What a week! (ending Oct. 19)

Flabbergasted, astounded,

staggered and dumbfounded,

I find it hard to wrap my head around it.

The privatization of war,

once called the condottieri,

now referred to as mercenaries,

these private military companies,

really hired killers is what they are.

Moving on to another topic

we learn of a philanthropic

billionaire behaving quite neurotic,

attempting to buy our vote.

At a million a day

he’s hoping to sway

the election his way,

to the candidate he promotes.

AI powered by nukes

seems like one for the books

thought up by a bunch of kooks

overlooking historical disasters.

Looking ahead AI has yet

to prove not a threat

that we would regret,

rendering humans not up to par.

Jai Boreen

La Conner