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About a foolhardy florilegium

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

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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When Gods Sang


Long before the start of time when Gods sang in cosmic rhyme; they sang of planets, me and you then this world was born anew. From cosmic dust it all began according to their wondrous plan. Then, in rhyme they … Continue reading

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Today


So many lies Spirit dies Lore’s untold Bullshit sold Where is the tree Our minds not free Insanity rules The leader fools We march for war But what’s it for Disaster looms The old man grooms

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In Awe


I stand in awe as I see the wonders that abound, I feel the Spirit in me, where may my life be bound? I look into the treetops – their gentle flowing dance; I know that in their rhythm is … Continue reading

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Together


They gather together in worlds unknown from which, for this world, all truths are grown. The wisdom that comes, that wisdom will be the truth that we find that sets us all free. Sown in the minds of those who … Continue reading

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The Long Way Back


The Journeys return; the twist and the turn. Conformity rules in this world of fools. but we can re-learn the things that we yearn. ‘Tis hope and desire rekindle the fire. So buckle up tight this will test the might … Continue reading

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Our Way


The fear and pain; a world insane. Fear grows within, to stand a sin. Enemies abound but none are found. We blame them all create our own fall. Windmills we fight, we’re always right. Media creation fear their nation; they … Continue reading

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When?


The moon shines gently on the cities din; its own special message “I will win!” Unseen by “the faces on the street” destiny trampled under their feet. “Their eyes were dull, their heads were flat, they had no brains at … Continue reading

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