Before

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It wasn’t really that long ago, that vaguely remembered time that we call “before.” Before the pandemic, before Brexit; before – when we still had a queen. Where has that time gone? How have we arrived to this place we refer to a now, when the Pound is at an all time low, and politicians are rewarding millionaires for the accomplishment with tax cuts that are equivalent to the annual wages of two nurses. Don’t forget this is all in the name of “growth.” If this is growth, I would rather descend back to my “smaller” self, the one I was before.

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Padre

https://fivedotoh.com/2022/09/29/fowc-with-fandango-before/

A Time to Pretend

When cavemen rode dinos

And cars fit in a briefcase

Be it the streets of Bedrock

Or someplace in space

Childhood was simpler

Our imagination could run free

Without our dreams – being seen as reality

Let kids be kids

Don’t sexualise

Let them pretend

Give them time to realise

They will go soon enough

All on their own

They don’t need us

To tell them they’re all grown

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Padre

When the World Moves

immigrated?

infiltrated?

amalgamated?

assimilated?

segregated?

integrated?

contributions appreciated?

society disintegrated?

on which side do you dwell?

or will only time tell?

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Padre

Impaired Not Defeated

It might be an impairment you have had since your birth

But it’s not the sole factor in determining your contributions or worth

It can be that childhood injury after which things were never the same

Or arrive with the menopause bringing fog to the brain

It can stem from that fall while out walking the dog

Or damage to your lungs from breathing city smog

It might manifest in a blink of an eye

Or through wear and tear as the years creep by

But it is not the impairment that you does disable

But unadjusted conditions around you and the attitude of people that label

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Defined and Declined

Sorted – categorised

By others defined

Our character and usefulness

So often maligned

Our potential and contributions

Callously overlooked – ignored

Because of a checklist

Or decision of an arbitrary board

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Sensibly Done

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Calmly

Collectively

Sensibly done

Not a knee-jerk response

Or rushed into for fun

Not reactionary nor “progressive”

Just so actions you can take

Wait until all has been considered

To see what difference it will make

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Padre

In An Alternative Dimension

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The Johnny Depp case drags on. Has anyone else noticed that Amber has answered so many questions other than the ones actually asked, that even the court officers refer to her as “Misheard?”

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It is the way it is

It can be no other way

It is the thing I remember

So nobody else can contrary say

The world is as I perceive it

The rest of you are wrong

So just surrender and do my way

And I’m sure we’ll get along

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Padre

Investigation

Under scrutiny

In the spotlight

Questions leading and oft inane

Prompting speculations

Theories quite insane

Fingers pointing

Seeking someone to blame

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Padre

https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2022/05/14/weekend-writing-prompt-259-spotlight/

Forgotten

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Left behind

Out of mind

Set aside

And forgotten

Once important

No longer dear

Yesterday’s realm

As if rotten

Why do we act this way

Abandoning things of our past?

Is it because of culture throw away

Where nothing is meant to last?

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Give Us A King

Guided and protected by the power unseen

They still insisted on being given a king

To be like all others

Not set apart

Living by image and not by heart

Are we much different than those of old

Sadly I think not, if truth be told

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Padre

I Samuel 8