Vol.1, No.5 •
November 2007
Nothin' Better To
Do
A monthly column of verse,
musings and observations
by Billy Jones.
How Does One Know?
Some
of my readers here are aware of my colorful past riding as a
member of a motorcycle gang in my youth and still others are
aware that on next Tuesday, November 6 2007 voters in Greensboro,
North Carolina will have the chance to elect me to become their
next mayor.
I think the odds that I might win are slim
but apparently some in my opponents' camps are becoming concerned
as they have started applying pressure on persons with whom I
do business and others who call themselves my friends.
Funny thing, back in my motorcycle gang
days there was a code of honor that sadly today's politricksters
could never live up to. I'm not implying the gang was in church
every Sunday or anything like that but in the world of bikers
there is no honor in stabbing one's opponent in the back. And
the idea that innocent bystanders might be targets was never
condoned in the Biker world. We were wild and rowdy but to provoke
an incident against a "citizen" was something that
was never allowed and only happened in the movies.
Give me the choice of shaking the hand
of the most low-life 1%er Biker in the world and a politician
and I'll pick the better man-- the biker-- every time.
Define Victory...
Is it the death of an opponent,
the mounting of the summit
escaping from the crushing weight
of the boulders falling from it?
Is it leading men to battle
to lead them back again
or living to remember
every loss you had back then?
Billy Jones is a poet, author
and aspiring entrepreneur who writes BloggingPoet.com and is
a managing partner of Policlicks.com LLC. the parent company
of MuseCrafters.
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