It’s time once more to pen new thoughts
And paint the world with all its warts*
As exploding pagers hit the news
And debates across the States confuse...
There’s Portugal - engulfed by flames
Central Europe – where it rains
So floods endanger myriad homes;
What a cataclysm of unknowns!
We should tread carefully, pay more heed;
Man’s life is in his hands, we read
But as I search for seeds of hope,
I dangle from a much-frayed rope!
(c) Poet in the woods 2024
* What Oliver Cromwell purportedly said in the 17th century when sitting for his portrait : "Paint me, warts and all!"
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