THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

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 appearances 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)

BOOM! BOOM! BOMB SHELTER BOOM!

from $54,000 to $10 million -with swimming pools,gyms,basketball courts,airplane hangers

you can dig your way out of the nuclear fallout /with stacked cans of survivalist formulae

Camouflaged via old barns or water towers,these exclusive hotels for families of fear-

(what used to be called COMPOUNDS have now moved underground..)

After anthrax,Fukushima,end of the Mayan Calendar-9/11 seems like ancient history

Middle-aged affluent white males constitute the prevailing demographics

Survivalists,Mormons,those addicted to post-Armageddon Apocalypse self-scripting

tend to invest in solutions to worst-case scenarios

Disasters are everywhere-tornadoes,hurricanes,floods,fires,fear-

all we can do unless we put ostrich head in the ground

is to dig that fear away!