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Polemic on Freedom

Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains,

So I read,

That  Rousseau said ,

And he is still right,

Tonight,

As freedom becomes twisted to make and sate

Whatever self centred hybrid  that we can create

For ourselves, but not- for each other

And so freedom for the people of Gaza

Means imprisonment behind their own border

And a nation state is free to deprive the sick of medicine

To protect their own order

And oppress others

Which is no freedom at all

But the mentality of those who think small

Whilst in Brussels we talk of free trade

Of what money can be made

But the children of Somalia want to be freed

 from the greed

Of warlords who would rather buy guns for themselves than water for the thirsty,

To purchase death rather than save life

Where oppression and strife,

 Reigns,

But  no new rain eases the scorched earth of destruction

Yet it is not just far away

That our feeble minds have strayed

From what is right and is wrong, for so long. 

Old freedoms lie in the balance

At the mercy of corporate dalliance

And careless staff do the rounds

In homes  to be sold off or closed down

Of men and women who fought for freedom

Not this.

And they will have you believe that Gordon Taylor from the players football association

For having a meaningless telephone conversation

Hacked

Is due compensation

Of £900,000

While the elderly cannot get around

Because the money cannot be found

In whom can we be trusting

When our liberties lie rusting

In such specious, spun words

Ringing hollow and absurd.

So saying what you do mean, is mea

Or demeaning?

Or is it the mean of what you mean that is meant?

What was the meaning? 

Was it what you thought, but did not say,

Or what you said but did not mean?

Or was it just that we did not glean

From what you said

What we should have seen?

Were your words pristine?

Or not what they might have been?

Is it that on which you were not keen?

And if you now say you did not mean what was said

What was read -And you said it,

Well what did you mean?

What should we, the team, glean?

That you say what you mean?

Or that what you said you didn’t mean?

But it should not have been seen.

And although what you say, you do not always mean

As the words can refer to another scene that was seen,

You do now,

(From what I can glean)

Think that we should trust you and hold you in the highest esteem.

But not what you say.

Well not always.

Not what you said yesterday, anyway.

Just what you say ,today. Ok?

You think that we should believe you, that what you say is true

Maybe some of the words,  perhaps just a few?

But  when some talk of freedom be wary of such claims

Test what is said carefully, and listen for those chains.

Garden Control

Its reptilian jaw chomped

Bony shell barely visible

Amidst swaying blades

Nimble teeth nibbled

Mesh and floppy ears

Casting eerie shadows

Mournfully munching

Grey wisps fluttered

Billy goats gruff

Swift hooves  danced

Lithe legs poised for flight

Daring to graze

Janet rested

Glass in hand

Lawnmower redundant