LINKS.
POETRY
THE REVOLUTIONIST.
“We fear not their law, nor yet their great men;
We fear not their prisons or blood-gallows pen;
We fear nor their priests, or parsons, or their spies;
We fear not their land away up in the skies.
We laugh at their army, and navy, and king;
We laugh at the god to whom these thieves sing.
We laugh, and in earnest we strive for the day
We wipe out the tyrants who do our class slay.”
TOM ANDERSON.
THE JOLLY BEGGARS.
(An excerpt)
A fig for those by law protected,
Liberty’s a glorious feast!
Courts for cowards were erected
Churches built to please the priest!
ROBERT BURNS.
THE REVOLUTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE
The Revolution of Everyday Life
shall begin with everyone sleeping in...
Only when
man and woman
have slept in unexpectedly
shall they truly experience
a momentary glimpse
of life
outside of Spectacular Society
O Lament!
The Petty Squabbles of Neighbours Rights!
The
Fiasco of Private Parking in Busy Streets!
The Council's Permission for building extensions!
The
Taxation of Absolute Resources!
O Sing to the possibility!
The Garden Lawns of Absolute
Community
The Garden Furniture of Parochial Civility
The Pure Governance of Garages
and Sheds!
The Hedge and sheers natural reality!
After all this has been considered...
we
shall meet on the Barricades
after brushing our teeth hurriedly...
rushing past as
the local police officer
reminds you:
'Wrong era, Sir...
must have been a simulation...
nostalgia
from an old film...
memories of something better...
of something not yet seen...
a myth
of gossip...
it happens to all of us...
Good day'
Colin McGuire
IN TIME OF WAR.
"In time of war
I side with the villages
with the mosques
in this war
I side with the Shiite family
with Sour (Tyre)
with the mother
with the grandfather
with the eight kids in the mini van
with the white silken headscarf".
In the name of the beautiful books I read
in the name of the kisses I kissed
May the army be defeated
AHARON SHABTAI