Qu’est-ce la vie sans rêve?* So the court has decided somethingRather has stated the obviousIt has always been illegal to imprison without trialTo ignore habeas corpusOr to gaol someone for not breaking a lawAlas and alack!This has been doneIn Australia’s sordid past and continues todayWhat’s all the fuss thenAbout criminals set free to obey aContinue reading “More Elderly Melodies”
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Only One
Silent Violence A penny for the old guy. T S Eliot: The Hollow MenAll that is needed for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Author Unknown. Listen! Listen! Do you hear, my Dear?Listen! Listen! Is it the silence you fear? Did you see the old guy begging for your penny?Did you,Continue reading “Only One”
Yet More Serious Thoughts
Lies For Sale How cunning they areExploiting human weakness for profitSo images of people guzzling fleshy foodAre visible oftenTo stir your taste buds and make you spendOr flashy cars are seen endlesslySpeedingTo promote a sale for the wrong reasonsOr an attractive womanOffers a drive to an eligible maleAnd sexuality leads to a purchaseOr Simple SimonContinue reading “Yet More Serious Thoughts”
Still More Serious Thoughts
Pathway To Hell Revenge is in the airPunishment for a hostile act that killsNothing will be allowed to stand in the wayOf your revengeEvery foe must goWipe the slate cleanCivilians are no problemThey are part of the inevitable nemesisChildren too,Thousands in numberFor they are placed by destiny on the other sideRight is mightIn this warContinue reading “Still More Serious Thoughts”
More Serious Thoughts
Storm Guilty The consequences are fearsomeAlarming, worrying, destructiveThe corporate greedOf those who really rule the worldIs the reason for the climate terrorThe heat rises like the weather in HadesDeadly change is the frightening outcomeStorms descend upon us with unnerving intensityAs financial gain gives rise to global warmingThe consequences are savagely realDeath and destruction suddenly areContinue reading “More Serious Thoughts”
Some Serious Thoughts
Gaslighting Getting control by menacing meansManipulationBy sowing self doubt in your victims’ mindsInventing weaknessesRevealing false trendsTelling a storyThat is harmfully untrueSuch a neat trick, isn’t it?You winAt the cost of your targets’ self respectMere suggestionsCunningly devisedTo create uncertaintyAre brain missilesFostered by your calculating idSo rant on in your way CaesarOr are you Hitler?Or a presentContinue reading “Some Serious Thoughts”
Some More Comments On Life
What Is Not Real You proposition usPretend to offer us a solution for lifeAs if you can provide itBut it’s balderdash for saleFabrication is a better termMission statements for corporationsDisguised as democracyYour technique is quite remarkableOur ears are battered by fake catch-criesFreedom, truth, for the good of the nation,Small government, no taxes, free enterpriseWhile allContinue reading “Some More Comments On Life”
Writing Still
Voiceless O how dark is the silenceSo cold and calculatingPrimacy discreditedBeautiful people denied a voiceWith callous acrimonyInvented reasons sway an argumentWith cruel overtonesOf racial prejudiceFalse allusionAnd voiceless emptinessQuestions ariseAs to why time’s judgement is ignoredDiscarded like offal in a graveyardTagged like cancer in the lungs of the livingThe answers are such sad realityThey scream outContinue reading “Writing Still”
Still Writing
Unnamed Malefactor Begone dull foolAnd take your pretence with youYouWho thrust yourselfInto the lives of other foolsWho vote for youLike ants attracted to sugarGet thee henceOut of my lifeAnd the existence of othersFor you are an evil spiritDerived from the dark side of thingsWhere lies flourishAnd truth is hushed upBy entrepreneurs of greedYes, I hearContinue reading “Still Writing”
Sound Of A Humble Voice
Unnamed Malefactor Begone dull foolAnd take your pretence with youYouWho thrust yourselfInto the lives of other foolsWho vote for youLike ants attracted to sugarGet thee henceOut of my lifeAnd the existence of othersFor you are an evil spiritDerived from the dark side of thingsWhere lies flourishAnd truth is hushed upBy entrepreneurs of greedYes,I hear youTellingContinue reading “Sound Of A Humble Voice”
Royce Levi Australian Teacher and Author 