There used to be a time I only wanted to play sport,
If someone said what do you watch? I’d quickly retort,
“I like to play sitting on my bum isn’t fun,
To be honest I think it’s really dumb,”
However as the years have caught me up,
Am I tempted now to watch the Cup?
The answer is no.It’s still the same,
Afterall they’re only playing a silly game.
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I know my community a little better,
Having been here twenty years,
Their little quirks , prejudices and also their strange fears,
On the whole they are not a a bad bunch,
A little gossip about tittle tattle over lunch,
Where’s the harm in that?
It took us all by surprise when Esme told us who killed her cat,
She even knew the murder weapon,
It was Gerard’s cricket bat,
Gerard didn’t perform the terrible act,
Apparently ,it was number forty-seven,
The man’s mental health situation sent Esme’s cat to heaven,
His house is now up for sale for an unrealistic price,
Seems the owner thought he decorated it very nice,
We chatted about it and all thought the same,
He’d only been there five years and the colours were insane,
All in all we live our lives,
Some bury bodies others tend hives,
I don’t think much will change in our Community,
We appreciate now and hope we get our place in posterity,
We deserve a plaque or perhaps a few,
For being here and also sharing time with you.
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It took a biological threat to slow us down,
To makes us unhappy and to frown,
For suddenly hugs and kisses were banned,
And for viruses we were all scanned,
It hit loved ones hard when visits they could not make,
And no one could go to Uncle Ben’s wake,
The Politicians guffawed and said it would last a week,
Until Boris ended up in a heap,
A hospital stay and some time on a ventilator,
Gave him and Carrie some ideas,( of that a bit later)
Meanwhile we worried about what was going to happen,
It wasn’t that we had any hatches to batten,
All we had was advice and information was bitty,
Then we saw on telly Professor Chris Whitty,
He seemed to know a thing or two there wasn’t much he didn’t know,
That mad professor look was not for show
The vaccines were nearly ready ,
And everyone should keep their arms steady,
They needed volunteers to arm the stations,
There’d be plenty of oranges for practicing sessions,
Cooks cleaners anyone would do,
It’s like the War we need you!
So like lambs to the slaughter we made a leap,
It might bankrupt the Country but life wasn’t cheap,
And there the sad story ends I’m afraid,
From fear and isolation a plot was made,
Government Contracts galore were awarded,
To be honest it really got very sordid,
It didn’t matter if the PPE leaked,
Who would notice if the ventilator squeaked,
Boris and Carrie saw a golden egg,
They could retire to Greece with and not have to beg,
A contract here and a contract there,
Let’s face it we were screwed and were told ” Buyer Beware!”
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My first quarter of an hour,
I am but a flower,
Very soon ,
I begin to bloom,
Each petal begins to unfold,
And I don’t seem quite so old,
My legs swing out of bed,
And am grateful I am not dead,
I swish my teeth with Dental Clean,
They’ll never be white and my smile is mean,
But what does it matter,
When I hear the little paws patter,
My dog has now woke up too,
And is begging for his chew,
So begins another day,
” Life’s not bad ” I loudly say,
Then straight away I’m on my way
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We are all unique and we should all be celebrated , not for what we do but for who we are.
To not do so can lead to disquiet and lack of cohesion.
The grey pebbles are just as beautiful and necessary as the shiny coloured polished glass. They are all different shapes, sizes and textures.
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It will have to be a Ship, a really big one, but traditional. Like the one in the picture.
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Growing up was far away and I had other priorities.
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Who exactly are most people? And what level of understanding do we require?
To me it all comes down to Education and how we present and implement Education. If we choose to continue to treat Education as a money making enterprise or indeed allow those rich enough to pay for “cramming” or Intensive Courses” to achieve grades to move onto the next exclusive establishment.
Unfortunately , that will bolster a vicious cycle where we leave behind” most people” and are left with a skewed elite who have an education deemed appropriate by an elite.
The joke is on them, as most people probably have a curiosity that means they will choose not to be left out, and will find other ways of learning.
To know and understand your own curiosity and be willing to follow it’s path is something that Elitism does not encourage and is dare I say it beaten out of us. Not anymore , there are many paths to follow and many interests to pursue and a lot of progress comes from “most people” following their curiosity to solve modern day problems.
It’s just that at the time, curiosity may seem a waste of time and we may not even understand ourselves.
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Technology; or whatever we call developments and improvements(hopefully) to our way of living, including working has been part of our existence since we ignited a spark to make fire and warm ourselves and cook, or in the case of the Phoenicians simplify the alphabet to make communication easier between themselves and those they traded with.
Rather than worry or complain, we can take what is useful from these developments and benefit (hopefully).
Personally, I could never have predicted the changes, but I adapted to them and now can see some were good and some were bad. I would say communication and data gathering improved, but on the downside people didn’t really know what to do with the mass of data they were gathering.
The biggest downfall was interpretation of data, particularly financial data, big numbers had to be right and if they weren’t the results were disastrous. Bankruptcies, Redundancies and possibly Fraud Allegations to Companies ,many of which were long standing.
In many ways Technology and it’s impact is like the worse Jobs worth employee you could have, inflexible and by the book , when what you need is a little bit of creativity. AI brings it to the next level, but at the end of the day it could be the worse Jobs Worth you could imagine.
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