the flat wide green of Essex seem so large
then Epping Forest thickens by its side
filled with diverse birds the tree tops stir
Waving in the wind which they defy
the flat land is for farmers and for hares
In the autumn fires throw flames up high.
It seems the Earth is burning where we lay
our bodies and our love sigh into air
Ealing. for miracles
Lambeth where sheep may safely graze
Southwark… just part of the Ark
Brent….a bit like a bloody stent.
Neasden….. on the NHS?
Richmond and body
Highgate… is there a stile?
Haringey…….am I deaf?
Waltham Forest… … all the trees gone West
Epping Forest… a new swear word.You epping idiot.
Waltham Abbey as left by Henry V111th.
Barnet…….oh. darn it!
Boreham Wood… no need to be offensive.
Bushey…. well once.
Watford…. all these epping rivers.How about a bridge or two?
Stoke by Nayland…… or in Nayland or smoke outside Nayland
Constable.. don’t arrest me,I am innocent of that murder
Essex….aye sex! Who needs Freud?
Cheshunt… what is a Ches?
Broxbourne….. any bourne for me and my broxen
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/well/worry-burnout-covid.html
Grappling with that incessant uncertainty makes us wonder, consciously or subconsciously, what the point of caring is and why we should bother paying attention to the news at all. This emotional numbing has also appeared in victims of natural disasters and in health care workers.
About the golden light what can I say
Love is near and we don’t need to pray
Enter into darkness without fear
Another hand will guide help us steer
I had lost my faith I was berefr
I could not speak, and sinking was my raft
Then the soft bright cloud embraced me whole.
I felt a presence and I saw the light
Why should I be helped when many die?
The mysterious hand of God, the soul destroyed
They could have taken on militant religion, exposed its texts, decried its doctrines and found arguments to persuade young British men not to go to Syria and slaughter “heretics”. But religious fanatics might have retaliated. Instead, they chose the safe option of attacking the phantom menace of militant atheists, who would never harm them. Leaving all philosophical and moral objections aside, they have been the most awful cowards.
Millions of people agree
Mobile phones are too risky to me.
I will waste too much time
And forget all my rhymes
Yet cookies taste good with your tea
Ambivalent of loving your neighbour
Wondering if it’s worth all the labour
Try attention instead.
Don’t go to bed
Listening I will do them a favour
A very fine word is. Ambiguity.
We bear f contradiction and beauty
Love lives with hate
Contrived or our fate
Understanding our life is our duty.
In the USA people are are 80 times more likely to be killed by a distracted driver on the road than by a terrorist attack. Yes apparently people are more afraid of the terrorist attack than of colliding with a distracted driver
How my heart speaks 