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Tier 4 (Day 5): BBC Radio 5 Live
30th December, 2020. I wake up to the news that a stable, easy to administer vaccination has been approved for public use. GPs will be delivering the mass vaccination programme as soon as possible. A GP on the morning news programme estimates that he could issue up to 500 jabs per day if supplies from →
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On Losing (8)
Big Pharma profits will have to take a back seat to humanity ~ n.b. Intellectual property rights and patents are all very well, but as with HIV, not worth the paper they are written on if used to hold a gun to the heads of the poor, or inhibit production of effective vaccines for Covid-19. →
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On Numbers (More)
It’s said pathogens Have one aim; to reproduce. We no different. ~ n.b. Dress life up as we might, but without children we have no legacy; we die out as a species. All we do has no meaning without the generations that follow. We are otherwise just marking time. The sociability of humanity is how →
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On the Street ix
Lost in rain-drenched leaves Camouflaged by shades of brown Spotted by kind eyes ~ n.b. So what if I cancelled my cards after waiting on the phone to the bank for fifty minutes? I came home to this in my postbox, with a very soggy wallet; everything present and correct. Thank you, Mark. ~ CLP →
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On the Moon
Un-phased, she rises Above man’s temporal world Draws eyes to heaven . CLP 21/09/2020 →
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On the Road xxv
On a two way street travellers often cross paths exchange kind greetings ~ n.b. Everyone has choices. Ironically, this bridge in Hoxne, Suffolk is where Danes on an excursion to Britain in CE 870, crossed paths with the Anglian king, Edmund. It didn’t turn out well for the Saxon. Besides being beatified soon after his →
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Day 29
More sunshine. These days are brightly lit, but carry a chill that reaches deep to the bones. The first swallow has arrived here and waits patiently on a telephone wire strung high above the street. It calls out to attract its followers to join the line-up. How many will battle successfully through the northerly winds? →
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Breaking Wave
A gentle undulation swells Soon noticeable from land Catches eyes of pebbles That slowly turn, drawn to the scene Expectation of the burgeoning bump builds The ocean cannot contain the power moving within Pushing at its rounded surface A large, complacent gull senses his peaceful drift is ended Lifts up at a shift in form →
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Lions, Lionesses and The Clown
If this is war Why are we sending our troops into battle Without equipment? This is not Passchendaele When the blood of 275,000 Allied troops was sacrificed for nothing This is post-Brexit Britain when we have complete control So where is the PPE for our paramedics, our nurses and doctors? Boris, you are a wartime →
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