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Limerick
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Well, the gray lady’s losing her ‘shine’.
It seems Wordle had crossed party lines.
The puzzle to greet us
contained the word ‘fetus’,
They aborted the word; it’s all fine.
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The New York Times removed the word 'fetus' from their Wordle database so they could remain 'distinct from the news'.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/09/media/wordle-roe-v-wade-intl-scli/index.html
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Free verse
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"The Unhidden"
courage winks
and grins
Spring is in his step
harsh courage wins
unhidden
staring down
the barrel of a lens
there’s a mad man
losing marbles
sitting all alone
cornered
without friends
a bully bringing in his
paid assassins
courage winks
and grins
he knows
cowards
without friends
always lose
in the end
courage winks
and grins
he's centre stage
the world debates
watches and waits
for a bipartisan
saviour
to march in
truth
always wins
out in the open now
courage
winks and grins
with the whole
world watching
the end
or
the beginning
to
begin
Z swastika
not on his watch
Storm trooper
Russian Rouble roulette
coiling scales an oily blini
downing nuclear pancake,
deep fake coward
alone end of the table
hell bitten, no friends
sits Vlad the Impaler
courage winks
and grins
Spring is in his step
harsh courage wins
unhidden
staring down
the barrel of a lens
Holocaust
nyet
not on his watch
never again
"Slava Ukraini!"
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
"Ukraine President Zelensky welcomes Spring in Kyiv"
https://youtu.be/M-x-ujiB-oE
"Storms" / Wolf Alice
https://youtu.be/g_QOmSaZySI
Slava Ukraini
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_to_Ukraine
Z - Russian Symbol, Ukraine War, 2022
https://fortune.com/2022/03/07/russia-z-tank-marking-how-letter-became-symbol-pro-ukraine-war-invasion/
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/07/europe/russia-z-symbol-ukraine-war-cmd-intl/index.html
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/newslondon/why-has-z-become-a-symbol-of-russian-aggression-and-what-does-it-mean/ar-AAUJzwW
The Holocaust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust
The Holocaust in Ukraine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Ukraine
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichskommissariat_Ukraine
LYRICS/ "Storm", Wolf Alice
https://genius.com/Wolf-alice-storms-lyrics
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Free verse
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"Chaos Theory"
The Message is sent on a breeze
Fire eats the wounds of a Mother
Her skin blisters
cracks and peels
Her children inhale a different pollen
Drones bark messengers like Bowie's Diamond Dogs
Tables now turn
machines are giving orders to people
Face masks to hide uncertainty
We are all children wilful and ignorant
Virus borne
The colour Yellow
Skin blamed and torn by ordinary cowards and
Hooded politicians teeth fresh with juice
Impeachment is on hold, now
Butterflies flap their wings
In another country another world away
the silent streets roar
The Messenger like a Ghost
in dark shadow touches all
Holy or Unholy
The Hand has pushed one domino
It moves a symphony of Chaos
Notes sung from one mouth and swallowed by all
Invisible tentacles calling in the day dreamers
The Fallen rapture-stalled
We sit inside 4 walls
Closed windows and doors
Without blessed candles
and Holy Water
Waiting for a new morning
While the unknown Hand
Majestically drops another
Black Ball
(LadyLabyrinth/2020)
https://youtu.be/_7wKjTf_RlI
Max Cooper - Order From Chaos (official video by Maxime Causeret)
"It used to be thought that the events that changed the world
were things like big bombs, maniac politicians, huge earthquakes,
or vast population movements, but it has now been realised
that this is a very old-fashioned view held
by people totally out of touch with modern thought.
The things that really change the world,
according to Chaos theory,
are the tiny things.
A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian jungle,
and subsequently a storm ravages half of Europe.”
(Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch)
"This ain't rock'n'roll, this is genocide
As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent
You asked for the latest party
With your silicone hump and your ten inch stump
Dressed like a priest you was
Todd Browning's freak you was
Crawling down the alley on your hands and knee
I'm sure you're not protected, for it's plain to see
The diamond dogs are poachers and they hide behind trees
Hunt you to the ground they will, mannequins with kill appeal
I'll keep a friend serene..."
(excerpt, "Diamond Dogs", David Bowie)
1. Chaos Theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
2. The World
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/29/countries-from-siberia-to-australia-are-burning-the-age-of-fire-is-the-bleakest-warning-yet
3. Drones/Wuhan
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/sharp-tongued-drones-chastise-chinese-residents-for-not-wearing-face-masks-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ar-BBZwCvO
4. Racism
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-chinese-allowed-racism-and-fear-are-now-spreading-along-with-the-coronavirus-2020-01-29
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/world/australia/coronavirus-racism-chinese.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/31/asia/wuhan-coronavirus-racism-fear-intl-hnk/index.html
5. Doctors Arrested for telling the Truth
https://youtu.be/HE7Iz7HLpYg
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