Unknown Unknowns

Captain Mikey Irishman
of no fixed abode, Copenhagen
has taken it upon himself to care
for the corner of his local graveyard
devoted to those who died like he lives,
homeless. Such places of rest are a rarity,
though there is a campaign for more.
The authorities are at a loss to know
what do with his vocation
as he builds small shrines to the absent,
as much as they were at a loss
with residents of that corner
when they were alive.
Perhaps all he wants to be
is an example of thoughtfulness
for that which went unrecognised.   

A True Revolution

cannot be monetari$ed.
It will always resist arrest
and find further paths to follow.

'Compassion

for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character;
and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals
cannot be a good man'-Arthur Schopenhauer

Other Lists Are Available

but whilst it is there take what you need and pass it on.

Died In Inaction

Hemmed in by their own kind,
and orders that their elders and betters
dispatched from very far away,
100 years ago thousands of soldiers
from many countries started dying
in the trenches they were ordered to dig,
themselves, 'for their own protection'
from 'the other side' who were doing the same.
Would it have been better for them to die
for a more active cause, a better future
-even at the hands of their own side-
such as refusing outright to engage
with hollow patriotism, and hierarchies
who did not care how pointless they made life?

Old Shadows

Through depression we attempt
to prove ourselves needlessly guilty,
daily. Until we find our innocence.

Optimism vs Normality

'Only Those who attempt the absurd
will achieve the impossible'-M. C. Escher