RIP, Mr Bond

 

Another National Lockdown

 So the Tory Government has finally decided on another National (English) lockdown.  

Half measures

Ill thought-out

For far too short a time

Just as expected

And Johnson is still peddling the lie of a 'choice between Lives and Livelihoods', even though that is transparent nonsense.

And this Government have been slow and innefectural on both. 

Travel Broadens the Mind

 

Trick/Treat

 

Gammon on the Menu

 

Plums

 

A Lot of Pasta

 

Biscuity Base

 Lockdown cake - excessively rich.  Only small slices at a time.

Around Downe

 So we went for a short walk around Downe, famously the location of Darwin's home, Downe House, which we circumnavigated.  And the local pub where Nigel Farridge drinks.  Which we avoided, and not because of Covid!

Telescope, by Louis Glück

 

TELESCOPE

by Louise Glück

There is a moment after you move your eye away
when you forget where you are
because you’ve been living, it seems,
somewhere else, in the silence of the night sky.

You’ve stopped being here in the world.
You’re in a different place,
a place where human life has no meaning.

You’re not a creature in a body.
You exist as the stars exist,
participating in their stillness, their immensity.

Then you’re in the world again.
At night, on a cold hill,
taking the telescope apart.

You realize afterward
not that the image is false
but the relation is false.

You see again how far away
each thing is from every other thing.

Gangrenous Power Hub

 

Mars is Bright Tonight

 It's in Opposition today.

Sadly, I can't see it being bright.  Because cloud.

UPDATE: The clouds cleared, and I could see the red eye shining balefully...

Fatima, Again

 

Fatima

 Fatima

Fatima’s working in cyber

she’s learned how to snoop and to hack

she’s talented, driven, and passionate

her revenge a cold feast, not a snack

Rishi’s bank account there on a spreadsheet

a few clicks of the keys, and… goodbye

Hancock’s now being sought on charges of fraud

Gove for intent to supply

Cummings just never existed

his records amended, deleted

Johnson pursued for child maintenance payments

left penniless, bankrupt, defeated

Rees-Mogg’s found his place in a workhouse

learning to do what he’s told

and a freighter crawls to St Helena

with Priti Patel in the hold

Yes, Fatima’s working in cyber

she’s smart, and she seizes her chances

at the end of the day, puts her laptop away

picks her shoes up

and smiles as she dances.

© Steve Pottinger. 12 October 2020

Ominous Nunset Yesterday Evening

So, Mars is approaching opposition (it will actually happen on Tuesday), and is already bright in the evening sky.  And I'm rereading The War of The Worlds. Which made these dark clouds last night seem particularly ominous. 

 

Croissants!

 

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