Rob Ayling writes:
"Thom the World poet, is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearences with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)
IF YOU CAN GET TO AN OCEAN
before they dump another body
if
not(if you are not an island)
try
to get to a sea(if you have no sea contiguous
get
to a river(if you have no river
try
to get to a creek/if you have no water
is
it because you have no trees?
(some
Roman Empire took rainforest Sahara to build warships
Some
Henry 8th made a British Navy from Sherwood Forest
some
developer saw a profit in Bastrop to build State-dependent toxic gas
races
some
fracker turned your water into sludge
and
you now know what THE COLOR PURPLE means
bushfires,burning,desertification,eternal
wars,eternal drought
and
they still want to call it "development"
when
the real subject is HISTORY.
Get
thee to a salt sea (talk desalination -quickly!)
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