Liberté, Égalité, Humanité
no race to the post
half a crown can still be bought
if not a kingdom
~
n.b. At what point does a democracy become a chumocracy? Donations from the uber-wealthy buy access to Downing Street. This is no clowning matter; the UK is run by gangsters. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QQGxNIyks6s
as our axis tilts
winter encroaches upon us
tightening of belts
~
n.b. Plague Island; taxing the many, openly corrupt, out in the cold.
~
CLP 04/11/2021
changes of colour
cannot disguise reality
working a treadmill
~
CLP 29/10/2021
meet ten people
two work anti-corruption
mountains of money
~
n.b. Catherine Belton’s book “Putin’s People” mentions Switzerland (and London) frequently. She and the publishers are subject to a number of libel suits in London at present. We’ll see how that pans out.
CLP 27/09/2021
what do we call it
when forty plus hours isn't
enough to pay rent?
~
CLP 28/08/2021
no security
relief nor reconstruction
neat press release though
~
n.b. pain old as mountains never ending series.
in aching mountains
wait gold, copper, lithium
wealth beyond belief
~
n.b. pain old as mountains never ending series.
n.n.b. Can religious zealotry ever resist mammon? Follow the link to the yellow brick road.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/18/business/afghanistan-lithium-rare-earths-mining/index.html
how can you be both
state where free thinkers fear gaol
Ghani’s safe haven
~
n.b. pain old as mountains never ending series.
~
CLP 19/08/2021
deep in Hindu Kush
lone pocket of resistance
with hope in your hearts
~
n.b. pain old as mountains never ending series.
CLP 19/08/2021
victim of empires
how can you provide succour
when you’re without love
~
n.b. pain old as mountains never ending series.
CLP 18/08/2021
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