The Response I Hear To All Of This Comments

Thought provoking? Yes; intelligently penned? Yes; erudite? Yes, thoughtfully and logically composed? Yes... the irony amongst your words has been cleverly woven to drive your point Gary. jz

Lots of hand-wringing in this poem. 'The meaningless Yes to exuberance, hope, and defeat.' sounds like and epidemic of manic depression. You have stuck a nerve. We in the States, and the rest of the world, are having to deal with a Pesident that we allowed to say Yes. Sadly we have found that this answer is '...more, more than you can imagine.' That is my read on another one of your great writes.