Thursday, 26 September 2013

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)

FORTUNA ET VIRTU=NECESSITA!

"FREE WILL CANNOT BE DENIED"
Neither can human nature,which is witnessed
by those privy to "necessary"wars 
and the results of such incursions.1513=2013
as far as Nicola Machiavelli is applied-particularly
via guerrilla."irregular" and "elliptical" warfare
Drones kill civilians ,invade territory of allies,
destroy a chain of command of host countries
and cause ethical and moral quandaries.
They are also highly effective.Now that life
has moved past Hobbes's "nasty.brutish and short",
only Syria,Darfur,Yemen,Sudan and Somalia 
exhibit pure Machiavellian modes .We just invade
Third World targets via long distance First World drones..



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