Poetry – Crisis

Crisis

Crisis!

We’re in a crisis!

Rising prices,

Rising seas,

Falling trees!

Crisis!

We’re in a crisis!

                Spinning dices,

                                Spinning truth,

                                                Denying proof!

Crisis!

We’re in a crisis!

Opher – 27.9.2019

Has the world ever been in as big a crisis as this? We have the rise of right-wing politics spawning white supremacists and Neo-Nazis. We have populist leaders spreading fake news and undermining all our experts. We have a climate catastrophe and mass extinction.

I hope it sorts itself out soon.

Life has become unnecessarily confusing.

I must admit that there are times when I am not the most organised of people. But right now I am confused. My telephone has stopped working and my Sky+ has stopped working. They may well be interconnected. I am not sure who to contact.

At one time I got my electricity from the electricity people.

My gas from the gas people.

My house insurance from the house insurer.

My water from the water board.

My internet from the internet people.

TV from Sky. (I know, I know – I’m embarrassed).

Now you shop around and get them from elsewhere through Go Compare sites.

I now get my electricity from some place abroad that sells gas, likewise my gas from the water board and water from the electricity. I can’t even remember who my car and house insurance are with! I’m not sure what will happen if I get a breakdown.

My internet comes from BT – I think – but it could be Sky – I think I changed!

I change so often I can’t keep up. I always think I should keep a central record of who I’m with and when it runs out but I never do!