One Minute to Midnight

As we stare into the void

the only question we ask,

Are there other colours?

The 6 O’clock News

Scandal not depth

disillusion not knowledge

tune in, get the latest

Beauty

Sparkling bright. 

Beauty, the pool where radiance 

lives momentarily. 

Replenish

The grey coastline

wanders by the silent sea.

Dip toes in life again.

 

Modern Pharmaceutical

They would crush a natural cure for cancer

if they could

to make you pay for their chemical,

profit driven goods.

The Rich Eat Their Young

Free Trade the rich

globalise the world

pay the politicians

and fool the poor.

This free trade deal,

with no tariffs to pay,

it is good for you, you know,

the politicians say,

it is good for us all,

but they never say how?


Don’t worry about the planet

falling apart,

big business will gate their communities

their wealth,

and their hearts.


They'll blame the poor


by stealth


and lies


and alibis

and anybody else

who gets in the way.

The problem is

the workers wages

not the bosses lunches

so the execs say.

Not Frightened of Death

I’m not scared of death,

well, perhaps the actual event,

I’m frightened of old age

when I can no longer consent.