A sight seen by you
Maybe not others
Till someone does
Then their own
Whys
There's always a why
Then, a because

BM2 John Castillo
6/22/25

There's Always A Why

There's always a why
An question
Of believability
A note of being
Hesitant
Uncertain
Confirmation of intent
Having to ask
At times praised
At others punished
The older you are
The more whys appear
Though different
From those around you

#maddow

Today: The Poems of Charles Reznikoff 1918-1975 (Black Sparrow/Godine, 2005)

www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... the Trriffles admins continue to waste time and sense

wind plays catch
through the broken mill
where ghosts hide

#DailyHaikuPrompt (windmill)

The final breath you see
The scent of a last meal
A rotten tooth
Yet loved

The last touch
Before parting
Like light
Is forever

The embrace
Of life, finishing
Finishing what it begun
What it must become

A final thought
A prayer
A scent
A pain

BM2 John Castillo
6/22/25

A last steamy choice
Fragrant, full, rich
A final bowl of beans
A Mexican choice
With a friend who is not
Yet loves them still

A last time to say hello, goodbye
And all the things in between
A sobering moment
When thought, back on

A Final Bowl Of Beans

A final bowl of beans
The taste of my memory
My time
My mother's cooking
Her love
In every bite
Every buttered tortilla

A final bowl
Before I go
Simple, pristine
Filled with experience
I have lived
Not expected of me
But chosen by me

Successive governments have failed to learn lessons of Grenfell Tragedy The conditions that facilitated the tragedy remain unchecked

Criminal syndicates

England's water companies have 1,200+ criminal convictions.

Execs rewarded for dumping sewage.

Occasionally fines on companies are announced but then waived or deferred.

No corporate licence to operate revoked.

No exec fined/prosecuted.

One law for us, another for them

"Rainy Road" - my oil painting

Lol Spike Lee is courtside wearing a Knicks jersey with “Pope Leo” on the back

#NBAsky

Keep Walking The Walk,Mayor Mamdani.......

A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek), with the handle @magyarpeterMP. The post reads: "Until 31 May, the Orbán puppets may voluntarily step down from their positions. This applies to the President of Hungary, the President of the Curia, the President of the National Office for the Judiciary, the President of the Constitutional Court, and the Prosecutor General. On 12 April, the Hungarian people voted for a complete political transformation. If these officials do not step down voluntarily by 31 May, then — on the basis of the mandate received from millions of Hungarians — we will remove them from office." At the bottom, the timestamp reads "3:04 AM • Apr 21, 2026" alongside "19.9K Views".

Peter Magyar is not playing around at all. He's going to purge every single remnant of corrupt Orbanism. This is exactly how Dems need to be when they retake power.

While I appreciate this man's dedication to reading ...

Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

Not the three rooms
Kitchen, living room of always
I am thinking of simple things
Of history, of places
How each reflected
On how far we were
From home
I am thinking

BM2 John Castillo
4/21/26

I Am

I am thinking
Of the trips
From Selfridge AFB
To Saginaw, Michigan
Of the red, gold, yellow, white
Fields of pumpkins, squash
Of other fields along the way
Parsed with other things
Of the excitement to go home
See family
Be somewhere new

Spectral mist
is out there somewhere
colours seductive
bright
resolute
I tried to catch it in my hands
but it slipped away
under a tree
under a bush
leaving me to wonder

#WeirdMicro #WritingPrompts
#spectralmist #micropoetry

@weirdmicro.bsky.social

And bloody, bloody, bloody fun.

Interesting

...maybe - just maybe - he's actually the worst president in history

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

Amen brother

#PhotoShare
Paris
1932

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

The corruption is just stunning.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

This is a war based on lies

ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary

For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:

When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?