JuJoJan 16 – Philosophy

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Went to a vendor, paid the fee

Wanted to learn philosophy

Only a dollar the ragged man said

Took the hat right off his head

Held it out for me to deposit

My dollar added to the hat’s composite

What can I tell you the man said in low voice

I needed help on how to make a choice

I wanted peace but how to get it

He had a wry smile and said forget it

There won’t be peace ever

It’s too easy to do and the rich won’t let it

The rich I queried, how? you say

They need the profits coming their way

Peacetime offers no money for them

War and unrest always favors them

I looked away down the street

Military advancing in heavy feet

Thanks for your answer I said sorrowly

Then we both turned ready to flee

The sound of heavy armed men in chase

I need to find a new safe place.

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Daily Prompt – JusJoJan the 16th, 2026

SoCS + JuJoJan 17 – Cool

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Okay, I know, it’s an old term, but…I just found out that John Fogarty and I are almost the same age…why does it matter, you ask? Because I like his words and fortunately, he scribed them into songs I like. A band was formed, a “swamp” band and I had to look that up, even though I like that type of music I had never heard the term swamp band. Here’s the Wikipedia version:

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Here’s one of their songs and quite a few of the band’s songs are relevant today. They are still COOL!

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The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2026 Daily Prompt for Jan. 17th

Esther’s Writing Prompts

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I know it has already been said

Nothing beats the color red

You can have your blue sky

Purple may make you sigh

Yellow daisies, oh my

Green fields make me cry

Orange tastes delish

Indigo promises a wish

Black gives me an ache

So I’ll savor and take

Red – roses, cheeks, berries and lips

You can have all the others, I quip

I want RED.

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