Sagacious words

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ~ Khalil Gibran

Monday 5 March 2012


HERE IS THE NEWS AT MIDNIGHT

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President George Bush has attacked five Iraqi tourists
with a knife. A spokesman for the White House said
"Better that, than
World War Three".
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A motorist has set fire to himself in protest
at rising petrol prices. The leader of the Opposition has
hailed him as a martyr and called on the Government
to cause more oil to be created in the bowels
of the earth.
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After a decade of study, a respected think tank
has published a twenty volume report showing that
the arms industry does more harm than good.
A banker has condemned the report as factually correct
but naïve.
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Scientists at Porton Down have discovered that
the Foot and Mouth Disease virus can be modified
to attack humans. A top scientific expert said
"We are looking for ways to cure the
common crowd."
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~Richard Lawson


They say that nobody's badr
Than Moqtada al Sadr
But when shove comes to push
He's no worse than Bush

~Richard Lawson


A FAIRGROUND RIDE
two kids inside a car
fight
for the right
to spin a useless steering wheel
politics

~Richard Lawson

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