JISEI is a DEATH POEM - a genre of poetry developed in Japan. They tend to offer a reflection on death and a meaningful observation of life. It originates in Zen Buddhism. The poem's structure can be written in haiku 5/7/5 (17 syllables or less) or tanka 5/7/5/7/7 (31 syllables or less) forms. Death poems are typically emotional. Death is described metaphorically, with references such as barren fields and smoke. They tend to be dark. wikipedia
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"The SUPREME COURT ruled that the former president, and future presidents, have broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. They didn't specify what OFFICIAL ACTS are." - Washington Post

There is a real possibility that democracy, as we know it, will not survive and we will have kings or dictators from the presidential election on. I pray we will continue to have freedom, a democracy, and a country of fair laws, with nobody above the law.

"We have a republic if we can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." - Maya
Angelou

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Gypsy

Picture: Auschwitz, 1940s, German concentration camp. click here for more information

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