thoughts in tanka form

Thoughts like these arise once in a while.....induced by politics and consumerism. I chose the tanka form to write the thoughts.
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oh those tentacles 

too many, too long, too rough

oceans of ideas

rocking empty ships hard - the

shores out of sight, out of mind

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a pattern evolves

as with fear we wake and sleep

enemy within

has a gripping hold on us

and our duty is to live