Parasites

The sun
contemplates
each dawning day
gazing warmly
in the afternoon
focusing wearily
as evenings fade.

Every awakening
evolves
temperamentally
at times
glowing, fading
ageing
obstinately orbiting.

Lethal rays
shine through gaps
in the ozone layer
polluted by Co2
belching
from smoke stacks
stoked by coal.

Predatory
as piranhas
greedy miners
devoid of principles
rape
the environment
gouging out coal.

Qualified crackpots
employed as deniers
contradict, vilify
and distort
the indisputable
evidence
of global warming.

Supported
by populist shock jocks
and tabloid trash
malleable politicians
are corrupted
by donations
and bribes.

When ice caps melt
the seas rise
to inundate the land
oceans warm
the climate changes
our legacy
to the next generation.

Onward Christian Soldiers

Devout worshippers
ecstatic. prim and grim
arrive for services
to sing hymns
and pray.

Humble as undertakers
evangelists
spread the word
lucratively
and histrionically.

They claim
as holy
a fanciful
and contradictory book
as the word of God.

Paranoid patriots
leaders of the free world
invade Vietnam, Iraq
and Afghanistan
before withdrawing.

Extempore

The occupying wind
Was disappointed
By a tree without roots
Disdainful of the turbulence
Where musicians used to play
Ukuleles and banjos
To the tune of
God Save America.

Disembodied sounds
Rumble and grumble
Deep inside
The human mind.

On a cliff
Where dewdrops sparkled
On yesterday’s lawn
Memorials of tomorrow
Will never change
While love remains the same.

Genetically inclined
Crimes
By offspring
Shoot
But fail to sprout.

As crowds
Applaud anonymously
Nodding complacently
Innocent children play
Timorously decoding
The beginning of another day.