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)
THE DESPOT HIDES BEHIND GOOD INTENTIONS
Nos sumus tempora quales sumus talia sunt tempora
("We
are the times-as we are,such are the times")-St Augustine
"The
beginning of reform is to resume calling things by their proper
name"(Confucius)
"My
friends-we must restore to words-their original
meaning"(Yevtushenko)
"When
i use a word,it means EXACTLY what i want it to mean!"(Red Queen /Alice in
Wonderland)
We
grow into linguistic laziness-COLLATERAL DAMAGE,FRIENDLY FIRE
"We
must burn the village to save the village""Lethal humanitarian aid"
We
petitioned for food not bombs when starving Afghanis were lamed by cluster
bombs
When
food was dropped,it was in the same yellow containers as the
bomblets
"I
did NOT have sex with that woman""Read my lips-no new taxes"
Drones
do not allow appeals.Neither does "friendly fire"We know this
yet
authorize military budgets,including land mines,drones,anti-personnel
weapons..
The
only home for a bullet from a barrel is your body.Same with words.
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