{"id":837,"date":"2019-08-24T17:01:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T17:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/?p=837"},"modified":"2020-01-04T18:26:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T22:26:21","slug":"the-heedless-warning-hokis-senior-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/2019\/08\/24\/the-heedless-warning-hokis-senior-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heedless Warning | Editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image:<a href=\"https:\/\/neoskosmos.com\/en\/37400\/massive-disaster-in-chios-as-fire-burns-throughout-mastic-tree-forests\/ \"> Citizen&#8217;s watching the dense smoke over Lithi village, as reflected in a mirror of a car, during a wildfire on Chios island, Greece, 25 July 2016. Photo: AAP via EPA\/KOSTAS KOYRGIAS <\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>by Hokis, senior editor<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Shift your interest <br \/>from the accident by the side of the road, gaze<br \/>out front, towards that dopamine dripping destination <br \/>endlessly ahead. No need to worry, side view <br \/><br \/>now managed, no longer required to twist your spine, <br \/>to assess, nor to best guess your blind spot; <br \/><br \/>it's managed, your<br \/>no longer required to heed<br \/>that curious warning:<br \/>     \"Objects are closer than they appear.\"<br \/><br \/>          All the while, the perfect pacing<br \/>          of the gifted humorist tempting fate is behind you.<br \/>               your tale is on fire, <br \/>               and it's chasing you. <\/pre>\r\n<!--Neruda Roberto Clemente: Epilogue-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em> Poem was prompted by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/chomsky-by-focusing-on-russia-we-ignore-trumps-existential-threat-to-climate\/ \"><em>&#8220;Chomsky: By Focusing on Russia, We Ignore Trump\u2019s Existential Threat to Climate,&#8221; <\/em><\/a><em>by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/authors\/david-barsamian\/\"><em>David Barsamian<\/em><\/a><em> (fellow Armenian),\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/\"><em>Truthout<\/em><\/a><em>, August 21, 2019. <\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem was prompted by \u201cChomsky: By Focusing on Russia, We Ignore Trump\u2019s Existential Threat to Climate,\u201d by David Barsamian, Truthout, August 21, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>image:  July 25, 2016, Wildfire on Chios island, Greece,. 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