding competition, n so confidence
that's jus the way it works out mathematically
find a balance, or yer jus playin wit equations

in ancient villages
n for millions o years
there were only a coupla dozen or so
people for anybody to really ever possibly know
food, shelter, clothing, education, health care
basic staples o survival came free wit livin
that's how we evolved up, as creatures
that's what we're kinda used to
take any o those thingies
outta the equation
...somebody
...finds that
interesting

it's not a handout to get a splint for a broken leg
it's not sociliasm to invest in yer fellow citizens
actually it's a
requirement
who what why where when how etc...
woudl that seem like not a good idea



A poem by Slemay, NV

We sit silent who should not silent be.

We fold our arms and shake our worldly heads

When wicked men softly and so silently

Cut the throats of children in their beds.

We wait while men in suits decide the fates

Of millions with one cut of oily cards;

But we are not the ones with empty plates

So we can simply send our best regards.

We wonder why our sullen silence sends

The wide world a signal of serenity;

Why hope cannot for silence make amends,

Nor goodwill set a single person free.

For should we admit an unpleasant fact,

What we fear most is this: that we must act.