DAYS OF WHINE AND POSES
Hardly a day goes by in this snowflake age
Without a media rant and rage
And repeated warnings of this and that
While the media moguls are growing fat
On what they feed the gullible masses
With what they presume successfully passes
For fact to trouble the susceptible mind
That wakes each morning expecting to find
The result from posters I can clearly recall
That prophesied to one and all
Repent...repent...oh heedless friend
The world is coming to an end.
Maybe so - but maybe not yet;
Who would ever chance to bet
On what is heard from a modern Moses
In these Days of Whine and Poses?
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M.C. Newberry
Fri 17th Jan 2020 16:31
Po - I had a look at the link you kindly provided - MOST interesting.
Certainly it gives food for thought on a subject to be borne in mind (oops) about ourselves.. It reinforces, for example, my view of the effects of music on the brain and reminds me also of the theme of
a book (later made into a film) "The Manchurian Candidate". The
degrees - and the assessments - of intelligence are certainly a matter for study - especially origin and effect. There is the reported
story of Einstein attending a concert given by a famous violinist and
going backstage afterwards to congratulate the soloist and tell him
"Now I know God exists". The brain is the greatest wonder of
humanity's existence and we know so little about it and its potential.
As for my poem - feel free to use it...as long as you attribute origin
but not blame ho-ho !. .?
Brian - thanks as always for taking the trouble to comment on my material.