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POLLY TICKS
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MICROFICTION
‘I’m so sorry,’ said the girl as the
mermaids gathered, ‘but this is my
Daddy’s canning ship.’
X-FILES
Most governments have them – reports of strange events ‘rational’
people would rather forget, dismissed as hallucination, fakery, etc.
Science ignores such events, certainly. But whether they are due to
‘real’ phenomena or not, there is something vital that government and
science forget. There is a need in so many of us for such mysteries.
They are part of our historical and psychological make-up. For the
establishment to ignore them is to discount a large part of what it is
to be human. Maybe they should move on a letter – to the ‘Y’ Files.
BLUE
Blue is such a negative colour. It can
be for sad, pornography, being cold.
Would make me see red if I wasn’t so
yellow. Oh dear, most colours appear
negative. We’re quite green about
this. If only there was a happy colour
I’d be in the pink.
Eye On the World
Essays on everything from science
to religion, politics to crime
EDUC NEWS: Over 700 groups
like idea of starting ‘free schools’ in
England, many made up of teachers. Is
this the new way for education?
BRIT NEWS: Cameron makes it clear the middleclass
will have to bear brunt of deficit cuts. Affluence swelled
their numbers, so quite right.
BRIT NEWS: 20% VAT, 2 yr public sector pay freeze, purge on
benefits – welcome to the austerity budget. Harsh but sensible.
BRIT NEWS: Deaths of Brit soldiers in Afghanistan reaches 300. A high
price to fight terrorism; a disgusting price for state building.
HEALTH NEWS: Health watchdog warns processed foods kill 1000s.
If so, don’t we have corporate manslaughter laws in the UK?
BRIT NEWS: Health Sec calls for NHS management costs to
be halved. All Britain awash with too much management.
Product of smug affluence.
WORLD NEWS: General who devised Afghan policy
sacked by Obama for his comments. Let’s
not let worries about image impede
getting job done.
FUTURE ZONE
What’s ahead … and Beyond!!!
One Single Impression
Sunday Scribblings – Friday Flash 55
Three Word Wednesday – Writer’s Island
ASTRO-ROADS
Galactic trade routes travel far,
Connecting planet, asteroid, star,
Juggernauts finally become the gods,
Powered by nuclear cooling rods,
Commerce doing what it’s always done,
Bringing us together after the gun
FLASH 55 – THE SOLUTION
Sci Fi: It was in the First Phase that it happened. Monsters reigned and
the Earthers were facing extinction. But the scientists came up with
the answer – or so they thought. They created the species specifically
for their violence, and soon the monsters were gone. But sadly, so,
too, were they. The Humans had an insatiable appetite.
IMAGINE
Large hadrons collide around the rods,
Forever in search of the meaning of gods;
What is this particle that created it all?
Mysterious enough to keep us enthralled;
Maybe it’s our capacity to think it out,
Imagination makes science, there can’t be doubt
FUTURES
Sci Fi: Danvers worked his way up the secretive Time Corporation quite
quickly. It was a career full of hassle, but he was determined to inject
his own ideas into the process. His family thought it a strange move as
he dreamt of wealth, yet his research position provided little. But even
they didn’t know that his work, alone, at night, had a hidden agenda.
He’d go back to the early 21st century, check the stock exchange,
then go back a week earlier and play the future’s market. Transferring
the amount to gold, he’d then return to his present time and deposit it,
his wealth increasing in kind. Yet it was inevitable he’d get greedy. Of
course, the markets blamed sub prime mortgages. After all, how could
they explain how so much credit seemed to disappear overnight? As for
Danvers, his greed got to him in another way. The initial idea for time
travel had just begun to form. Unfortunately, the economic climate
made it impossible for any company to take the project on, and the
idea was lost – leaving Danvers to never be born.
LIFE SWAP
Had enough of this life so cold,
How could I have been so bold,
To think that I could thrive in here,
A planet with little atmosphere,
Boring, boring – nothing to see,
Life swap in virtual reality
BRIT NEWS: Is UK on ‘road to ruin’
as Chancellor says? Wouldn’t say that,
but it’s certainly on road to economic change.
BRIT NEWS: Thinktank warns poor will suffer from ‘tough
but fair’ Budget. Of course they will. If rich taxed 100% it wouldn’t
be enough.
BRIT NEWS: Pension age to rise quicker than planned. This govt seems
to be hitting us with the nasty stuff early while we’re still reeling.
BRIT NEWS: Govt to ask public sector workers how to find savings.
Does anyone really believe this is more than publicity stunt?
BRIT NEWS: Poll shows Lib Dems ready to leave party in
protest at budget cuts. How long can this coalition
really stay in power?
BRIT NEWS: Researchers warn cutting welfare could
kill. Family used to support the needy but
that’s been degraded. We ARE a
welfare society.
© Anthony North, June 2010
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