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On Truth It’s an ephemeral thing, truthElusiveYet somehow an incitement when you find itA way of seeing thingsThat gives you unexpected powerThe confidence to think wiselyTo influence people in a worthy wayAnd expose false prophetsYou can be sure somewhere, some timeYou will need it desperatelySo often in life we are beset with chasms of deceitEntrappedContinue reading “Still More Elderly Melodies”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”