Mill Field Poems

You have to get up;
I don't want to get up.
Why don't you want to get up?
I'm very comfortable where I am, thank you.
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Blacker than a starless night,
Black is the world;

Blacker than ocean depths,
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Invisible assailant, friend and foe,
Has much to teach us;
His message courses bone and sinew,
Sears the flesh,
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Where is God?
I left Him here upon the stair
But cannot find Him anywhere.
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The world is like an old cat;
Battered, tattered, ears torn;
Still, a cat for all that;
Which can be loved,
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Thought suspended,
Vision blurred,
Mind unfocussed,
Dreamlike,
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The portals of the day
Are gently closed by Sleep;
Irrevocable
Is the resounding slam of
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Engendered by hypocrisy, double-dealing,
Corruption and power-mongering,
Turbulences of hatred, mistrust and economic storms of disaster
Strike our global environment like wayward meteors,
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Robin and Mynah
In harmony perched upon a wall;
Seeking shade, seeking food,
Seeking shelter from metallic sun
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Below the once proud forests of prolific sal and teak
The land is having its heart torn out
By desecrating multi-nationals and local profiteers.
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