#914 - big gammon - livin' the lie

 

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big gammon

livin’ the lie

 

there is a crime at the heart of pretending

 

open the prison gates

wish police away

 

first up, let’s say – nothing not stolen   

 

but justice is an art of theft

Plato’s Homer says

 

someone is pointing the bone at me

can you see how one leads to another?

 

we’re living the victim Gallipoli lie

of stiff upper lip

and Eureka

 

pretending a heaven a hell

that we all know the story

 

here’s Captain Jesus Cook

to lead us

and other statues too

 

no one inside did anything wrong

this among the well known facts

 

tell the truth away

no one’s listening

 

let’s pretend we know time

 

open the prison gates

wish police away

 

pretend a few words to life here there

everything was good before hospital, book

 

and here’s the victim ‘I’

imagine all of the damage undone

 

garble it out

tread eggshells

pretend away violence

put place back together

 

let’s pretend the dispossessed

are universally wise

 

a grovel makes everything good

 

smooth the dying pillow

is how we happen here  

 

make my cenotaph

oi oi oi

 

naked ambitions

call news