may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Thursday, October 21, 2010

balance and the tipping point

hot eh?and yet some dispute global warming
(not polar bears,drowning-nor Arctic icecaps,shrinking
more those with fixed ideas in a moving landscape
Cartesian Duels in mixed media messages
Pressure Groups applying pressure on candidates
Media glosses over what is most important to us
claiming to give a faux "balanced"coverage
Bill Reilly provokes walkouts on THE VIEW
because of his jaundiced ones
Rightwing commentators crow when PBS sacks their own
while we witness poison Tea Parties hate politics
destroy the very ground we walk upon
We live in astonishing times.Species become extinct overnight
Who mentions carbon in our air as toxic ?
Water so degraded the fish die?earth radioactive forevers?
Suited smiles dole out headlines and editorials
We need to live a balanced life,with balanced views
But we have gone past the tipping point
We should have listened to our earth
rather than a Disney documentary

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