D.C. Swanson
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D.C. Swanson
@dcswanson.bsky.social
Dad, dogfather, arm candy for my wife, and 5th in command in my household. I've written two kids' books ("The Book Cook" in 2023, "Catch" coming out in April 2026). I post rhymes here and at www.dcswanson.com
Don’t get mad when children lie- it’s a talent in demand!

When they fumble with their fibs, offer them a helping hand.

Teach your kids to #obfuscate and believably deny,

and you’ll give them skills that sell- these days, it pays well to lie.

#vss365
January 29, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Most billionaires
believe they're bold
but #quiver when
the truth gets told.

#vss365
January 28, 2026 at 5:11 AM
You have to sink to learn to soar.
You must have less to then get more.
If you don’t #wane, you can’t renew.
Improvement makes a better you.

#vss365
January 27, 2026 at 5:48 AM
It's not required that the news
reflexively repeat a #ruse.

#vss365
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Life sometimes won’t go as planned
Things sometimes get out of hand
But, some rise when times demand
To #slip and stagger, but still stand.

#vss365
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 AM
In deserts, a #drizzle can feel like a flood.
In movies, a Rogen can pass for a Rudd.
In tech, any chatbot can claim it's a friend.
But not everyone will be fooled in the end.

#vss365
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
There is a condition called billionaire brain
It makes you think everyone’s glad when you gain
& that each debate is enriched by your take
& that there’s no harm from the rules that you break
& that it's not fair when your whims are ignored-
yet they think the rest of the world is #unmoored.
#vss365
January 22, 2026 at 5:27 AM
It's profound how strings of sound can synthesize in songs Structured noise the brain enjoys and memory prolongs
I’d assumed that discord #loomed to drown out good vibrations But our minds can always find the grace in life’s gradations.

#vss365 #loom
January 20, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Is history a one-way street
or does it cycle and repeat?
Do people learn from past mistakes
or err again, with higher stakes?
Is fate a future we can steer
or does it thwart attempts to #veer?
Will we improve the world we’ve got?
I hope we will. But maybe not.

#vss365
January 19, 2026 at 4:36 AM
A passive push won’t build much speed.
A murmur's hard to hear or heed.
Indifferent seas don't make big waves.
Sometimes it's taking stands that saves.

#vss365 #murmur
January 18, 2026 at 5:56 AM
When history is written,
seems the penmanship's not neat.
Less a linear progression
than a cycle on repeat.
But with hope and help from neighbors,
we can change the die we've cast,
find a #dappled ray of sunshine,
and drive out our darkest past.

#vss365.
January 17, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Some pictures hang inside my mind
The details clear, the points defined
I cannot crop them; they stay whole
These scenes are seared inside my soul
But though they bring me pain, regret,
I’d rather face them than forget.

#vss365 #sear
January 16, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Make your voice heard
So we'll hear and be stirred
Like a horn in the morning
adorning each word.
And polish your sound
Make it clear and profound
Like a diamond refined
as it's mined the ground.

#vss365 #adorn
January 9, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The sound of pages turning
At a steady, measured speed
Is like an author’s #symphony
Composed of words to read.

#vss365
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The path to curing cluelessness
is long, but here's a starter:
when billionaires choose what you see,
those things won't make you smarter.

#vss365 #clueless
January 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Some people pretend
that the truth’s a transaction.
That lies can comprise
what is real, not #abstraction.
But hanging your hat
on a hope of delusion
might slow down the truth,
but won’t change its conclusion.

#vss365
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Full of stubborn hopes? Embrace them.
Dreaming distant dreams? Go chase them.
Talents you can share? Don’t hide them.
Life's #delights are rare. Provide them.

#vss365 #delight
January 1, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The sun doesn’t ask for permission to shine
The moon doesn’t wait for approval to beam
The stars do not need to be told to align
And we are all free to look skyward and #dream.

#vss365
December 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Before I breathe my final breath,
I hope my life, from youth to death,
will slowly replay through my mind
with time to pause and press rewind.

But if my ending comes too fast
to reminisce about my past,
I hope the last #sole thing I see
before I go is you with me.

#vss365
December 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I’d like to soar beyond the place
where azure skies meet outer space
and hold your hand as we pass #Mars-
just you and me, amongst the stars.

#vss365
December 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Beneath the sea,
most creatures there
have never known
a breath of #air.

Yet those of us
who live on land
need air *and* water
close at hand.

Just think how simpler
things would be
to drink and breathe
beneath the sea.

#vss365
December 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It’s best to look before you leap
and judge before you #jump
for if you dive where it’s not deep
you won’t enjoy the bump.

#vss365
December 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t just face your problems. #Fight them.
Don’t just state your stances. Write them.
Don’t just cut your corners. Turn them.
Don’t just claim your triumphs. Earn them.

#vss365
December 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Hubris tends to happen
when what was a #humble mind
grows besotted with believing
it knows how the world’s designed.
But this world has lots of layers-
many more than we can see-
and it’s best to lose our hubris
so we find humility.

#vss365
December 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
There is beauty in those moments
when we blissfully forget
why our dreams cannot be real
and so we dream without #regret.

#vss365
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM