Right And Wrong
Hey!
Don’t say I am a left wing kind of person
That makes me sinister according to Rome
Or gauche according to Paris
Actually I am adroit
Or leaning to the right as the French might say
I choose my own word however
Actually I am remedial
I want to fix things up
Cure the social illness all around me
Fame is not my game
I will probably die poor
Tread on the toes of corporate extroverts
Anger successful political racists
Expose unhinged climate sceptics
And ridicule fools
Here we go then
Ready, aim, fire!
Ignorant, rich, mindless presidents I’m onto you
Your evil lackeys are in my sights
Yes men and women we despise
Biased billionaire backers, you too
You’re in the firing line
Consumers of the world unite!
Soc et tuum!
Truly together you can change things
Make life fair and liveable
Spread love and pity for the needy
Replace competition with teamwork
Make utopia no longer a dream
The Last Card
Life is a gamble
A game of cards
Or is it a gambol
A wandering through fields of chance?
I believe
Your fate is decided by numerous possibilities
Do you have a moneyed father?
Are you rich enough to resolve your crimes legally?
Are you too poor to win legal battles?
Are you born in the right race?
Are you black?
Are you foreign?
Did you choose a lucrative career?
Or are you an idealist?
Compassionate?
A poverty stricken dreamer of a better world?
That’s it then; there we have it
Some key forces in charge of your destiny
Your raison d’être in a nut shell
One’s destiny depends on so many variables
So where does that leave us?
It’s quite simple really
The leader word now is billionaire
The power word is money
Democracy has become corporate decrees
War has become military industrial complex
Weather has become tragic disaster
History has become total disregard
So where does the game stand now?
What is the last card?
Beyond doubt it is peaceful revolution
Genocide
There is an argument raging just now
About the condition of a country
No names mentioned here, just questions
Are tens of thousands of civilians dead?
Are children dying?
Are most homes reduced to rubble?
Hospitals?
Schools?
Have over 90% of the population been displaced?
Is civilian movement determined by military forces?
Is there deliberate, intended mental harm?
Have nearly a million children been forcibly displaced?
Have thousands been separated from their parents?
Is food at famine level?
Has relief been prevented?
Has a war been waged for nearly three years?
Is there a deliberate aim to destroy a targeted group?
Has healthcare collapsed?
Has the International Court of Justice been defied?
There, that will do
Enough questions
Now for some answers
Open your eyes to constant newsreel pictures
Note well United Nations independent statistics
Listen to interviews
Look carefully at the deeds of participants
On both sides
Then think deeply on the situation in question
Let justice lead you
Decide for yourself the crime
Just one conclusion, guilty unnamed: genocide
Dangerous Dealing
“It’s clear you’re not happy, so pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan.” An Australian politician’s words to an Australian Muslim after the loss of a court battle.
Speak speak the tainted truth
To prove you are a racist forsooth
Court the praise of similar sinners
You think it’s the way to join the winners
Portray yourself as a victim of the law
This seems what judges are created for
The way to give your polls a jump
A trick you’ve learnt from Donald Trump
Put on airs and strive to be famous
Though you may act as an ignoramus
In politics you’re a confusing debater
About as helpful as a dumb waiter
Cry loudly cry loudly to put your case
Your twisted view of the human race
Condemn the end of White Australia
Then flaunt your rich boss’s flash regalia
Success success that is your dream
Astroturfing is your scheme
It’s digital campaigning funded by the rich
To inspire the mob to fever pitch
Cries cries promoting lies
That is your way to claim the prize
But a traveller in this mindless direction
Should never aspire to win an election
Sceptic’s Folly
Fire’s burning. Fire’s burning.
From the mountains to the sea.
Death here! Death there!
This folly should never be.
Rivers rising. Rivers rising
And the farm is a lake.
People drowning! People drowning!
What’s the reason for pity’s sake?
Drought lasting! Drought lasting!
It’s a desert not a plain.
Got no water! Got no water!
All our efforts are in vain.
Lightning flashes. Thunder roars.
Tempests become the norm
Destruction here! Chaos there!
There’s no mercy in the storm.
Heat is deadly. Heat is deadly..
Too many people are dying
Young victims! Old victims!
Oil drillers must stop denying.
Ice is melting. Forests depleted.
Many animals’ life ends.
Creatures vanishing! Humans banishing!
Still the sceptic pretends.
Waves are rising. It’s demoralising.
Foreshores swamped by seas.
Houses crumbling! The guilty mumbling!
Owners plead on their knees.
Action needed. Truth conceded.
It is time to heed the science
Oust the deniers! The rich suppliers!
Fate depends on your compliance.
royciebaby
Royce Levi Australian Teacher and Author 