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MICROFICTION
‘Hi Big A,’ said Ye Old York as he visited his
son. I don’t know, he thought, how
adolescents grow.
DANGER
There seems to be an unwritten law of the universe that the dangerous
is beautiful. From a fiery volcano to the stereotypical sultry brunette,
the law holds true. It is deep within our culture and psychology. But
why is this so? Is it that we love to court danger, and thus romanticize
it into its spectacular imagery? Or is it fundamental to our creativity? I
think it is. History outs the evidence – the most dangerous, most
violent nations in history were also the ones who gave us the most
beauty in the arts.
PALM
Palm trees are usually associated with
hot places. I live in Britain, where palm
trees are rare. Though we do have
lovely summers. It’s normally a
beautiful day.
Eye On the World
Essays on everything from science
to religion, politics to crime
BRIT NEWS: Ex-deputy Prime
Minister John Prescott tells Iraq
Inquiry that much of the intelligence
for war was tittle-tattle. Quite true. I suspect
most intelligence is tittle-tattle, and relies on intelligent
leaders to interpret it. And here lies the problem.
HEALTH NEWS: People won’t be forced to retire at 65 in UK. Soon
we’ll no doubt be expected to work to 70. Health evangelists
constantly bombard us with spoil sport advice. Many becoming media
hypochondriacs. Are we becoming slaves to our health?
BRIT NEWS: Survey shows one in 5 have sought counselling,
showing shift in attitudes towards therapy. Does it really?
Or does it show decline in family & friends, and their
ability to listen and help. Celebrity influence
excepted, of course.
RATTLER’S TALE
A Voyage of the Imagination
One Single Impression
Sunday Scribblings – Friday Flash 55
Three Word Wednesday – Writer’s Island
One Shot Wednesday
BEGINNING?
We need a beginning and then an end,
No, said the mystic, why do you offend?
The natural cycles go round and round,
Stopping and starting can only confound,
Get into the flow you western clown,
No end no beginning’s where peace is found
KISS, EVERYONE?
Fiction: They had argued. She’d run out. He’d followed. Caught her.
Spun her round. They gazed into each others eyes and kissed.
Immediately the CCTV cameras turned; people took out their mobile
phones. Pointed. Selection was quick. Thousands clicked on – went:
‘awww’. The media tycoons felt proud. Studio Earth was thriving …
Another scene … and another … and ….
SPELLBOUND
Their’s are there, they’re,
Can you see it, are you aware?
Don’t be astounded, I simply care,
Startling, even though I want to rebel,
Taboos and standards I want to fell,
But in the end it’s got to be sound,
We make no sense if not spell bound
HALF WAY
Just begun, long way to go,
Keep going, stamina I’ll show,
Half way, It’s got to be,
Do you get it, do you agree?
Nearly finished, feel divine,
That’s it! The last line
JOKEY TALK
I need some leverage in this argument,
Break their stance, make it spent,
Crack a joke – it always works,
Ridicule a remedy for so many quirks,
You see, the best debater is not necessarily right,
He just understands that words have might
WORLD NEWS: Another disaster
– this time floods in Pakistan. They
happen more often than wars, yet we can
spend trillions on men and equipment ready for
the battle, but hardly a penny on a dedicated world
organisation to react to disaster. What a disaster the human
race is at times.
HEALTH NEWS: FSA says meat from offspring of cloned cow has
entered UK food chain. Let’s not be diverted from real issue by saying
it’s bad for us. There’s unlikey to be danger in eating it. The danger is
in the depleting gene pool if it becomes the norm. Diversity is how
we and nature thrive.
WORLD NEWS: Many US billionaires to pledge half their money to
charity. Very nice of them. Though it reminds me of the mass
British philanthropy at the start of the Industrial Revolution.
Created loads of benevolent institutions to get the
poor accustomed to the big one – the factory.
© Anthony North, August 2010
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