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 appearences 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)
rats,cockroaches,snakes,sharks
after JAWS(1-3),shark stocks diminished alarmingly
fear
projection meant we became predators(not they!
some
species of shark are now threatened species.
Post-Chenobyl
and Fukushima,mutant creatures thrive
with
high radiation counts,strange limbs and now part of our food chain
Total
habitat destruction has seen foxes and kangaroos invade cities-
forced
by drought and hunting to become urban opportunists
(much
like rats and cockroaches).We disturb/disrupt /displace Nature.
We
selectively cull cattle,sheep and keep companion
rabbits,horses,cats,dogs,birds.
French
eat horse and rabbit and regard them as standard fare
Japanese
eat puffer and stinger fish.Diet and executions culturally
specific.
We
cull ourselves(one child policy in China/India)selectively
We enforce capital
punishment(selectively).Euthenasia and abortions,too.
Science
fiction posits soylent green as our future.Cannibalism survives.
What
we eat we become.In a state of siege,we eat everything.
Global
warming,sustained drought,world food stocks at risk-
consider food
values of insects,rodents,road kill and ourselves.
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