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)

YOU ARE, HEAR

YOU CANNOT GET OUT(of your mad Russian skin

neo-colonial Imperialism.Ideas of EQUALITY sprayed chemical mist

while every black male gets incarcerated.You can not get out -of air

poisoned and poisoning so much carbon dioxide oxygen machine trees stutter and crack

You can not get out-of death.Do endings determine tales?Was pain authorized?

Do you have a consent form for divergence?Will questions provide answers?

Don't ask Socrates,pouting with his Athenian youth and Xanthippus.She speaks hemlock!

You can not get out-of conundrums beating.Public/private-transport,data mining,camera surveillance.

You can get out of kitchen duty.Take-away!Be disposable.But Zen you have to deal

with endless philosophical riddles.Angels on pinheads.Forests falling into skyscrapers.

Air that is arrows.Answers that only confuse...