Defence An amorphous concept, defenceSounds virtuousImplies danger from somewhereSuggestive of paternal regardA watching over of the vulnerableWith love and careBy loquaciously adept political figuresBut one moment pleaseWhat is the point of the weapons you make?Those jobs jobs jobsDoing thatMean big businessExpansion an ever present aimFor thatYou need potential enemiesFoesConjured forthMore often by myth than realityJeopardyContinue reading “More Political Echoes”
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Political Echoes
We Have A Plan When bad men combine, the good must associate;else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrificein a contemptible struggle.Edmund Burke O we know the secrets of monetary wranglingTo govern we have a planOur political game won’t stop at a manglingOf the truth since time beganSo we pander to the richContinue reading “Political Echoes”
Poems Again
Limbo Purgatory is where I liveOtherwise known as NauruFor I sought asylumTo be doomed there insteadIn bondageAlthough I have done no wrongThere is no queue I am accused of jumpingTo travel by boat is not a crimeRefuge sought is not a dangerous thingBut an end of suffering for damaged soulsIn this placeMorning is a heraldContinue reading “Poems Again”