Long Airlines Poems

Additional free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with Commentary
[*like presidents, prime ministers, dictators of declining (falling or fallen) nations or even empires]

K442: urranOy niikki uraa amai munkaakkum
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We were a generation free of super-technology.
Yes, we had our records and tv
and the airlines for speedy travel. And yes, 
there had been wars throughout history,
but we had never lived ourselves through wars’ horrors.
WWI, WWII,...

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The plane takes off before three o' clock
from La Guardia Airport, but in a few minutes,
it is suddenly struck by a flock of geese killing both engines;
and the undaunted pilot with his forty years of...

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Nine nine  

A story I needed to find  

My credentials were declined  

But it was Sunday, I did not mind  

Honestly, I tried  

Decided, ‘take a ride’  

Into the...

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Our young people, enrolled in today's public school systems! Are being taught to stand up and fight bullies! And by doing so: stand firmly against them.  Frequently, the anti-social behavior of these younger bullies...

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Top of the world news has not really been good news examples are MH 370 (Malaysia missing Plane) and Nigeria’s missing girls. 

BRIG BACK OUR GIRLS has become a house hold song, some are even...

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Four years ago today
9/11 rang in our ears
Our Nation still cries a river
Into a sea of tears

Patrick Driscoll 70, was retired
Jane Folger 73, retired as well
Toshiya Kuge was a student
When the Twin Towers fell

Husbands and...

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VACCINATION OF THE NATION
Covid time is here. Folks are getting sick with its variants so deadly
and people all over the world are being locked down, so very readily.
And now we have the vaccinations to free...

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The fortitude of a mighty people
has witnessed the awaited moment
of a murderer killed in his mansion;
was justice done...was revenge
and vengeance appeased to bring rejoice 
to the thousands who suffered for years?


This brings back that terrifying...

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After the election,
at least two things will continue without interruption: death and taxation.
After the election,
two kinds of people, the rich and the poor, will remain without interruption.

After the election,
I will continue to pray, to go...

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AN UGLY VISITOR, CORONA VIRUS

We have an ugly visitor;
Corona Virus is his name.
He's prowling like a predator
With an aim to devour or maim.

He disregards every convention.
Schools, airlines,... he shuts down;
Doctors are in his line of...

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The wealthy say 
that to become wealthy 
people need to build
different streams of income

That a working wage
pays the highest tax
that investing provides
a second income

The wealthy say invest
Sir Richard Barnson
Invested in the airlines
Virgin employs how many...

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From a distance away,
I can spot a proud tail fin,
Standing upright among 
A sea of dull metals.
As I approach, it’s evident that
Here rests the Queen.
The pinnacle of aviation.
The game-changer for aviation.
The tried-and-true Boeing 747.

You stand...

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She looks in the mirror 
The smile won't go away 
She knows he's coming 
Flying in from the usa 
  
She got anticipations 
Growing in her eyes 
Her face lights up 
 Continental airlines...

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They say the world make progress


Today’s industrial developments
 Cause’s rainforest destruction
If you to raise your objections
Could face murder and abductions

Every where people   are dying
By the hands of wicked man
But we been warn of...

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A wonder why?
What was the reason?
Beyond any reasoning
Remembrance of 9/11/2001
A day that was like yesterday, but unexpected
A past with the skies clear, sunny and true
Warning was on call with surprise
The former Twin Towers were attached
Two...

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who is that strange pilot? Why is he not in the cockpit?
Naomi tried to stifle her six-year-old son’s shrill voice
although psychic herself, she did not broadcast it in ‘72
he keeps fading away, Tommy said. what...

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I remember growing up,
I mean when I was very small
I was not a bad girl at all.
But Mom and Dad raised me to never speak my mind,
To be a liar if need be, to get...

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END    OF   HISTORY…..


The heavens haven’t changed for all history.
Bright Venus shimmering in the dark sky..
Does anyone on that shining planet know our problems?
Did even we know what they were? ...

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If You See Something, Say Something.
Do you see what I see?
This War on Terror is a war that will never end.
Do you see what I see?
I see fear propaganda being fed to everyone,
about this faceless...

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Politics is all about haves and have nots.
Who gets ahead.  Who waits in line.
Privileged ones, and the rest get denied.

Politics is about relative truth.
Data be damned.  Conspiracies claimed.
Favors for votes.  Constituents maimed.
Politics...

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Keep Walking I was told
Warned by travel agent
When leaving airport
At a tourist location
That many would approach me
But she did not get me ready for this
As I walked through a door
Here comes a crowd of people
With...

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His hopes take off like an Indian 
                           Airlines...

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In the Silence of Violence 


The piece of silence
Shot into the sky; 

Then, a piece of sky
Fell into the fire;

The lives of hundreds
Were burnt
And the heart of earth
Was bent; 

For the mistake of
Flying in that...

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