Lost Decency

Decency has been lost.
The last time anyone saw decency, it was seen cavorting with indecency,
in an unseemly manner.
Decency and indecency are kissing cousins.
Gossips reported ribald and lewd behavior.
Observers reported nonconformism and bad taste.
It’s possible that decency became bipolar or even anti-social.
In the end, decency and indecency became interchangeable.
There is a suspicion of foul play.
Those close to indecency protested what they called bad reporting.
If you should encounter decency,
Ask for an honest answer to the question,
“What do you know of indecency?”
The decency you find might be indecent.

“It does feel these days that the ground has dropped out . . . that SAFETY /GOODNESS has been lost. With a return to civility, decency, justice and respect for one another perhaps SAFETY will be found, and humanity’s inventiveness may again become c… — “It does feel these days that the ground has dropped out . . . that SAFETY /GOODNESS has been lost. With a return to civility, decency, justice and respect for one another perhaps SAFETY will be found, and humanity’s inventiveness may again become cause for celebration, rather than terror. A man-made artifact as small as a safety pin can be a loving tool for the good (like darning or mending) or conversely, an unleashed weapon of evil and destruction.”
**Roz Dimon**
“SAFETY LOST” digital drawing, 10500x6000 px at 300ppi
©2014

Joseph McCarthy Congressional Hearings Aviva Rahmani, Eve Beglarian — Joseph McCarthy Congressional Hearings
**Aviva Rahmani, Eve Beglarian**