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This Land

This land of parochial philistines

Really gets me down. High Art is perceived

As pretentious whilst ignorance is prized.

Pub grub is preferred over fine cuisine

This land of piggery and drunkenness

Really gets me down. Everyone seems

To like the ' golden words' of the vain, worthless

And dumb that blare out from screens, yet poetry

Is considered to be dull, passionless

And old fashioned. I guess nothing will change.

It is a case of infinite regress.

Indeed, things are getting worse, day by day.

Fuckwits may smirk about Starvation's plight,

Yet. watch out, a reckoning is in sight.

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Complicit

They witnessed the horrors and averted their eyes;

Sanctified the oppressors and demonised

The oppressed. They are complicit in genocide.

Yet, the world is starting to see through all their lies.

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Lost Souls

Losts souls take their drugs to get through the day.

In this damned world there is a price to pay

For every coloured pill that is imbibed.

Yet conformist pigs in their sties survive.

O lost souls despise the smug contentment

Of those who sell their dreams for slow ascent!

Lost souls try to create as they destroy.

Torn between light and dark, thy can't enjoy,

The simple things that life sometimes presents.

For they are trailblazers fuelled by dissent.

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Flying First Class

O flying first class is such a delight!

Free drinks are readily available;

Very courteously served. I like fine

Wines and Martini the best. The tables

Are spacious, as are the seats, and my feet

Can rest easy; my head lies on pillowed

Heaven. I am not sure if it's a dream

Or it's real; I'm such a lucky fellow.

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In Biblical Night...

In bibIical night,

drones swarm like locusts over

Gaza's makeshift tents.

The children of the dust are

weeping profusely.

Bones protrude from flesh of these

emaciated

forms. Soon they will be spectres.

Then, they will haunt this

ravaged, grey land forever.

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Postmodern Icons

Postmodern icons

are now ubiquitous:

from McDonalds to

Coca Cola & Peaches

Everyday brands are

now raised to saint- like status.

Yet they're devoid of

halos. All can afford them,

in fine free markets,

for a reasonable price.

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Here Come The Fighter Planes

Here come the fighter planes,

like steel ravens seeking prey.

They penetrate these grey skies.

They soar so menacingly

over the tents where refugees

huddle together in fear.

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I Recall...

I recall days of

wonder, pure joyfulness and

orange abundance.

I recall your vibrant smiles

amidst the verdant

springtime of Love. I recall

Eden's vast playground

and the warmth of the kind sun

in summer; that was

before the Fall's cold coming.

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So Certain Is He

No doubt, he is smartly dressed in suit and tie.

No doubt, he often likes to read 'The Times'.

No doubt, that he is proud of his nation

And is wary of foreign 'invasion'.

No doubt, he can discern ' goodies' from ' baddies.'

No doubt, that the West is the best and the East

Needs to be reformed, and perhaps, redeemed.

No doubt, that he appreciates Beauty.

No doubt. classics adorn his library.

No doubt, that he's well versed in poetry.

No doubt, he believes that he's free to speak

His mind in a thriving 'democracy'.

No doubt, that this man votes regularly.

No doubt, he obtained a decent degree

With honours from a fine university,

But he's clearly brainwashed by the BBC.

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Hollywood Tower Hotel

This hotel seems to be frozen in time.

The clocks don't work. Dust and cobwebs aside,

The building ostensibly hasn't aged.

Strange items are scattered across the rooms.

Spectral- like music from the Jazz Age plays

And screams crying for help indicate doom.

This hotel seems to be frozen in time.

Visit, but beware of what you might find.

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Mysterious Light

Mysterious light,

penetrates through this window,

like a golden god.

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Epcot's Icon

Epcon's icon looks

just like a giant golf ball.

It contains dark rides

and is surrounded by trees.

Thus, contrived designs

are eerily juxtaposed

with the natural

world in a post- modern way.

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Walt Disney & Mickey Mouse: ( Partners In Crime)

The statue of Walt and Mickey at Disneyland

Conjures up bright notions of fun, play and

Creative command. Surely there are few

Who fail to understand that through these two

Icons we grasp the power of cartoons.

With such stunning illusions who needs truths?

For Walt, making money was very much

A supreme form of art. He had the touch

Of Midas and everything turned to gold.

Yet, all that, could never buy back his soul.

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Guardians Of The Galaxy

This spectacle will get your pulses racing.

Indeed, it's a testosterone fulled treat

Of the highest order. Heroes chasing

Villians across the galaxy sounds neat.

Some might claim that it is Manichean,

In a world that is very polarised,

But most like to stereotype the human

Race and perceive things in Hollywood's eyes.

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The Land: (Quatrain)

The Land is a pavillion, On entering

Enjoy fine foods, boat rides and ballooning.

Listen to the hypocrites spout about

Nothing in particular, then get out.