"Mendacity"

“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
^{Jean-Paul Sartre}
It is really not so bad, being alone.
You do not have to put up
With the noise and tedium of meaningless chatter.
You don’t have to put up with those
Who talk just for the sake of talking.

You can spend your time
Doing and Reading and Thinking what you want.
“Strong minds discuss IDEAS,
Average minds discuss EVENTS,
Weak minds discuss PEOPLE.”
^Socrates
It can get boring, when the only
Thing you have to distract yourself with is…
Yourself.
Still, methinks that there
Is more benefit to solitude,
Than
To being inundated with a lot
Of inanity and mundanity.

“Mendacity”

^by
Jerry E Smith
©5/11/16
Lone Gull-Joseph Barrientos
^{So I have spent most of the last 3 days asleep, one friend came by to visit on Wed,
said he would come back on yesterday, but had to get a new phone.
So 24 hrs later, He texted (from the new phone) to say he was on his way.
(any minute now) and bring me some Frozen Yogurt.
Other than that one visit, I have been alone,
Completely and totally
ALONE}

<sup>These .gifs were created for me by @coquiunlimited; many thanks




Self Portrait from about 1978</sup>