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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Sirens Wail!


[Baut Images: Scratch the Sky] 

Sirens wail!
Lights are flashing!
No one heeds the call!


No one really cares.
Hypnotized from childhood.
Don't do that!
Do this!


Suck on a binky.
It's so soothing.
There's plastic in your blood.
Toxins in your soup.


Drink swill from the tap.
It's better for you.
It's full of fluoride.
Full of chemicals.


Fast food.
French fries.
Cola.
Wendy loves you.


Have some herbal tea. 
Whilst 1.3 million street children weep.
Fed Res sends 700-800 billion to the EU.
And you buy a new home for 1.3 million.


Learn to write.
Write some more.
Even though it's crap.
There's applause at the door.


Liars!
Hypocrites!
Ego driven!
Self-deluded!


Within your nest of thorns.
Don't come too close.
Don't dream in colour.
Don't explore creativity.


Just sit there.
Do the same old thing.
Day after day after day.
Do nothing for anyone else.


Limit yourself.
Limit your creativity.
Get rid of your paints.
Hide in your fracking tackle box.


No one heeds the call.
Lights are flashing.
Sirens wail.

Roger Allen Baut





We laughed as the sun went down,
Sang songs of a dying Earth,
And danced until the moon rose
For the very last time. RAB