{"id":338681,"date":"2021-02-18T06:04:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=338681"},"modified":"2021-02-18T06:04:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:04:11","slug":"sweet-and-sour-senescent-sonnets-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/sweet-and-sour-senescent-sonnets-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet and Sour Senescent Sonnets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cWell I\u2019ll be damned Here comes your ghost again\u00a0<br \/>\nBut that\u2019s not unusual It\u2019s just that the moon is full<br \/>\nAnd you happened to call\u201d <\/em><br \/>\n\t\t                    <strong> \u2014Joan Baez, Diamonds and Rust<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Slights Delights and Insights<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWell I\u2019ll be damned I just can\u2019t stop getting older now<br \/>\nthis nonstop aging process brings slight after slight<br \/>\nentering the Chinese New Year of the White Metal Cow<br \/>\nour fear of COVID is not slight every virus filled night.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI \u2018got mail\u2019 and phone call messages left by friends<br \/>\nmy spirits are lifted from these cyber stream delights<br \/>\ndelighted to speak with them before the day ends<br \/>\nas we laugh and talk about old childhood fights.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWe hear of others our age in an old folks home<br \/>\nsome beat COVID some gone after sleepless nights<br \/>\nnow families grieve many spouses left alone\u00a0<br \/>\nold age has its positive and negative insights.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nForget the slights forgive others and learn to trust<br \/>\ndiscern the connections between diamonds and rust.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0The \u2018I\u2019s Have It\/His \u2018Id\u2019 Has It<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe word \u2018id\u2019 in psychoanalysis is \u201cthat part of the psyche that is regarded as the reservoir of the instinctual drives and the source of psychic energy: it is dominated\u00a0by the pleasure principle and irrational wishing.\u201d<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Insurrection\u00a0Inauguration Impeachment<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DEFENDS in DENIAL and DELUSION<br \/>\nINTELLIGENCE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0INVESTIGATES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0IGNORANCE<br \/>\nILLITERACY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0IMBECILITY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0IDIOCY<br \/>\nILLEGAL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ILL advised\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0INVESTMENT<br \/>\nINDEFENSIBLE\u00a0\u00a0INEFFICIENCY\u00a0\u00a0lack of INTEGRITY<br \/>\nINCONSISTENT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0INCOHERENT\u00a0\u00a0* ignis fatuus<br \/>\nIGNORAMUS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0IGNOMINY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ILLOGICAL<br \/>\nINCORRIGIBLE\u00a0\u00a0INEXCUSABLE\u00a0\u00a0INDICTED<br \/>\nINQUIRING\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0IMPOSSIBILITIES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0IMMUNITY<br \/>\nINTOLERANT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0IMPETUOUS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0IMPLODING<br \/>\nINJUDICIOUS\u00a0\u00a0INCOMMUNICADO\u00a0\u00a0INIMICAL<br \/>\nINHUMANE\u00a0\u00a0IGNOMINIOUS\u00a0\u00a0INFECTED \u2018id\u2019<\/p>\n<p>IMPEACHED\u00a0IN PERSONAM IN MEMORIAM.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n*Ignis fatuus is a deceptive hope, goal, delusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joey &#8216;Pepe Batbon&#8217; Connolly (Special to the Saipan Tribune)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Joey aka Pepe Batbon is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. 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