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)
RISE OF THE PROGRESSIVE CITY
POLIS/POLITICAL.WHERE PEOPLE GATHER=
Assembly/City
Squares=Tahir 2 Tiananmen
Change
becomes Public when gathering stormclouds
accumulate like
snowflake Tsunamis.Quantum factors-
1.how
many shot?How many injured?
(visible
reminders of emotional risk/blood investments
Baron
Haussmann demolished Les Halles for Boulevards
not
for tourist beauty-more a clear line of fire
if
and when those Parisian mobs turned blood hungry
they
could be swept away -as in Egypt,Syria,Libya,Algeria..,
Every
People's Change has civilian bodies as cobblestones.
Every
city Graveyard Pierre La Chaise stories.Bury me
standing
up so i can see the colorfilled changes-Velvet Revolutions
Green
Revolutions-bodies vs bombs,guns.Casualties ?History,truth
We
live in cities on the bones of others' struggles
Our
future children will not remember this
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