Nurtured Natures
Five minutes before, they had pulled up in the narrow lane, about ten feet ahead of where I had parked, effectively blocking the road with their ‘plain’ 4×4. They emerged together – one plain-clothed, two in the usual semi-military accoutrements. They approached a young chap …
The Limitations of Statues
No. Don’t pin your ‘-isms’ on me. The only ‘-ism’ I would acknowledge, right now, is that of ‘pessim-‘. . Don’t assign me to one of your ‘wings’, either, thank-you-very-much. . You see, I grew wings of my own and they lift me enough to …
Dungeons & Politics
Imagine that those who aspire to total control were in no hurry. That their ambition, their ideology, presented an ultimate goal that most of the adherents understood would, most likely, not come to fruition in their own lifetimes. I would agree that ideals, by their …
Permission
Put down that paper, Turn off your TV, Open those eyes And tell me what you see. . Behind the propaganda; All that manufactured spite, Look at what’s around you And tell me it’s alright. . Who to hate, who to kill, Who is making …
No Man Is…
Lock the door, Draw the curtains; Unsure, uncertain, Did they see through you today? . Head to pillow, Still so worried, The day so blurry, Did you give yourself away? . Don’t scare the normals, You fuckin’, miserable git! . Join in the joy, Avoid …
Donne to Death
Once more, words will fall Into that strobe-lit hole; Lost to the vacuous vacuum Of simultaneous in-breaths, Hoping to get that line out Before anyone else. . Once more, echoes rebound Around and around. Endorsing and reinforcing; Cheering and jeering, Hoping to find our place …
The Human Delusion
Numbering the cock-ups I have made in my life would be like counting pebbles on a beach or the reneged upon campaign promises of politicians. . There are, however, mistakes which, despite clear common sense and countless vows to avoid in future, I have, I …
Sane As Hell
I charge no-one for protection. I see no gold in the shrapnel of war. I don’t accumulate wealth and power, By creating more and more poor. . I don’t poison water for profit, Or the sky, or the food people eat. I don’t judge by …
The Battle for My Own Mind
Am I wrong to feel as I do? Maybe everything’s really alright. Am I right to feel so low Because the world has turned to shite? . If I am right and they are wrong, I’m just an unwelcome nuisance. If I’m wrong and they …
