We dodged the nuclear bullet
only to devise a slow extinction by climate
then got bored when that took too long
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Bartholomew Barker, Poet 
Nailed it! Oops I shot a blank. Sorry!
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Ha! Better shoot a blank than to be like Alec Baldwin.
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Ha, yeah! I mean, when you put it like that what else is there to say?
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I guess all we can do now is say “Bring it on”.
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People get bored too easily nowadays. I guess that’s why they’re so many with nothing better to do than stir s#*t up.
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Maybe. There’s an old Roger Waters album titled “Amused to Death” which is quite prescient. Highly recommended.
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I’m have to look him up on YouTube.
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Definitely. He was the main guy in Pink Floyd during their heyday in the 1970’s.
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When I watched a couple of videos on YouTube, I thought there was something familiar about him.
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I wonder we even truly know what we want.
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We don’t.
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Bartholomew – you are a feckin’ marvel.
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You flatter me, Bernie. Thank you.
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Oh no I don’t! I don’t flatter anyone – and dislike flatterers.
When I think something is good, I say so – if I think something is exceptional, I say so.
Folk often thank me for my ‘kind words’ and I point out that I’m not being kind – I’m saying what I believe to be so. For me, being kind is when I resist the temptation to say what I think as it could be hurtful and to no purpose.
So, no Bart – not flattering – my response to that Fraiku was to show it to Mike and say ‘Bart’s done it again – few words – much meaning’. That’s exactly it- we just about dodged nuclear war in the 60’s – forged ahead with wrecking the climate – made a fuss about it – but now – people are losing interest, as they lose interest in everything – especially when the media choses to let it slip from the news.
One word…GGGGRRRRR
By the by – that’s another one going in m’blog – tomorrow.
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Thank you, B.
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If you look for death, you will find it. If you obsess over the apocalypse, you will get it. Why can’t humans just live their lives and be happy?
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I guess because enough humans are greedy and won’t leave the rest of us alone.
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Absolutely true, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
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Maybe I should keep out of this, as it’s not my discussion – but – to quote Maxi Jazz – ‘In-action is a weapon of mass destruction’.
If you can ‘just live your life and be happy’ – you are fortunate.
The following are the realities of life for many people…….
Eve of Destruction
Barry McGuire
“The eastern world, it is explodin’,
Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’,
You’re old enough to kill but not for votin’,
You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’,
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin’,
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction.
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Don’t you understand, what I’m trying to say?
And can’t you feel the fears I’m feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there’s no running away,
There’ll be no one to save with the world in a grave,
Take a look around you, boy, it’s bound to scare you, boy,
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction.
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I’m sittin’ here, just contemplatin’,
I can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
Handful of Senators don’t pass legislation,
And marches alone can’t bring integration,
When human respect is disintegratin’,
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’,
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction.
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Think of all the hate there is in Red China!
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
But when your return, it’s the same old place,
The poundin’ of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
You can bury your dead, but don’t leave a trace,
Hate your next door neighbour, but don’t forget to say grace,
And you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,
You don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction.
No, no, you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction.”
Songwriters: P. F. Sloan
Eve of Destruction lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
I quoted that song in this piece…. https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/11/04/tectonic-plates-shifting-mebbe/
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Yes, I’m well aware of that song! I was a teen during that era. My point is that if you go looking for trouble, you will get it. It seems like humans always go looking for trouble instead of trying to live in peace and harmony and just enjoying happiness. Humans create their own unhappiness and suffering.
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Oo, what jarring contrast! Love (and am saddened) by the truth in this piece. <3
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That was my intention. Thank you, Layla.
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I posted your Fraiku as a ‘comment’ to this….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/01/29/dr-strangelove-onthisday/
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Thank you, Bernie. I noticed that post on The Orkney News too.
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oh too good Bart! Nicely done! ❣️
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Thank you, Cindy.
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