.         I have been watching the
           demise of stars through
              a telescope of tears.

               Christopher Reeves
                      Celine Dion
                    Michael J Fox.

               The big screening,
                  cameras rolling,
                 it is a rap, taking.

             I had the poor me’es
             my dark shadow cast,
         they shared their spotlight.

The number of Palestinians in Israeli prisons has doubled over the last year, exceeding 10,100, a prisoners' group said.

In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said the total number of Palestinians detained in the occupied West Bank, including those who have been released, has surpassed 11,400 since Oct. 7, 2023.

The Israeli army has detained 430 women and 750 children in the West Bank since Oct. 7, 2023, and among those detained are 129 journalists, with 58 still in custody.

It also detained a total of 58 journalists, including six women and 29 men, from Gaza.

Since Oct. 7, 2023, an "administrative detention" order has been issued for 9,392 Palestinians, including women and children, ensuring that they are held in prison without any charges or trial; of these, 3,398 remain incarcerated.





          



“ the safest place to hide

   from a spotlight is to sit

   on top of it, but sunlight

  always exposes what the

  silhouette is concealing “

The word evolved from
something less sinister
than today’s terminology.

Host hospital hospitality
from a caring etymology
to the underdogs barter.

.  Whether it is Mt Everest
   Paramount Studios, Fuji
   or Killamanjaro everyone
   looks for the tallest peak.

   Blaise Pascal looked at
   the triangle in its entirety
   as did indeed Khayyam
   the Persian philosopher.

   It is a trinity a three sided
   construction with one apex
   depending on how we have
   decided to turn the page.

   Mont Blanc is more easily
   identified because there is
   always snow at the top, but
   it is not an iceoseles triangle.

.    I blame capillary for all
     my problems, spinal fluid
     rising like sap through
     the optic fibres via cranial
     nerves from Vagus Cords
     that are totally out of tune.
     I think I need a tin foil Cap’o.

Tell me again about
pain and suffering
how it leads to paths
of enlightenment

Who was that said
I took the road less
travelled the hard
knock passage

People say don’t stop
never give up this too
will pass every cloud
has a silver lining

It is all utter nonsense
I quit gave up threw in
the towel in my teens
and I am still a loser

Becket said to fail
fail again fail better
and that is what I’ve
been doing all my life

I left my hometown by
the shortcut diameter. 50
years later I returned via
a curve bent crescent arc

But I made a discovery in the
southern hemisphere that the
moon has never given up on
trying to create a perfect circle

.   There are quotes and
    Idioms maxims fables
    dictons and metaphors.
    The A.A. is full of smart
    sayings but none of it
    ever made sense to me.
    I was fcuked up in the
    head so I used alcohol
    as an anaesthetic but I
    Ended up an alcoholic
    and the initial problems
    Never went away after I
    Got sober so the break
    Down service only fixed
    The carburettor issue I
     Am still fcukrd after 24
     Years of sobriety the
      Only requirement for
      Membership is a desire
      To stop drinking and
      That is the problem I
      Had no desire to stop
      I had a necessity to stop
      And I did but I would
      Have preferred to stop
      What made me drink
      And after discovering
      The benefits of alcohol
      Kept on with that

      AA Done **** for me
       But neither did school
       Or religion
       Or a job
       Or friends

       Poetry is my  only release