This Gem

This gem is dedicated to my U.S. “followers”. (What an unfortunate term that is.) My thoughts are frequently with you in your plight.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/14/1698503/-Doonesbury-nailed-it-41-years-ago

At times I think satire is all that’s left. Other times I see it differently.

And there’s always poetry.

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Badge Of Shame

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BADGE OF SHAME

Pride and prejudice
I love the book but hate it
Used as a motto

Google Google Glug Glug Glug

GOOGLE GOOGLE GLUG GLUG GLUG

Don’t look a gift horse
In the mouth the saying goes
That’s where the fangs are
But they never tell you that
Or the reason why they don’t

Invisible Vampires (A Four By Six)

INVISIBLE VAMPIRES

They hover all round us
Tell me you don’t feel them
Be trusting, be open
But be nobody’s fool

Casualty (A Four By Six)

CASUALTY

Casual racism
You see it everywhere
Never casual though
For its recipients

The White House Goes To The Dark Side

THE WHITE HOUSE GOES TO THE DARK SIDE

Darth Vader puked sTrump.
sTrump IS Darth Vader … in drag
… but without the brains.

“Thou art a (s)trumpet!” – Shakespeare.
And that’s not the half of it.

Standing Rock

STANDING ROCK

I have a struggle
In comprehending those

Who are using rubber bullets and tear gas
On these unarmed and peaceful protesters

How far they have lost their way
Since their birth as innocents

I wonder what lives they have endured
To have them land up in this dismal situation

Still, you do get a kind of identity
And the uniform and weapons come free

Insidious

INSIDIOUS

Trackers and cookies
Let’s monitor them until
Google self-destructs

I assume you’re listening
Hear this: “Get off my planet!”

The Googlemeisters

THE GOOGLEMEISTERS

I grew up in Acton,
While Lord Acton opined
Back in 1877
“Power tends to corrupt

and absolute power
corrupts absolutely.”
and “Great men are almost
always bad men.” Beware!

Misinterpretation

MISINTERPRETATION

We first met with right
As the opposite of wrong
Then met politics
With a right whose morals are
It’s all mine and might is right