Thanks, P, D. I know I tend to opinion poetry.
Bill
On Thursday, 27 October 2016, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> caught troubled times for me
>
>
> On 25/10/2016 22:00, Bill Wootton wrote:
>
>> Catastrophe
>>
>> What I know will not save me.
>> Polar ice caps melting,
>> Northwest passage open all year round.
>> Longer, drier droughts,
>> stormier storms,
>> our output the magnifier.
>>
>> What I don't know is whether
>> Big Money knows and denies
>> or really is not persuaded.
>> Living in the moment to some
>> means crushing other people's moments,
>> stomping on futures.
>>
>> What I don't want to know are excuses
>> for belligerent behaviours,
>> for continued exploitation
>> of conditions which apply to us all.
>> I don't want to hear polite pain
>> justifying self-satisfaction.
>>
>> We need a new Franklin
>> to explore the unknown passages
>> in the craniums of those for whom
>> science is not reason enough.
>>
>> bw
>>
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