At The International Conference

for the unecessary experts
for how the next world war
would be run, the argument
was a simple enough to engage with:
'How vital are we going to be in this war
for the future when the wealth of the few
being only for the few depends so much on us playing our part?'

The consensus was with the chair
when the proposition was put to a vote:
'We must be central to this new war,
our future wealth depends upon it,
And the longer the war can prolonged
the more we frame the future that follows after.

Gentlemen here's to our future uselessness.'.

Moon Of The Month - June - Strawberry Moon

The moon that is named after the fruit that is at
its most ripe, naturally, when the moon is full.
It is also the first full moon of the summer 
in the northern hemisphere, it will hang lower
in the sky than any other moon, and it will be
the second smallest full moon this year. 

 

This Blog Is Taking A Break - Enjoy The Intermission Entertainment

 

People Are Strange

In what they will excuse and what they will abhor
in their leaders-who to lead have to learn to ignore
their own weaknesses. Particularly when they know
how others will seek to draw attention to them.

In these technologically advanced times the skill set
for renewed military leaderhip is increasingly select,
transfering more rarely from one generation to the next
as the weaponry behind it becomes ever more complex,
whilst the morality of world leaders becomes opacity.

Between the jargon of the military hardware
and the morality of our war leaders,
it is right to be confused. That is when
to remember the history lesson that holds:
a people will forgive any effective military
leaders for their amorality in the civil life
of their country as long they seem to be
achieving the country's military aims.

Which is why modern wars don't end,
instead the modern media presents
the latest progress in ongoing wars
and failed negotiations for peace
as partial victories for self renewing propaganda.....  

Anti-Social Media

The more I see the personal agenda
of the new political class brought about
by the new parties in multi-party politics,
the more I notice that the new leaders
grift to raise funds for their lifestyles
via their higher social media profiles
the more the wealth they create comes
at the price of the social inclusivity
they deride for presenting as too much
like 'community', and neighbourliness.
Whist they make more money from
boxing people in with false identities.

Me? I blame the social media.....

Between Dreams And Reality

 'Over time you have to know who you are, who you think you are, who your neighbors think you are. [And know] what you are, in reality?

You must not pass into a dream, but accept your limitations and then express them in your life, in your behavior, your identity.

You must talk the truth about yourself.

Otherwise, life is just a waste of time, isn’t it?” ~ Quentin Crisp

I Am Pleased That Spelling Standards Have Been Maintained

Even as so many other marks of civilisation
and empathy towards others have fallen
by the wayside on the decades since
Margaret Thatcher left office.