Back To School You are reckless with other human livesThose deaths cannot be ignoredYes, the virus is a problemAnd too many people are dyingBut for you business must come firstThere is no point in denyingParents can’t play their usual roleFor they are the core of commerceThose children prevent this when they stay homeSo send themContinue reading “Poems Continue”
Monthly Archives: January 2022
And Still More Poems
Iniquity Prattle on honourable memberYou servant of your own self interestYou missionary of greedGloss over the numbersAs if they were a necessary part of normal lifePraise the modellingAs if it were commandments from the mountainSpread your fallacious optimismAs if it were based on factBut people are dyingNowNot mere data, but peopleFellow humans who deserved toContinue reading “And Still More Poems”
Welcome Again
Entropy I met a man a year agoWho knew everythingKnew what rules the weatherWhat makes cancer happenWhy some people live to be a hundred and sixWhy a dog will stay faithful to idiotsWhy society doesn’t need to changeAnd why fools rush in where angels fear to tread*So certain was he of his awarenessHe was quiteContinue reading “Welcome Again”