Protest Just Got More Tuneful

The takings from it, in altruism, will be worth far more than money. 

For A More Pleasant City Life

why don't the users of mobile phones
set their ring tones to bird song more often?
There is enough variety and choice in the idea
for everyone to be individual, and it would
make urban life more gentle and tuneful......

Signs Of Greater Age(22)

1-knowing when you talk to people
that you don't always find the best phrase,
when you want it, and recognising similar in others.
But no longer seeking to openly correct
or be corrected in speech for empathy
comes from quiet acceptance of what you meant.

2-not caring that you have to take pills
every day to keep yourself and your
relationships working-the good health
and relative autonomy they provide
means more than the need for the meds. 

The Weight Of Water

Once I would have measured the success
of an open air concert by the reported size
of the crowd who attended,
the decibel levels they absorbed,
and the volume at which they sang
the choruses back to the performers.
Now I calculate a musical event by the tonnage
of plastic bottles retrieved by the professional recyclers
who clean the site after the event.
Every plastic water bottle, often only half consumed
before being thoughtlessly tossed aside costs many times
more than the price of the processing it's contents,
and it is all sold far less than cost price to the planet.
Does adrenaline always create amnesia?

The All New Modern Individualism

where we all think other people think different to us, but we all think alike.

Good Intentions

I am going to start a new transparently profitable
100% tax deductible charity that will seem attractive
for all to put their spare money into.
It will be a gift, turned curse,
a Teflon lined non-stick handcart to Hell
to anyone who seeks to draw from it later,
in their belief that the best help anyone can have
is to seek help from others to become more self sufficient.
Ultimately my assistance will help nobody, not even me,
but this will only be learned on it's receipt.
What I plan has been done before,
but still please give generously,
even when you have known a selfishness
better disguised as charity in the past.
Post Modern Capitalism will be nothing
without the short-termism of these sort of schemes.

Identity Crisis

When as a blogger I commented on another bloggers entry,
the security message came up 'prove you are not a robot'.
At this point I was scared, nowadays even robots deny
being robots, and what sort of un-mechanised spontaneity
could I offer other than refuse to use the validating code?
My best shot would have been  to show how long
and how well I had survived without paid employment.