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About a foolhardy florilegium

Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.

Go Kiss My Arse


Futures now shorter than our pastthe dye, I fear, is firmly cast.The meltdown now that it’s begunits flames will dim the rising sun.The choices made, the lots we drawnow lead us into but outright war,we reap the whirlwind of their … Continue reading

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Away back when


Pair of boots, Dryza-bone and an old slouch hat on a rainy Spring morning that’s where it’s at. Walking at Dawn with the rain’s all around, cosy and dry with the rainfalls sweet sound. Brings back younger days when I’d … Continue reading

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Futures & Choices


Futures now shorter than our pastthe dye, I fear, is firmly cast.The meltdown now that it’s begunits flames will dim the rising sun.The choices made, the lots we drawnow lead us straight to outright war,so now prepare for our demise,we … Continue reading

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our future


war gives birth to nought but kingstheir power borne on hatred’s wingsthe common folk will die againthe world is drowned in seas of painthere is no wisdom in our plighttime to stand, refuse to fightif we follow the ‘leaders’ leadin … Continue reading

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Your Song


Write the words that are your song for that’s the place where you belong. No tales of others – old or new, your truth, that place inside of you. Deep from your heart but not your brain; your brain’s a … Continue reading

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But Not The Pain


Slowly now, the ink does dry but words may stay and never die. While thoughts may come and they may go, they will remain where ink does flow. Memories fade into the night; what stays behind is what we write. … Continue reading

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Thought


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A plea from the common folk


I wrote this in 2016 but someone close to me said it fitted with today just as well. We the land ungoverned humbly beseech you silly twitsplease get on with the job at hand, you’re giving us the shits!Consensus had … Continue reading

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REFUSAL!!


As we (now) Forgetthe horror of warwe form a linefor yet even more.The old ones now frail,heads shake in woewatching the ‘young uns’now willing to goto trenches dug deep;six foot deep they waitfor young souls to keep.This is not your … Continue reading

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Society


When building death is all that matterssociety is all in tatters.We die to build, we build to die;look at history and then ask “Why?”We send our children into pain;this world we live in is insane!Always we will find a foeand … Continue reading

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The Tanks


The tank empties, there is no use; sometimes we all run low on juice. The path is trod, there is no more, why bother to walk out the door? We see our path and follow true, but that’s the way … Continue reading

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Why Are We Here


“Why are we here?” I wonder as I watch another war;all this death and destruction as we talk about some ‘law’.“The International Law” we say “we must protect what’s right;this international law that says we must forever fight.A world that … Continue reading

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In a handbasket


going to hell in a handbasket blindly we follow the throng going to hell in a handbasket we know nothing can go wrong going to hell in a handbasket though we don’t really know where we go going to hell … Continue reading

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Kiss My Arse!


All politicians, kiss my arse; you really are a shitty class. You claw and crawl to get your way and we all lose at end of day. You are the lowest, lowest form; an insult to the human norm. I … Continue reading

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We Stand?


As we stand at the start of World War 3 no need to wonder what the world will be. Whatever the outcome, we won’t be free; our futures chosen by you and me. Farewell my friends it has been fun … Continue reading

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