Today’s word is “realpolitik” ... political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
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Every early morning,
Out my window I do gaze,
Checking temperature and drift,
Questioning the coming day.
I pray a prayer of gratitude,
For sleep and rested limbs,
For gentle dreams and wishes,
Made of imaginary whims.
I think not of realpolitik,
Of disease and rumored wars,
Of tortured morals or their cause,
Or what evil is for.
Those thoughts will come unbidden,
As the hours travel by,
But they will not consume me,
In this, the morning’s eye.
Anne Selleck
Copyright 2020
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