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)
YELLOW BIKE PROJECT
No ideas are new.Some ideas are good
Once,in
Austin,volunteers scrounged old bikes
painted
them bright yellow/left them around town..
Idea
being to use and leave for the next user
So
some stole,broke,painted over bikes
Volunteers
shrank.End of Yellow Bikes
Today
you still see frames of white bikes
fastened
to poles and trees
as
memorials for dead cyclists
(of
which there are far too many..
All
this began with White Bicycle Amsterdam
where
cyclists and pedestrians have priority
and
everyone cycles safely
Today,our
Council unveiled their HIRE A BIKE scheme
(as
used in London,Paris,Sydney)-where a credit card
unlocks a bike for
$8 an hour.If a bike is stolen,
$1200
is deducted from that credit card(like Car2Go etc
There
are no more "free"Yellow Bikes
There
are still far too many White Bicycle Memorials
Who
can afford a credit card future?
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