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The sum of all we truly are
The backbone of this giving Isle
from marshy fen to firth of forth,
has soured the face of many a smile
beneath the crown that ventured north.
Then Westward too, the Kingdom torn
across a Wilding Sea,
its Children poor, to paupers born
that bore the likes of you and me.
With baubles traded, power for land
The Lords abused their folk the same,
to sit opp...
Wednesday 26th June 2024 8:04 am
Omens and Homage (Ignorance, Manipulation, Control, Domination)
To see a world in a coffee cup
and a hell inside a TV screen,
then still to rise and take a sup
and blink away the horror seen.
A memory flashed upon a mind
staunched by bitter pill,
to make a man and mankind blind
cannot the memory kill.
The slave fed by his master’s hand
is starved and saved the same,
he lives upon a lesser land
with no choice but ...
Sunday 16th June 2024 7:03 am
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