Terry O. Scott-Bond
@terryoscott-bond.bsky.social
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Poet of true democracy—from the world's longest-running constitutional democratic republic—who loves and believes in the People. A human being creating posts that read as a lit thread.
Poet of true democracy—from the world's longest-running constitutional democratic republic—who loves and believes in the People. A human being creating posts that read as a lit thread.
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The hate-heavy and power-lust-laden delusion
that the human race is not one race
or that something like color determines
race—or even the more accurate idea of ethnicity—is asinine on its face;
that the human race is not one race
or that something like color determines
race—or even the more accurate idea of ethnicity—is asinine on its face;
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The hate-heavy and power-lust-laden delusion
that the human race is not one race
or that something like color determines
race—or even the more accurate idea of ethnicity—is asinine on its face;
that the human race is not one race
or that something like color determines
race—or even the more accurate idea of ethnicity—is asinine on its face;
We are the HUMAN RACE. The People
and the planet are linked and linked to our duty
to one another, our destiny, our democracy.
All of us are intertwined, in a double-helical
dance—at once democratic, physical, and chemical.
and the planet are linked and linked to our duty
to one another, our destiny, our democracy.
All of us are intertwined, in a double-helical
dance—at once democratic, physical, and chemical.
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We are the HUMAN RACE. The People
and the planet are linked and linked to our duty
to one another, our destiny, our democracy.
All of us are intertwined, in a double-helical
dance—at once democratic, physical, and chemical.
and the planet are linked and linked to our duty
to one another, our destiny, our democracy.
All of us are intertwined, in a double-helical
dance—at once democratic, physical, and chemical.
each person to the depths of their souls,
they, too, sing democracy,
humanity’s zenith).
they, too, sing democracy,
humanity’s zenith).
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
each person to the depths of their souls,
they, too, sing democracy,
humanity’s zenith).
they, too, sing democracy,
humanity’s zenith).
(and stop and hold quiet and listen and hear
the cries of those around you, the old cries and the new,
and then help to lift the injustices they bear;
hear democracy singing;
each voice in its own right,
a choir of many voices, a colorful chorus
in our inextricably shared story,
the cries of those around you, the old cries and the new,
and then help to lift the injustices they bear;
hear democracy singing;
each voice in its own right,
a choir of many voices, a colorful chorus
in our inextricably shared story,
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
(and stop and hold quiet and listen and hear
the cries of those around you, the old cries and the new,
and then help to lift the injustices they bear;
hear democracy singing;
each voice in its own right,
a choir of many voices, a colorful chorus
in our inextricably shared story,
the cries of those around you, the old cries and the new,
and then help to lift the injustices they bear;
hear democracy singing;
each voice in its own right,
a choir of many voices, a colorful chorus
in our inextricably shared story,
For all that is sacred, turn, today, to your bothers and sisters
and embrace them in unity, harmony, humanity,
democracy, love,
in order to cure what ails you — and us
and embrace them in unity, harmony, humanity,
democracy, love,
in order to cure what ails you — and us
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
For all that is sacred, turn, today, to your bothers and sisters
and embrace them in unity, harmony, humanity,
democracy, love,
in order to cure what ails you — and us
and embrace them in unity, harmony, humanity,
democracy, love,
in order to cure what ails you — and us
Beyond the spiritual or mental torment
(prison) of not seeing well beyond the small, distorted
prism of so-called race,
a more beautiful, fulfilling world, for us all, awaits.
(prison) of not seeing well beyond the small, distorted
prism of so-called race,
a more beautiful, fulfilling world, for us all, awaits.
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Beyond the spiritual or mental torment
(prison) of not seeing well beyond the small, distorted
prism of so-called race,
a more beautiful, fulfilling world, for us all, awaits.
(prison) of not seeing well beyond the small, distorted
prism of so-called race,
a more beautiful, fulfilling world, for us all, awaits.
by rhetoric designed so that you would not notice
the forked-tongued lies of people lusting over power
(and money, which is a form of power) at your very expense.
the forked-tongued lies of people lusting over power
(and money, which is a form of power) at your very expense.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
by rhetoric designed so that you would not notice
the forked-tongued lies of people lusting over power
(and money, which is a form of power) at your very expense.
the forked-tongued lies of people lusting over power
(and money, which is a form of power) at your very expense.
the many folks among us who
have felt unheard or full of hate
feel so because, long ago, you
were divided from your brothers and sisters,
and you were wronged when made to feel
as if they were your enemies
have felt unheard or full of hate
feel so because, long ago, you
were divided from your brothers and sisters,
and you were wronged when made to feel
as if they were your enemies
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
the many folks among us who
have felt unheard or full of hate
feel so because, long ago, you
were divided from your brothers and sisters,
and you were wronged when made to feel
as if they were your enemies
have felt unheard or full of hate
feel so because, long ago, you
were divided from your brothers and sisters,
and you were wronged when made to feel
as if they were your enemies
have been depleting
and destroying
the harmony
of the natural world around us, its ecology,
and our human ecology;
have been exploiting people;
and then have been laughing
all the way
to the bank. In fact,
and destroying
the harmony
of the natural world around us, its ecology,
and our human ecology;
have been exploiting people;
and then have been laughing
all the way
to the bank. In fact,
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
have been depleting
and destroying
the harmony
of the natural world around us, its ecology,
and our human ecology;
have been exploiting people;
and then have been laughing
all the way
to the bank. In fact,
and destroying
the harmony
of the natural world around us, its ecology,
and our human ecology;
have been exploiting people;
and then have been laughing
all the way
to the bank. In fact,
Yet, for decade upon decade upon decade,
purportedly anti-elitist professional divide-
and-conquer worshipers of personal power
have been riling up their ranks, misleading their marks, toward
what certainly, yet ironically, is a pitch
that they are entitled to socioeconomic elitism;
purportedly anti-elitist professional divide-
and-conquer worshipers of personal power
have been riling up their ranks, misleading their marks, toward
what certainly, yet ironically, is a pitch
that they are entitled to socioeconomic elitism;
November 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Yet, for decade upon decade upon decade,
purportedly anti-elitist professional divide-
and-conquer worshipers of personal power
have been riling up their ranks, misleading their marks, toward
what certainly, yet ironically, is a pitch
that they are entitled to socioeconomic elitism;
purportedly anti-elitist professional divide-
and-conquer worshipers of personal power
have been riling up their ranks, misleading their marks, toward
what certainly, yet ironically, is a pitch
that they are entitled to socioeconomic elitism;
and
no one rejects or ejects every bit of the visible spectrum of light
either, as if they were a formation of snow or salt. Not quite.
no one rejects or ejects every bit of the visible spectrum of light
either, as if they were a formation of snow or salt. Not quite.
October 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
and
no one rejects or ejects every bit of the visible spectrum of light
either, as if they were a formation of snow or salt. Not quite.
no one rejects or ejects every bit of the visible spectrum of light
either, as if they were a formation of snow or salt. Not quite.
no one absorbs every bit of our visible spectrum of light
(notice that we obsess over the mere perception of the spectrum of light
visible by human eyes, as if it is supremely important),
(notice that we obsess over the mere perception of the spectrum of light
visible by human eyes, as if it is supremely important),
October 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
no one absorbs every bit of our visible spectrum of light
(notice that we obsess over the mere perception of the spectrum of light
visible by human eyes, as if it is supremely important),
(notice that we obsess over the mere perception of the spectrum of light
visible by human eyes, as if it is supremely important),
in accordance,
human beings have skin,
of all random things
for one to give immense weight, that is
essentially neither the shades white nor black
(the hue of each person’s skin
is some spectrum of Earth-
tone, from the very same Mother Earth);
human beings have skin,
of all random things
for one to give immense weight, that is
essentially neither the shades white nor black
(the hue of each person’s skin
is some spectrum of Earth-
tone, from the very same Mother Earth);
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
in accordance,
human beings have skin,
of all random things
for one to give immense weight, that is
essentially neither the shades white nor black
(the hue of each person’s skin
is some spectrum of Earth-
tone, from the very same Mother Earth);
human beings have skin,
of all random things
for one to give immense weight, that is
essentially neither the shades white nor black
(the hue of each person’s skin
is some spectrum of Earth-
tone, from the very same Mother Earth);
No system of trade is just or reasonable
that devours the house — or its people;
that devours the house — or its people;
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
No system of trade is just or reasonable
that devours the house — or its people;
that devours the house — or its people;
Economically
or ecologically,
no matter which,
“[a] house
divided against
itself
cannot stand;”
respectively,
the following
particular
examples,
hold high
importance
to America,
among others:
or ecologically,
no matter which,
“[a] house
divided against
itself
cannot stand;”
respectively,
the following
particular
examples,
hold high
importance
to America,
among others:
October 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Economically
or ecologically,
no matter which,
“[a] house
divided against
itself
cannot stand;”
respectively,
the following
particular
examples,
hold high
importance
to America,
among others:
or ecologically,
no matter which,
“[a] house
divided against
itself
cannot stand;”
respectively,
the following
particular
examples,
hold high
importance
to America,
among others:
Without one or the other
(a healthy human ecology
and/or a healthy greater ecology),
the house
of democracy
(eco in ecology,
like eco in economy,
means house)
will be razed —
not raised,
nor reinforced,
but ruined,
sundered,
felled,
destroyed.
(a healthy human ecology
and/or a healthy greater ecology),
the house
of democracy
(eco in ecology,
like eco in economy,
means house)
will be razed —
not raised,
nor reinforced,
but ruined,
sundered,
felled,
destroyed.
October 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Without one or the other
(a healthy human ecology
and/or a healthy greater ecology),
the house
of democracy
(eco in ecology,
like eco in economy,
means house)
will be razed —
not raised,
nor reinforced,
but ruined,
sundered,
felled,
destroyed.
(a healthy human ecology
and/or a healthy greater ecology),
the house
of democracy
(eco in ecology,
like eco in economy,
means house)
will be razed —
not raised,
nor reinforced,
but ruined,
sundered,
felled,
destroyed.
Democracy depends upon
mutually beneficial and equitable connections
and the vigorous flow of cycles of energy
among a healthy human ecology
and the healthy greater ecology
of where we live.
mutually beneficial and equitable connections
and the vigorous flow of cycles of energy
among a healthy human ecology
and the healthy greater ecology
of where we live.
September 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Democracy depends upon
mutually beneficial and equitable connections
and the vigorous flow of cycles of energy
among a healthy human ecology
and the healthy greater ecology
of where we live.
mutually beneficial and equitable connections
and the vigorous flow of cycles of energy
among a healthy human ecology
and the healthy greater ecology
of where we live.
Whereas progress is its own virtue
in a world and cosmos where change does
not stop, to repress portions of the People is,
on the contrary, the inhumanity of antidemocracy.
in a world and cosmos where change does
not stop, to repress portions of the People is,
on the contrary, the inhumanity of antidemocracy.
September 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Whereas progress is its own virtue
in a world and cosmos where change does
not stop, to repress portions of the People is,
on the contrary, the inhumanity of antidemocracy.
in a world and cosmos where change does
not stop, to repress portions of the People is,
on the contrary, the inhumanity of antidemocracy.
Protecting power structures
that burn (heat) and salt (poison) the planet, though?
The obvious opposite: unvirtuous
(for harming both the People and our home).
What we conserve alongside if we repress,
in part, reveal if we want life to progress.
that burn (heat) and salt (poison) the planet, though?
The obvious opposite: unvirtuous
(for harming both the People and our home).
What we conserve alongside if we repress,
in part, reveal if we want life to progress.
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Protecting power structures
that burn (heat) and salt (poison) the planet, though?
The obvious opposite: unvirtuous
(for harming both the People and our home).
What we conserve alongside if we repress,
in part, reveal if we want life to progress.
that burn (heat) and salt (poison) the planet, though?
The obvious opposite: unvirtuous
(for harming both the People and our home).
What we conserve alongside if we repress,
in part, reveal if we want life to progress.
Conserving the very environment
both surrounding us and comprising us
is a vital virtue, paired with actions
such as depolluting Mother Earth’s air,
water, and land.
both surrounding us and comprising us
is a vital virtue, paired with actions
such as depolluting Mother Earth’s air,
water, and land.
September 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Conserving the very environment
both surrounding us and comprising us
is a vital virtue, paired with actions
such as depolluting Mother Earth’s air,
water, and land.
both surrounding us and comprising us
is a vital virtue, paired with actions
such as depolluting Mother Earth’s air,
water, and land.
Empowering ourselves through democracy
also allows humankind our one chance
to conserve the house from which we all hail:
Mother Nature, Creation, Mother Earth.
also allows humankind our one chance
to conserve the house from which we all hail:
Mother Nature, Creation, Mother Earth.
September 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Empowering ourselves through democracy
also allows humankind our one chance
to conserve the house from which we all hail:
Mother Nature, Creation, Mother Earth.
also allows humankind our one chance
to conserve the house from which we all hail:
Mother Nature, Creation, Mother Earth.
so, we’ve progress to make to actually
empower ourselves democratically.
empower ourselves democratically.
August 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
so, we’ve progress to make to actually
empower ourselves democratically.
empower ourselves democratically.
a sound sense of freedom, belonging, the future:
a compact to vote together and to empower
our own self-governance; as well, true democracy
is the power to vote upon NEARLY EVERY
aspect of governance: matters of peace and war,
taxation, spending, education, health, and more;
a compact to vote together and to empower
our own self-governance; as well, true democracy
is the power to vote upon NEARLY EVERY
aspect of governance: matters of peace and war,
taxation, spending, education, health, and more;
August 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
a sound sense of freedom, belonging, the future:
a compact to vote together and to empower
our own self-governance; as well, true democracy
is the power to vote upon NEARLY EVERY
aspect of governance: matters of peace and war,
taxation, spending, education, health, and more;
a compact to vote together and to empower
our own self-governance; as well, true democracy
is the power to vote upon NEARLY EVERY
aspect of governance: matters of peace and war,
taxation, spending, education, health, and more;
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True democracy (the gravitational
ocean that our rivers and streams have all
long sought along our geo-hydrospheric
web—our DEMOSPHARIA: our cosmic/
planetary—community) is both our
prayer and gift to each other to nurture,
True democracy (the gravitational
ocean that our rivers and streams have all
long sought along our geo-hydrospheric
web—our DEMOSPHARIA: our cosmic/
planetary—community) is both our
prayer and gift to each other to nurture,
August 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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True democracy (the gravitational
ocean that our rivers and streams have all
long sought along our geo-hydrospheric
web—our DEMOSPHARIA: our cosmic/
planetary—community) is both our
prayer and gift to each other to nurture,
True democracy (the gravitational
ocean that our rivers and streams have all
long sought along our geo-hydrospheric
web—our DEMOSPHARIA: our cosmic/
planetary—community) is both our
prayer and gift to each other to nurture,
Let’s share, and together we rise.
Let us speak the password primeval: Let’s give
the sign of democracy; naturally,
humanity is interconnected. We
divide our-
selves unnecessarily,
indeed, invent
division, but
true democracy is humanity
interwoven, in union
with itself
and beyond.
Let us speak the password primeval: Let’s give
the sign of democracy; naturally,
humanity is interconnected. We
divide our-
selves unnecessarily,
indeed, invent
division, but
true democracy is humanity
interwoven, in union
with itself
and beyond.
August 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Let’s share, and together we rise.
Let us speak the password primeval: Let’s give
the sign of democracy; naturally,
humanity is interconnected. We
divide our-
selves unnecessarily,
indeed, invent
division, but
true democracy is humanity
interwoven, in union
with itself
and beyond.
Let us speak the password primeval: Let’s give
the sign of democracy; naturally,
humanity is interconnected. We
divide our-
selves unnecessarily,
indeed, invent
division, but
true democracy is humanity
interwoven, in union
with itself
and beyond.