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Category Archives: Politics
Marching Feet
I see them marching in their lineassuring us that all is finewhile they takes our rights away;‘public information’ the game they play.Obey, Obey!! the new catch cry;Obey our rules or you will die.I hear the chant “Obey the rules”;the marching … Continue reading
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Tales of Futures Past
When the wrecking ball hits there’s nowhere to hidefrom the demons who are along for the ride.The thunder and storm that comes in its wakewill come to a world near you to batter and break.We’ve unleashed the demon and their … Continue reading
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Lies
So quickly we swallow the lines we are fed, hook, line and sinker;so quickly the ‘truths’ they espouse drive will out the thinker.From the words spoke so silken from the silver tongued oneto the softly veiled threats when the whole … Continue reading
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The end is nigh
“The end is nigh” I hear them say while our world crumbles day by day and those who profit from the fall, we let them rule; they make the call. The instrument of our own demise; it’s us who listen … Continue reading
When?
When men become more gentle and the forests live in peace; When will it come, when will it start, when will the violence cease. We’re like a tribe that’s lost it land, a species lost it’s place. What will be … Continue reading
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History
There’ll be no history with no one left to tell what us fools did to ring that final bell. There’ll be no future and there’ll be no past when humanity itself has breathed its last. Whatever follows will never know … Continue reading
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Time
When freedom is hid by a litany of lies, that is the time to trust your own eyes. When leaders don’t lead, but drag you behind, that is the time a new path to find. When the safety of all … Continue reading
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Freedom’s Beat
They sit in their towers and dictate their laws; the fascist right who expend us in wars. They tell us the way that our life should be; those self-styled kings – the scourge of the free. So long they have … Continue reading
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Fate
If there is hope it hides itself well appearing instead as a future of Hell. Humanity walks on a road unknown and soon it will reap all that it has sown. So stand you though may for capitalist right; that … Continue reading
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Our Bequest
To our children this is our bequest; this land from which we’ve torn the best. Be grateful for what you now receive; do not look at this mess and grieve For we don’t know the meaning of care and so … Continue reading
Hope?
At times I need to see some hope; some special thing so I can cope. The doom and gloom, life in despair; those ones out there who just don’t care. The beauty that I see decay so some bastard can … Continue reading
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Humanity can go to Hell
So many worlds now linger awaiting the licking finger. The doom and death of fire; my land’s a funeral pyre. So many refused to hear the call of Gaia – faint but clear. Now She shakes away her pain caused … Continue reading
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A modern view of a sunburnt country.
The burning field and coppice The smoke and tears and flames Of burning homes and forests Is beating at our brains Grey-white skies in the distance As the smoke blots out the sky I know, but cannot share it, My … Continue reading
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Why can’t Labor get some backbone
Why can’t Labor get some backbone Why can’t labor stand alone Why can’t Labor stand up for this land Why can’t they have a platform grand Why can’t we see them at our side Why do they find the need … Continue reading
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Winter Solstice
‘Tis Winter Solstice (Summer here) yet it’s true meaning is not clear. Some fat bloke in an outfit red sneaks into our children’s head. Subverts it for consumerist greed, no loving here or folks in need. We hide in houses … Continue reading
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