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Kathy Murphy's avatar

So well written, informative and inspiring!

Kelly's avatar

I love you 💕

Waldo Littlefield's avatar

Creatures in nature, nature itself is far more fascinating than most of us acknowledge. Thanks for your analogy.

We must respect earth’s creations to live a full and rewarding life; And the laws of nature cannot be ignored nor cheated like man’s laws. Clearly the Trump administration is cheating men and nature. The nation is reaping a harvest of malfeasance.

Change happens one individual pretending at a time, abandoning grievance narratives, and joining in our shared humanity. Thanks for the reminder.

Hal from Wes's avatar

Dear Shanley, I think your bridges are admirable. Hal

m leftwich's avatar

For those of us who do not share your admirable vocabulary , it might be better to to begin your story with some definition of "Bonobo" , and perhaps developing the setting to allow easier understanding of the experiment you have described.

Cheryl Doran Girard's avatar

Thank you..such a wonderful shift of thought, even if only for a short while. The every day intensity tends focus on darkness and ignore magical moments that may be the seedlings of hope.

Anne & Rick Dressell's avatar

Wow! I absolutely love this piece!!

Patricia Davis's avatar

But it isn’t a game of pretend. Whatever excuse will be used today, doesn’t matter. Not even if another innocent’s life is lost. Because no law used is capable to shut the show down? Not true. Truth is slowly being stripped naked..the magic of pretend is gone. Vanity hangs on desperate in its sad costume , the date knight , the rape plight, the hidden fright , a con’s last sleight .

Let those who cast the lures pull in the fished consequence, a catch of purposed poison. Corruption, cheating, lies, malicious sin , the glee of the kill all on display in the fray.

The richest country in the world not living up to its game of pretend but owning up to the shame at the end.

It’s a sad day…when those elected to the highest office betrayed honor by the cross designed.