With the right wing striding arrogantly centre stage with simplistic answers to complex problems. With fascists masquerading as voices of the people. With the environment being hammered and creatures dying by the million, habitats destroyed and species becoming extinct every minute. With people sleeping in the street, sewage running through the streets, while others contemplate another yacht. With wars raging, religious fanaticism and guns ruling the streets. With blood in the mosques, synagogues and churches. With blood in the concert halls, cafes and schools. With right-wing extremism, religious extremism and left-wing extremism. With greed and selfishness ruling the world with the mantra of expansion.
Perhaps everything is broken!
Better set about repairing it!!!
Everything Is Broken – Bob Dylan
Broken lines, broken strings
Broken threads, broken springs
Broken idols, broken heads
People sleeping in broken beds
Ain’t no use jiving
Ain’t no use joking
Everything is broken
Broken bottles, broken plates
Broken switches, broken gates
Broken dishes, broken parts
Streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken
Seem like every time you stop and turn around
Something else just hit the ground
Broken cutters, broken saws
Broken buckles, broken laws
Broken bodies, broken bones
Broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath, feel like you’re chokin’
Everything is broken
Every time you leave and go off someplace
Things fall to pieces in my face
Broken hands on broken ploughs
Broken treaties, broken vows
Broken pipes, broken tools
People bending broken rules
Hound dog howling, bullfrog croaking
Everything is broken
