When death does stalk the barren land,
The stench of rotting carcases rises
Through the pale watery light
Of the dying sun
All around is the decay of a dying civilisation.
Hypocrisy rules as leaders wallow
In their own self importance
Waffle rules where once reason reigned
Oh Locke where have you gone?
Has that beacon of light been snuffed out?
Are we forever destined to learn nothing?
Hobbes is gone, forgotten, his legacy spent
We are left in the land of the blind
Where the one eyed man is king
Sadly floundering in the mire of his own making
His lifeblood slowly ebbing away.
Like a stag caught in the cars headlights
He stood bewildered frozen to the spot
While the inevitable came hurtling towards him.
He now lies fatally wounded
While the carrion crow circle around
Waiting, wondering when to strike
While the populace wait; watching the ship of state
Drift aimlessly along.
Barry Mellish
July 2009
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