Apropos Everything

Here are 6 samples from this 120-poem book, written in San Salvador March 22 – May 23, 2020. I plan to add more in the future...

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I am pleased to present 3 songs by Alessandro Lazzeri, composed during the coronavirus lockdown of 2020. The songs are based on lyrics from pages 43, 53 and 55.

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Wide Spectrum Strategy

April 9, 2020 (page 40)

Life's Lemons

April 10, 2020 (page 43)

Life’s Lemons

by Alessandro Lazzeri

(words by j-david)

Childless ~ There is a reason:

I don’t want the time commitment.

I am selfish with hours spent

in the discipline of my passion.

Life’s Lemons... (x2)

and I fall into whatever occurs. (x2)

This life path has not been forced.

The reins have unfolded.

How far we have… come...

How far we have…

Life’s Lemons... (x2)

and I fall into whatever occurs. (x2)

A Side Effect of Light Cast

April 11, 2020 (page 46)

Dark Day Light Switch

April 12, 2020 (page 48)

Ungroomed Magnetism

April 15, 2020 (page 53)

Aloneness

by Alessandro Lazzeri

(words by j-david)

Words move through the pen

in response to my presence.

If there is one thing I’m capable of,

it is being here.

Each of us would like to round up regards: self-reliance can hold us.

Learning to enjoy Aloneness

makes us tough to defeat.

How did we not realize

we were being played for fools? (x2)

Placing my bets on what it might be, sensitive to human beliefs.

If there is one thing I’m capable of,

it is being here.

How did we not realize

we were being played for fools? (x2)

Superficial Changes Stunt

April 16, 2020 (page 55)

There is No Going Back

by Alessandro Lazzeri

(words by j-david)

Our comeback must be thoughtful:

Rush-back is not sustainable.

The return to normality

must be phased-in cautiously.

There is no going back.

Putting a lipstick on a pig

doesn’t alter what it actually is. (x2)

Humans needed this wake-up call:

The old way won’t work anymore.

How will we ensure everyone

has to play by the same rules?

There is no going back.

Putting a lipstick on a pig

doesn’t alter what it actually is. (x2)

Poisoned minds parrot Fox News.

Those who refuse to contribute:

consumed by the economy…

Humans have an opportunity!

There is no going back.

Putting a lipstick on a pig

doesn’t alter what it actually is. (x2)

There is no going back. (x3)

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