A rose is a rose ... (1) just as is a mouse is a mouse no matter how loud the mouse that roars (2) their try to sound like a lion is short.
1 to 3 historical cultural references for the unknowing.
(1) By Gertrude Stein: "Sacred Emily" 1922 collection Geography and Plays.
(2) By writer Leonard Wibberley 1955 "The Mouse That Roared," a satirical novel by Irish-born American, the first of his series of satirical books about an imaginary* country in Europe called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.
*Can occur anywhere on Earth at any time even Europe or in an individual's "safe space." Trust yourself.
Note A: if this is too long to read, ignore all of it.
Note B: this is a metaphorical reference to the "battles" of nations' (wills) now playing throughout the world. Ain't Nothing Like the actual (Real) Thing Baby (3)
(3) Song by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terell. March 28, 1968.
Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
SG - Free Thought - [Locals] - [April 2026]
Gab: April ...
It struck me that the result from the effort to rid the past of the history of slavery now may come to the perfect ending with the elimination of a past problem that doesn't exist now. That itself deserves the "Go figure" award.
SG - Free Thought - [Locals] - [July 2026]
Gab: July 24, 2026.
GETTR: July 24, 2026.
Locals: July 24, 2026.
Truth Social: July 24, 2026.
X: July 24, 2026.
Many threads of wisdom flow freely, constantly or is it just reality like that expressed in lyrics in the Simon & Garfunkel song, "The Boxer" wherein stated: "All lies in jest when a man hears what he wants to hear and forgets all the rest". So, history is guided to the next round of mental boxing. With others sometimes?
OPINION
Credits: Recorded at Columbia Studio's, Nashville. Roy Halee producer, VEVO.
SG - Free Thought - [Locals] - [July 2026]
Gab: July 23, 2026.
GETTR: July 23, 2026.
Locals: July 23, 2026.
Truth Social: July 23, 2026.
X: July 23, 2026.
