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For Whom the Bell Tolls

The cadence of the knell on the wind Lord Has folk peering from windows and doors A reminder of fickle mortality Peals forlornly, for whom the bell tolls The screams of the Angels, are deafening Those with the conscience to hear Dark Winter, cuts colder than ice Unfolding, the fear of all fears Media controlled information Has us fighting brother to brother As the puppeteers pull on our heartstrings An Orwellian surrogate mother Totalitarian terror prevails An Agenda to meet, time is flying Denver Airports Time-capsule, historic Egomaniacs prayers to the dying Positions of power are key Those appointed are elitely chosen Merchants of Venice they’d shame Like iniquitous embryos, frozen World Health Organization, instruction To quell conscientious objectors Mouth the words of the purse-handlers credo The beneficiaries, monied investors The greatest good for the greatest of numbers Bantham cries, from the crest of his pew Utilitarian logic prevails Though, decisions are made by the few Get in line, live your days in your cells As we gather the troops to protect you Martial Law looms, incessantly closer For your safety we’ll need to inject you The corruptive, are those with the power Wielding deaths sword, resolutely Political towers of Babel Where power corrupts absolutely In a World of pandemic paranhoia The essential works, deemed to be crucial Are the implementation of towers Beaming Signals of Sorrow, so brutal A virus is only a name, you see It was never a death causal factor Electromagnetic technology Is the key to the virul reactor Big Brothers got one million eyes And a chip, for to go where e’er you go No crock of gold’s waiting out there Hid beneath, ‘An Invisible Rainbow’

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Date: 9/9/2020 6:40:00 PM
Wow what a powerful poem. Well done Peter. Phew. So much truth. Kelli
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Date: 5/11/2020 7:23:00 AM
Thatis a very good piece. Kind wishes, Kai
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Peter Walsh
Date: 5/11/2020 9:29:00 AM
Thank you Kai . . . sometimes it's good to view a subject from another point of view!

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