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About a foolhardy florilegium

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

The Man In The Moon


If the man in the moon comes down to play will we all wish that he’d go away? People tell me he’ll come soon; that magical person in the moon. They show me pictures of ‘secret bases’ and up on … Continue reading

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Be, Me, Free!


I wander free, my thoughts are mine and as I go I walk no line. Where will I be in one years time; will I commit my life’s worst crime. The crime of failing to be free; of living life, … Continue reading

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Your Heart


When puritans surround you and tell you what must be it can be a struggle just to let yourself be free. In the end it’s not their life and they can live their own; it’s not by eating others food … Continue reading

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Peace is all I crave


There was so much I could not do; each problem solved another grew. The weight of worlds upon my head; some days I’d think I should be dead. ‘Twas then I saw a single star and heard its music from … Continue reading

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Castles In The Air


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CONSUME


Can we of the slave race understand our plight? Can we stand together before the corporate might? Can we find a place where life’s more than “CONSUME”; The mantra we’re taught as we leave the womb. In a world where … Continue reading

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The Red Earth


I once won a battle that someone else lost; always in life we must count up the cost. With battle lines drawn and swords at the ready, and the mastery of holding the wild horses steady, we thunder across plains … Continue reading

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Imagination


‘Imagination’ I do recall was once there at our beck and call but then the ‘system’ struck a blow and said that’s where we could not go because minds must focus on its tasks and do the things the system … Continue reading

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and god gave dominion to man…


“and god gave dominion to man…” Sounds to me like a capitalist plan to steal from us the single truth that we all knew back in our youth. There is a Spirit in the land; and it’s for Gaia we … Continue reading

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My Vampires


Sometimes the Souls with whom I be can suck the life right out of me. But then on days I feel alive those same Souls can help me thrive. The Vampires seeking my blood’s flow are mirrors of myself I … Continue reading

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Lamentations of a Failing Ego


It happens more and more as time goes by and sometimes it could make an old bloke cry. You get on the train and there’s no empty seat but you spy a cute chick who you’d like to meet. Then … Continue reading

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Digital Feed


Always talking, never speaking; they never know what they are seeking. Communication is their God but saying hello to them seems odd. In tunnels dark they spend their days with digits wandering in strange ways. A simple touch their one … Continue reading

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In My Heart


I know that over that next ridge the star I seek does shine. I know it in my heart of hearts, that is the surest sign. My journey is well worth it to reach where I must be. That place … Continue reading

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Heartsong


Living it up in their ivory tower while another child dies hour by hour. All locked in their minds and their own little fears; What do you do when there’s no one who hears. When minds are locked into what’s … Continue reading

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The Feast


We seek the feast; never quite there. Without the feast our life is bare. It gives us hope, life with a cause it puts our mundane life on pause. The feast is how life is begun; without the feast reasons … Continue reading

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