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?"

ONGOING RE-INVENTION

Fernando Pessoa to Bob Dylan

To embrace identity change ,Transhumanism,identity politics

Victoria's Secret to Transgendering role play

You can change who you think you are.Technology assists.

Sex change operations.Role reversals.

Fiction outplayed by investigative journalism.UFOs on TV.

Movies that suggest "The Truth is Out There"-

and True Believers,who take conspiracy theories as fact.

We rely upon our storytellers-not Faux News.

Handmaiden's Tale-real people dress up in red for abortion rights.

Fiction becomes the food of  our daily news.We ingest,devour,forget.

Until it repeats-in Memes,Gifs,Tweets.Food for thought-

That we can invent fictional identities and empower them in society.

Until Lady Ga-Ga is allowed her stage name on FACEBOOK.

And we forget the origin of stage names and pen names..

And we sign petitions for whistleblowers who change their sex

but not the authenticity of their stories..