3/30 of the NaPoWriMo Challenge. Ok, it's going to get tough now because of the Day Job! They do insist in me working 8.30 to 5 in exchnage for my salary. So apologies if I end up posting towards the end of the day. I don't know if I should try and stock pile ideas if I get them or be prepared to raid my notebooks. Is this against the spirit of the challenge? I'd like to think that I can write something each day freshly minted and captured but we'll see. Here is today's poem.
Mark
I woke up this morning
My radio shares news
in many hues
of one colour:
“Wage war to stop war”.
“Kill to halt the killing”.
“Bomb to prevent bombing”.
“Casualties are the price of freedom”.
I lose count
of the casualties reported
in the time it takes
to make toast.
A myriad faces and voices
defend choices
saying “fight fire with fire”
A philosophy
no sensible fire-fighting service
has ever adopted.
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