It would appear to me that there are pressing issues that we should all become involved with.
A small number of people are setting a tone, guiding us down a path of growth and profit. This is devastating the planet.
Politics is not pointless. We are not impotent. We can make a difference.
This poem was written in response to the shallowness I saw around me – the distraction that prevented people from engaging with anything that had depth and meaning.
TV and fun can be worthwhile and expanding; they can also create airheads.
DISTRACTION
A fuck A film
A smoke a joke
A smash some hash
A pill a thrill
Is all it takes to distract you
To stop you from having to think
And life goes by
Outside your window
As you pour another drink
A grab A deal
A leer A feel
A Crash A Bash
A Breath A Death
Is all it takes to fill your mind
Like a tennis ball in a vacuum flask
Bouncing in your head
Disturbing nothing
So you don’t have to ask.
15.7.96 Opher