sorrow's lament plays
on the violin's sad strings
for victims of war

may a lasting peace
prevail on this our planet
for all of mankind

bright shining sun beams
reflected upon the lake
in glinting ripples

dark heavy brows of clouds
hang over the western hills
they indicate rain

war is a madness
that causes too much sadness
let saneness prevail

petite elm leaves
fell upon the school playground
like wedding confetti

truth's flood of bright light
shall expose evil forces
who are now at play

politicians minds
are steeped in thoughts of war
their thinking unsound

the oppressor's law
muzzles a dissenting voice
lest it speak of truth

the greatest victory
for mankind will be the day
when world peace prevail

murderous war fiends
pleasure in lethal pursuits
they know not of pity

the drums of war never
seem to
cease
hence why the world cannot find
a lasting
peace

in every corner of the globe
the people ask the same
question
is it necessary for yet
another warring
session  

the drums
reverberate
the drums
won't abate
the drums
constantly beating
the drums
not retreating  

and so the drums of war
stay
thereby negating that peaceful  
day

a magenta hue
showed in this morning's sky
as first light dawned

war is a maddness
causing much too much saddness
let saneness prevail

in his hands
he held a chunk of rock
within it lay
a diamond of beauty
he pined to extract
her from the ore
for he so wanted
to see her perfections
yet she'd not be
cajoled
out of her mother load's
material

he pondered
over the gem
so exquisite
how he yearned
to sense
her facets gleaming
exclusively for him
but she was embedded
and unreachable
there she'd stay in the
rough mantle's ore
ne'er could she be
his to embrace  


he'd not feel her heart
palpating along side him
all hopes were dashed
his longing would remain
the lovely diamond
not releasing out of the
rock's permanent casing

hey Mo I ain't ever seen you
looking so
low  
why oh why are you
looking so
low
I really reallly
want to
know

well the reason why I'm
looking so
low
is cause I've been
cancelled
bro
          
my act didn't well please
the ones afflicted with that
cancel culture disease

cancelled for good
cancelled for life
cancelled like a six  
p.m. flight

hey Mo you can't get around  
looking so
flat
you just got to get off that
cancelling
mat

don't let that cancelling
get you
down
cause I don't like looking
at your downcast
frown
  
yeah a smile is the
thing I must
wear
that'll show them
that I don't
care

it is patently obvious that the HP site's server
isn't functioning
well
as the 502 Bad Gateway notification
does regularly
tell

the webmaster hasn't yet repaired
the faulty connection at his
end
and in not doing so he's losing many
a poetry writing
friend  

with the ongoing problem
being left
unresolved
how can his ill attention to the matter
ever be
absolved

sooner rather than later the poets
will desert the
place
for they'll grow tired of the message
constantly hitting them in the
face

no blazing sting
the summer sun hasn't displayed
no blazing sting
there's been little heat in its biting
milder temps have so arrayed
prevailing as the days played
no blazing sting

Biden begins to feel the gelid winter air/
for his polling numbers aren't so fair/
the people of the country did opine/
his leadership isn't all that fine/
hence our disappproving despair/

they were in need of administration flair/
which would bring urgent repair/
yet none was on offer in his mine/
Biden begins to feel the gelid winter air/

our hopes our dreams of sunny alair/
being an unmaterialized affair/
his policies falling short in twine/
like that of a poorly directed vine/
his current percentages lowly of stair/
Biden begins to feel the gelid winter air/

a brilliant star shone
o'er Bethlehem the very night
Jesus was birthed

be careful what you wish for
as you just might get
it
and after a while you'll certainly
regret
it

the Democrats had their wish
granted in
full
they got a dream team who were
possessed of supporter
pull  

yet now the team seems to be
falling
apart
somehow they've lost that
unity of
heart

with the relationship being on
the
rocks
how can the beleagured Democrats
recover from the
shocks  

the President and the Vice President
the much wished for
ideal
has so regretfully waned
in its
appeal

be careful what you wish for
as you just might get
it
and after a while you'll cretainly
regret
it

amid sparkling stars
sailed a luminous moon
chartering night seas

a brilliant blue sky
presides o' er our region
in indigo rule

will be so nice to get a holiday break
away from micro-managing
colleague
as I'm suffering terribly
with her supervisory
fatigue

I've spoken to others
at my place of
work
and they also say she's right
into every small detail's
perk

my recovery period will begin
this coming
Friday
then I can do things in
my own undirected
way

bright sunlight splinters
cut slender pathways down to
the vale's dim lit floor

I dream of owning an electric
car
but to buy one is a dream too
far

with a price tag of above sixty
grand
how can I get that sort of money in my
hand

I only receive a meagre
wage
and to pay it off would take an
age

I wonder if Elon Musk could loan me some folding
stuff
then I'm sure I'd be financial
enough

be careful what you wish for
as you just might get
it
and after a while you'll certainly
regret
it

the democrats had their wish
granted in
full
they got a dream team who were
possessed of supporter
pull  

yet now the team seems to be
falling
apart
somehow they've lost that
unity of
heart

with the relationship being on
the
rocks
how can the democrats recover
from the
shocks  

the President and the Vice President
the much wished for
ideal
has so regretfully waned
in its
appeal

in the year two thousand and thirty
Desmond was expecting a rising temperature
of one point five degrees
so he scampered outside to sit in a
cooler southern breeze

but much to his surprise the temperature
wasn't as hot as that
therefore he wasn't in need of a sun shading
broad brimmed hat

the horrendous predictions that were made
at COP 26
didn't appear to be in its temperature
mix  

he thought unto himself how could
climate forecasters get it all so wrong
thence he rushed back inside to dress himself
in a woolen coat which was ankle length long

catastrophists
here
catastrophists
there
catastrophists
everywher­e

they're predicting the globe
shall see catastrophic
warming
and that we must heed
their catastrophizing
warning

yet catastrophic events have
occured since time
began
where increasing temperatures
had a longer life
span

the green lobby's coming catastrophe
wants to hold us all
hostage
by dramatizing their dire  
alarmist's
message
  
catastrophists
here
catastrophists
there
catastrophists
eve­rywhere

across late eve skies
volleys of thunder echoed
like far canon fire

at Glasgow's altar
green zealots offer prayers  
for carbon cut backs

a martial named Zurdidoit was flying
over the Earth just the other day
and his antenni were tuned into what
the airwaves did say

world leaders at Glasgow are
adopting green guidelines
to save the world's population
from higher emission bines

he thought to himself aren't
these earthlings a dumber than dumber lot
for they've not yet invented a miraculous  
energy providing plot

Zurdidoit was of the opinion
that fossil fuels must not be thrown out
by humankind who require
supplies of them being about

the world's population
went looking for heroes
and perchance they found
those very heroes

the heros were the
net zero heroes
who had a no concept
of being real heroes

the heroes but a destructive
mob
who introduced a costly
energy hob

the heroes weren't heroes
no not at all  
yet they professed to be
heeding a noble call

around the planet
electricity issues arose
whereupon the lights
fast dimmed on the heroes

the world's population
went looking for heroes
and perchance they found
but inept heroes

fast forward
to the year of 2050
all countries who
adopted the net zero target
in the year 2021
became failed nation states

their industries were decimated
their jobs disappeared
their people became beggars
oh yes and extinction
did visit upon them

the fanatical believers of global warming
such as Greta Thunberg and Joe Biden and Sir David Attenborough
wrought damage untold on every society
  
and the footnote
to this tale goes like this
they administered
but a death wish

drab low hanging clouds
encircle our township to-day
with their raining drear

night's darkened mantle
respendently adorned
in stellar sparkles

tis like looking at
encrusted diamond jewels
on pitch black velvet

a most reliable birdie source
informed my good self
that the notorious pair
have guises aplenty on the shelf

on some days they'll employ
but a meager few
then on other days
they'll use a staggering slew

spotting the guises
is quite an interesting task  
it's a matter of peeling off
the interchangeable mask

now let's go back to
the notorious pair
they both possess
a masquerading air

J aka Lionheart aka Tommy
are thespians of diversification
along with Violet aka DiamondM
who make up the operation

over nearly half a decade
birdie has observed their act  
trotting out many guises
without an iota of tact

old men who are no longer
mentally or physically fit
take on roles that have an
arduous sort of identikit

on reaching a senior's age
they shouldn't be world leaders  
who require handlers and the
omnipresent teleprompter readers  

a president or prime minister
needs youthful robustness
so that they can well manage
government stress  

more fresh faces must be
elected in
not the tired and weary
elderly kin
  
most persons will retire before
three score years and ten
so they can live out the rest of their days
as unburdened men

the sword of Damocles
hung above his
head
and it suspended with
a very slender
thread

the sharp edged blade
did swing to and
fro
deciding at which time
his cranium would
go

though he is a man
in a powerful
position
nothing will save him from
the cold steel's
exhibition

sooner rather than later
we'll witness the sword's
drop
as it makes
the inevitable
chop

there stood the queen in her dressing gown
upon her face she wore a very long frown
someone had stolen her diamond and ruby crown
she hoped it would be found before sun down

she called Scotland Yard to search the entire realm's locale
as without a crown she'd be an unadorned gal
chief inspector Jones arrived at Buck House in his ex-army jeep
telling the queen that he'd catch the theiving creep

he thoroughly combed every inch of England
he even looked under the white Dover sand
a lady in central Manchester gave him an address
stating that a felon in Soho had the crown of queen Bess

high and low in the streets of Soho he did look
to find this most stealthiest pilfering crook
by a measure of luck he found him sitting on a park bench
talking to a criminal associate named Roger Dench

the inspector siezed the felon and cuffed his hands
saying that looting wouldn't be tolerated on British lands
at Scotland Yard the crook was grilled for information
about the queen's crown which was pinched without hestitaion

some three days later he fronted an Old Bailey judge
who sentenced him to sixteen years of gaol drudge
overjoyed was the queen to have her crown back
whereupon she wore it around the Ascot Race track

chief inspector Jones was knighted by good queen Bess
cause he'd been a fine detective of profess

the dictator's unjust message
is of
socialism
and soon we'll be caged
in its
schism

the voice of the inflicters
shall
increase
as the sole individual's  
suffering won't
decrease

the leftists want
total
hegemony
over our minds bodies
and
souls

the world's population
will need to comply and  
convert
as this transition
shant be
inert  

the dystopian times
draw ever
nigh
whereupon tyranny's
rule shall
apply

Power...  
the power of health bureaucrats  
has never been more
greatly exercised
since the advent of the
pandemic in our
daily lives

Control...
governments have taken
full control
by which they can stop
us from freely partaking
in an outside stroll

Greed...
big phrama being granted
exclusive rights
to sell millions of jabs
world wide  
thereby excluding other
forms of treatment

oh yes
power control and greed
in these recent times
have become
the cardinal creed