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Unless a riverMountains, deserts, lakes or seaDivides usThere are no bordersThey are malleableLines on mapsPencilled inLike warWhere no rules exist ~ CLP 09/08/2024 →
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no relief from machinerysleep-less, ill-less, weary-lessit runs regardlesson another beautiful sunriseperfect for the harvestwho drives the combinesturning fields of wheatto ragged lines of strawto fields of goldwho runs the trailerspilling grainslike breadcrumbsa golden trailfrom field to barnand back again?who dries the grainbefore the auger spraysinto the storage binswho tests the moisture contentthe temperatureof the heaped →
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UA, yellow blueon cars’ registration platesrush along A1urgency of menheading home to what remainsweighed down with angerthrough Austrian rainSlovakia swelteringjust next door, the warmuddy Danube flowspast tourist boats, cafés, barsas if nothing’s wrongn.b. On a road-trip, I have now seen the Danube, fast-flowing, a seething river of summer storm run-off, as it heads toward Ukraine →
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whatever might endall these murderous actionsprayers aren’t the answer ~ n.b. The descent from common decency seems complete. Bombing the children’s hospital in Kyiv confirms Moscow’s depravity. CLP 09/07/2024 →
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waves of men sent outa thousand per day slaughtered Moscow’s heroics ~ n.b. Latest news from the front, that Russia’s military leaders are cynically despatching infantry to fight their war, despite extremely heavy losses, (estimated at 31,000 in May 2024, according to a NY Times report today), beggars belief. The men in Moscow forget that →
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as if Gaza wasn’t bad enoughand the perpetual terrorismof Moscow’s henchmenthe eyes of Europe and the USAare now distractedby tennis, cricket, football, ice hockey, the Stanley Cup, baseball and Olympicsgames to replace conflictwith civilising pastimesnow acting as smokescreens~n.b. In previous wartimes, games were suspended, but now having loaned Ukraine $50 billion, plus interest, the ‘free’ →
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now it reaches outconsuming children at playbeyond all reason ~ n.b. What military people might call an advance, is in truth, a retreat into depravity. The attack on Kryvyi Rih is an act of terrorism. CLP 12/06/2024 →
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Slithering boaconstrictor tightens its holdTears of frustration ~ n.b. In Moscow, the New York Times reports, ‘victory’ is a word often heard. The fight goes on. Where is a peace plan? Peace cannot come without an even balancing of power. Russia will not stop unless its army is halted. Where will that line be drawn? →
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This dreadful summerLonger, dry daysLighter, warm nightsFog of war persists~n.b. Still Moscow sends its sons to kill or be killed on Ukraine’s soil. Go home! CLP 02/06/2024 →
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Furious they areSwiss hold onto dirty cashRather than hide it~ n.b. Russia ‘furious’ that even Switzerland has frozen Russian assets, the BBC reports. The rest of us are surprised, to say the least. A shift in attitude of the mountain folk, who have many friends in Russia. Malta, Mexico, Israel, Cyprus. Is the world changing →
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