by Rolph David
Inspired by Joan Baez’s incisive “Little Green Worm,”
which anatomises a single conscience consumed by moral
decay, The Symphony of the Worms extends her vision to
the collective: the network of complicity, the chorus
of ambition and fear that sustains corruption. Where
Baez’s worm feasts on empathy and reason in one mind,
this poem tracks the worms as they orchestrate an
entire ...
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Friday 24th October 2025 6:31 pm
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by Rolph David
Donald Trump Jr. resorts to grotesque manipulation in his latest PR stunt in Greenland, exploiting the homeless and downtrodden to create an illusion of support for his father. This cold-hearted scheme reveals a family willing to go to any lengths for a false image—no matter how embarrassing or degrading. The staged scenes in Nuuk, with homeless people wearing MAGA hats for a free meal, expose a d...
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