Climate Blues O grave, where is thy victory?*So many people have diedDrownedBurntHeat struckAll massacred by hot weatherYet still the energy fable lingersStill fruitful shares make profit from coalStill fossil gas is highly cost-effectiveStill cars burn the air profitablyStill forests are felled by flourishing fellersStill fools spend endlessly on more than they needAh yesThe climate crisisContinue reading “Even More Poems”
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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”