Liberty, Equality, Humanity
nuclear assault?
how might Pravda report it?
obliteration
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n.b. It is said that Russian protests against the war have begun in several town. Putin mobilising 300,000 more troops. Russians considering how to avoid being called up.
Putin’s Vietnam.
CLP 21/09/2022
new lines being drawn
much like the red lines of old
could this be curtains?
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CLP 01/07/2022
it's been war for years
constant squeeze, threats, bullying
now you choose to see
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CLP 14/02/2022
oh! sorry, you didn't
mean 'aggressively' you meant
'economically'
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pardon my mis-placed
fears of superpower war
it's about money
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the three million
citizens of old Kyiv
put up for auction
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n.b. Money talks, not peace talks? ‘Economic sanctions’. Nice. The arms industry clearly could do with a new market place. Afghanistan, Chechnya, Syria, so now Ukraine. There will be a pile on in arms shares. Sickening. Now Putin just has to check whether he can afford to invade before waving his troops in.
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CLP 23/01/2022
Pennines overlook
darts refining their dark arts
muscles flex, nerves twitch
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n.b. As we move around in our masks, military aircraft just above our heads operate on stand-by. Out of Plan B into Wing Attack Plan R?
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CLP 21/01/2022
if Russia invades
we'll respond aggressively
collateral damned
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n.b. Someone factors in civilian deaths, which will mean children, mothers, grandparents, lovers, fathers, sons, daughters.
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CLP 21/01/2022
so loud I can't think
of anyone else but you
RAF practice
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n.b. On the border, on the edge, on the verge…Russian troops run through a few drills. Here, in Norfolk, fighter jets likewise.
What would you be thinking if you were sending your children off to school in Kyiv this morning?
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CLP 20/01/2022
Journey of Words 