The Week in Preview Haiku:
Greece, Spain, Italy,
Mediterranean flood,
Bail. Their boat is ours.
Feel free to contribute your own haiku in the comment box. We are not strict observers of the art. Just try to follow the 5-7-5 pattern. Now on to other different, but related matters.
Boats and ships make for pithy sayings. . A rising tide raises all ships. This ship is sinking fast. A ship without a rudder. Don't rock the boat. Not all his oars are in the water . . .
Yesterday's post talked about the future of a house divided.
We've got to decide if we, as Americans, are in the same boat or not. Perhaps we should combine our metaphors and call it a houseboat divided.
The thing about being in the same boat is, that while there will be many opinions of what course to take, and and at what speed, ultimately, one course must be chosen. That can be tough, being in close quarters, drifting perilously, while passionate sincere voices declare what is certainly the correct course to take.
On the other hand, the more voices there are, the better the chance that the correct course will be spoken. If only it can be heard above the shouts of all the other voices.
Or survive being tossed out of the boat.
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I believe Winston Churchill said something to the effect "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all other possibilities." Perhaps if we don't sink the ship (or the houseboat) in the process, we will eventually arrive at the right course. (sorry, Haiku is probably beyond my capabilities)
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