Warty pome

The news they call it
Play by play
An exciting game
An inciting diversion
A holiday
From keeping up
The illusion
Of political will

No holiday however
From homelessness
From poverty
The beat goes on
Sports and war
Sports and war

Sometimes about
Patriots willing to kill
Blaming those
Cowards eager to die

Sometimes about
Martyrs willing to die
Blaming those
Monsters eager to kill

How can there be
One without the other
Are there really
People willing to kill
People willing to die

Could either group
Exist without those
Who make bombs
And swollen paychecks
And why
Why would anyone will
To kill or to die

Old news

BI

I am here for a limited time it seems. Power has been out since mid-afternoon, day before yesterday. I could see from my backyard that a tree had fallen across the powerline. I called NBPower. I guess they must be too busy in Fredericton to bother with us folks around Bathurst. Well got to go. My battern is wearing out. That is a battery that was recharged on a battery. Besides I guess I should go and clean out the food rotting in my frig. Freezer needs checking … How I dread opening that freezer door!

Seems NBPower has a planned hike …
Maybe to pay for the tenders … Do you suppose?

Hmmm … What if United we stood? What if Grannies were like those smart Union folks?

Then again … Seems those folks who last cleaned under the power lines were contract employees … Came onto my property … Cut down my rose bushes and cherry trees and highbush cranberries … Never bothered with the big trees on the