New Year, New War

And newer excuses for the three superpowers
for each to encourage each other to backslide
to the foreign office position of their choice
as they divide the world into spheres of influence
I recall afresh why the USA was first created.

In the 1770s the American colonies could see
The British East India Company eyeing them up
and decided, for all sorts of myths and false excuses
rebellion from British rule was the better option.

Now America is playing a part akin to the role
its old nemesis that made the colony-states stop
wanting to live under the old country's rules.

The plunderer has changed his face, but remains
the same corporate liar and thief, underneath
the new skin lives a renewed vigour for destruction.

Beware Of Snakes

For many years I have been fascinated
by the symbol of the snake that eats its tail,
as a symbol of the circularity of life
contained in the myth of Ouroboros.

I first found mention of it
in writings about The Grateful Dead
as they made different recordings
on different illicit substances,
all of which they eventually quit
when they learnt how to write tunes.

It seems apt then to rediscover the myth
through Ritalin, a drug given to chidren
who are defined by doctors as having A.D.H.D.
What is the health of children worth
when the companies that sell the drugs
control the doctors, who the parents have to trust,
little knowing who the doctors are a mouthpiece for?