THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem

Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, 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 Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and 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 within 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?"

ALL THE CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES

All the Hallmark cards ever printed,mailed,sent,received

Every rose ,singular,bunched,real and artificial

All those chocolates!All those songs and poems!

Most will be discarded like a Valentine balloon after the party

We will move on to Mardi Gras/St Patricks Day/Easter

We will move on past love/past loves/all love is temporary

Some things remain with us-plastic and radioactivity

They have longer half-lives than marriages and divorces

They speak Fukushima,Harrisburg,Siberia,Mururoa

They are in our food chain.In our sushi.In our genes

Like plastic micro-organisms in our bloodstream

Our love,desire for and necessity of plastic

extends into oil and gas industries.

Like dinosaur blood they survive longer than solar cell reflectors

More powerful than wind farms.

Pipelines through Missouri River water supply at Standing Rock

over peace and love and prayers of water protectors

It costs the earth.This love.We need a divorce.