baah - the black sheep who sleep so sound
but bleat loud against the guardian hound
dreaming of care-free hugs of love
feather pillows of synthetic dove
sheltered by the hawks they curse
from easy chairs platitudes disperse
in the lap of freedom, keeping warm
while men-at-arms, keep rest from harm
harmful is the hornet's nest
ever-a-buzz with foul unrest
tolerance for an intolerant creed
such hypocrisy left to breed
invasive these weeds choke the land
taking every liberty with a free hand
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In his Notes on Nationalism,George Orwell wrote that pacifists ignore the fact that
''Those who 'abjure' violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.''
and he discerns:
''I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means.''
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𝓟oems 𝓟rismatic
Poetry''sketches that shape-shift the angle and the curve'' (line from the poem 'Contrast) Recent/new poems tend to be at the beginning of the book.
