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Category Archives: Politics
Choices and Voices
Twixt lies and bullshit we must choose knowing the worst lier will lose. So we’re left with ‘he who lies most’ a thing of which they seem to boast. In politics it seems to be “The greatest lies will set … Continue reading
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The end is nigh
“The end is nigh” I heard him say, but I just carried on my way. I knew ’twas there and just begun; but life’s so busy, I must run. So there I sat like Nero’s clone part of this monster … Continue reading
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Hiroshima
Not long ago but lost in time; this world saw a foul war crime. A city filled with innocent folk felt the lash of tyranny’s yolk. Muscles flexed, the whole world saw a brand new weapon made for war. Amerika, … Continue reading
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The King is mad
The King is mad – the end is nigh; death will rain from blackened sky. The guilt is ours, we caused the fall when we first answered Mammon’s call. The answer lies within the trees and gentle folk on bended … 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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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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Just another brick in the wall
Born in the company of privilege, he knows no reason to be poor; no matter what life serves to him there was always a way to get more. So learned to look down on the poor folk, those who would … Continue reading
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The Cross
Lying on my hammock, the clouds drifting by; the Southern Cross hangs in a blue-black sky. The wonder and beauty is plain to see as it shines over the land of the free. I feel some anger mixed in with … Continue reading
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Violence
Is fighting ever valid, if you’re fight is a just cause? Is killing ever justified when done in righteous wars? Is the end ever worth the cost if gained by an evil means? These questions are in my head when … Continue reading
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Just another brick in the wall
Born in the company of privilege, he knows there’s no need to be poor; no matter what life was to serve you there was always a way to get more. So he learned to look down on poor folk, those … Continue reading
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The All Seeing Eye
Remember The All Seeing Eye floating somewhere in the sky. It remembers all we say and do; it knows the secrets of me and you. It never sleeps, it has no heart, no love for that which we call art. … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Life, Mental Health, Politics, Spirit
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The Dominators
The Dominators rule us each and every day; they tell us what to think and what we can say. Every aspect of our world defined by their “Law’ and woe-betide anyone who thinks there is more. So learning to fly … Continue reading
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Borrowed Time
The over-educated rich with all that they know never seem to find the time to watch the river flow. All they ever want is a big pile of ‘stuff’; we live in a world of “I’ve never got enough.” While … Continue reading
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The Anarchy of Mindfulness
In the past I have been ruled. In the future I may be fooled. But here and now I’m simply me; a spirit who’s both wild and free.
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They’re at it again
They tell me Trump’s gone mad again; he’s threatened us one and all. He’s determined his is the biggest, so all others must be quite small. It’s challenged Donnie’s ego; another nutbag’s got a nuke. and challenged Donnie’s manhood (the … Continue reading
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