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on Ukraine
“Someday this war will end”soldiers will become civviesflowers sprout from graves~ CLP 12/12/2023 →
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Mr Johnson, I presume
Uhmmm. Aaargh. Well. No, no, no.Well. Aaargh. Uhmmm. But, but, but. What, what, what, what you have to un, un, understandUhmmm. Aaargh. Well. No, no, no.Well. Aaargh. Uhmmm. But, but, but.You, you, you need to appreciate the con, con, contextUhmmm. Aaargh. Well. No, no, no.Well. Aaargh. Uhmmm. But, but, but.I, I, I have given you →
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on peace
All I rememberIn no particular orderBiafraVietnamSharpvillePragueBelfastVietnamBirminghamMLkRobert KennedyArgentinaPLOEcuadorKampucheaGuatamalaBoliviaLennonSri LankaAlgeriaTiananmenJonestownIRAETARAFUDFThe BelgranoHungerfordColumbineIsisal-QaedaSudanRwandaBosniaDunblaneLibyaSyriaChechnyaTwin TowersPalestineGaza9/117/7AtochaNiceBataclanBrusselsUkraineI could go onIt’s never stoppedand all the time the History Channelreplays The HolocaustHiroshimaNagaskiD-Dayand elsewhere, to lighten the loadM.A.S.H.~n.b. All the while the rich get richer, the bombs keep falling, bullets fly and shares in weaponry increase in value.Meanwhile, someone carves a trite message on a →
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on bread
visit Oradour-sur-Glane to seea town’s remainsplaces of worship burnt outeven the bakeries razedwho can plan and executesuch systematic revenge?who thought such crueltywould return live on rolling newswhile the world switches channelsshielding eyes this timefrom the smitingStar of David glows in angerbecomes a searing firebrandstamped on the flesh of children ~ n..b. Last Saturday a man →
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on numbers
Gaza’s two milliondivided by twenty trucksneeds a miracle ~ n.b. If you believe in miracles, maybe the five fish and two loaves story might be repeated and the twenty permitted lorries of aid crossing from Egypt into Gaza, will do the trick and feed the two million. Call me a Doubting Thomas, I don’t think →
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On Ukraine
Bang, bang, bang. Door closed.Someone’s knocking on each side.Do not let them in. ~ n.b. Day 583. Futility. “Was it for this the clay grew tall?” (Wilfred Owen). CLP 29/09/2023 →
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on Ukraine
I read five, eight, oneBefore too long it’ll be yearsLosing track of time ~ n.b. Every single day there is more war. Some people are getting very rich. There is always money for war, but for earthquakes and securing infrastructure, not so much. CLP 28/09/2023 →
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on Ukraine
It’s day 5 5 3Numbers accumulatingLike ossuary bones~n.b. When the numbers of bombs, attack drones, battles, yards gained and lost is all we hear of, we know lives become worth less. The blood comes from somebody’s flesh, someone’s flesh and blood. CLP 30/08/2023 →
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on Ukraine
rocking in the ringthunderous blows, staggering hitslack of knock-out punch ~ n.b. Slow, painful deaths. CLP 25/07/2023 →
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