Taming Lions and Planet Saving (37)

Taming Lions and Planet Saving (37)

1

Goldie wants to save this planet

Is she mad? I think she is

Thankfully I’m not expected

To be bothered much with this

Planet saving is dramatic

Like say a wake-up call

To forget about the circus

Where the trick is to enthral

It’s a weird and crazy habit

To attempt to save a planet

But with Goldie so committed

I feel we ought to help her do it

2

I was once a lion tamer

It felt good to use a whip

Until the animal supporters

Wore me down with their lip

And so the circus owner

Gave the lion to a zoo

And closed my position

As he shed a tear or two

It’s a weird and crazy habit

To attempt to save a planet

But with Goldie so committed

I feel we ought to help her do it

3

Goldie is quite different

To the usual red brigade

By focussing on this planet

And not emphasising trade

As business creates income

And paid work for us to do

Employment is the master

If you leave out just a few

It’s a weird and crazy habit

To attempt to save a planet

But with Goldie so committed

I feel we ought to help her do it

4

Goldie really is a rebel

But I love her crazy ways

Even though planet saving

Seems impossible these days

As you will just get arrested

If you refuse to conform

And to try to save a planet

Is a long way from the norm

It’s a weird and crazy habit

To attempt to save a planet

But with Goldie so committed

I feel we ought to help her do it

5

If you want to save a planet

Then talk to Goldie please

She’s out saving a forest

From the enemy of trees

Or ordinary stupid people

With no time to save these

Of course I’m quoting Goldie

Or what she strongly believes!

It’s a weird and crazy habit

To attempt to save a planet

But with Goldie so committed

I feel we ought to help her do it

The End

© Frankie Espirit

Surprise Party (36)

Surprise Party

1

“Young lady that’s from Auckland

It’s a weird and wicked world

Why don’t we try to save it?

As I’m sure this is allowed”

“We just need to try in earnest

Kicking off with a good plan

To chastise the corporations

And bring out the best in man”

World saving isn’t easy

In an age that isn’t wise

But with a decent turn out

We will give them a surprise

2

“Young lady that’s from Auckland

It’s a truly splendid thing

To save a precious planet

From the mighty dollar king

“So when can we get started

Since I’m ready when you are

And this current liberal system

Has already gone too far”

World saving isn’t easy

In an age that isn’t wise

But with a decent turn out

We will give them a surprise

3

“Young lady that’s from Auckland

I’ve announced it on the net

So at least fifty thousand

Will turn out I expect

“Raise this to half a million

And the city will close down

It will be a precious moment

When we take over the town”

World saving isn’t easy

In an age that isn’t wise

But with a decent turn out

We will give them a surprise

4

“Young lady that’s from Auckland

We have chosen a great day

To disrupt the city centre

And finally have our say!

“Is there just a half a dozen?

Well forget about that bus

Our van will be sufficient

To carry the lot of us”

World saving is not easy

In an age that isn’t wise

But if more folk support us

We may yet spring a surprise

The End

© Frankie Espirit

Dragon Taming (35)

Dragon Taming

1

Competition is corruption

Like any volcanic eruption

Full of larva, ash and flame

No matter how you play the game

Supported by the very wealthy

Since their souls are unhealthy

As you might expect with those

Watering greed like a prize rose

Some try to tame the dragon

Thinking they are in control

Not realising the damage

They are doing to their soul

2

Cooperation is so healthy

It’s denied by the wealthy

Since monsters uninvited

Hate to see people united

Together each achieves more

So was said a decade before

Yet despite this solid saying

Our oppression isn’t changing

Some try to tame the dragon

Thinking they are in control

Not realising the damage

They are doing to their soul

3

As this is a monster dragon

With money its major passion

Good sermons will be wasted

Since evil can’t be sedated

With power on their side

Stretching very far and wide

Most dragons by their nature

Demand a friendly legislature

Some try to tame the dragon

Thinking they are in control

Not realising the damage

They are doing to their soul

The End

© Frankie Espirit

Social Policy Today (34)

Social Policy Today

1

Young lady that’s from Auckland

I would like to buy a bus

That is already converted

And will house the two of us

With rentals so expensive

And the streets a cruel place

A mobile home would save us

From judgement and disgrace

When the Church provides a stable

Or a barn where we can stay

We will know that religion

Is still relevant today

2

I just need ten thousand dollars

Twenty thousand, better still

Bump that up to over thirty

For a bus that fits the bill

If I could raise forty thousand

You would surely live with me

For instead of being homeless

New age gypsies we would be

When the Church provides a stable

Or a barn where we can stay

We will know that religion

Is still relevant today

3

Young lady that’s from Auckland

I could always rob a bank

Of course I’m only joking

As I’m really not a crank

The Church isn’t caring

Since it is so middle class

How good to be respectable

When homeless people pass

When the Church provides a stable

Or a barn where we can stay

We will know that religion

Is still relevant today

4

It is rare to find compassion

For the homeless left behind

By the lack of decent housing

And with work so hard to find

In this modern human jungle

Since the snake is in control

Competition has now eaten

Deep into the human soul

When the Church provides a stable

Or a barn where we can stay

We will know that religion

Is still relevant today

The End

© Frankie Spiritu

The Poverty of Work Today (33)

The Poverty of Work Today

1

With corporates as a starting place

Since they control the human race

Their lust for power is a disgrace

But monsters can’t behave

I do my best but what the heck

They treat me like a walking deck

On some abandoned ocean wreck

Some rest is what I crave

I work too long, I work too hard

I’m getting tired of this

I wish I didn’t have to serve

Some wealthy capitalist!

We need to make them think again

Perhaps through demonstration

That justice and community

Have a role in our nation

2

The business world is off its head

I need to spend more time in bed

Sleeping or making love instead

Or surfing on a wave

The capitalist has only greed

To give away to those in need

Since evil occupies their creed

Some rest is what I crave

I work too long, I work too hard

I’m getting tired of this

I wish I didn’t have to serve

Some wealthy capitalist!

We need to make them think again

Perhaps through demonstration

That justice and community

Have a role in our nation

3

They have a stack of cash to hide

Their greed cannot be satisfied

For fun they take you for a ride

And work you like a slave!

Rising inequality is clearly wrong

The union days have now gone

And so the poor do not belong

Some rest is what I crave

I work too long, I work too hard

I’m getting tired of this

I wish I didn’t have to serve

Some wealthy capitalist!

We need to make them think again

Perhaps through demonstration

That justice and community

Have a role in our nation

The End

© Frankie Spiritu

Digging up Jane Austen (32)

Digging up Jane Austen

1

To begin with human thinking

Is to stare down a dark drain

In the shadow of corruption

In some previous domain

Beginning with a flower

That blossoms on a tree

Smelling much like power

That is far from being free

I’m digging up Jane Austen

Hoping she will lead the way

With the ethics in her novels

We need desperately today

2

Since the day of our corruption

That took place centuries ago

Our gift for rational thinking

Equals that of a scare crow

Forget about our theories

Sailing with so much pride

And consider for a moment

What an iceberg may divide

I’m digging up Jane Austen

Hoping she will lead the way

With the ethics in her novels

We need desperately today

3

There is always tradition

And religion that is sound

Having been around for ages

And to peace and love is bound

Compared to evolution

That is clearly all around

By keeping thinking simple

We remain on safer ground

I’m digging up Jane Austen

Hoping she will lead the way

With the ethics in her novels

We need desperately today

4

So what about our values

And our ethics from the past

I suggest we ask Jane Austen

If we can wake her at last

She really is the expert

And the leader in this field

Divorced from liberal thinking

That has nothing good to yield

I’m digging up Jane Austen

Hoping she will lead the way

With the ethics in her novels

We need desperately today

The End

© Frankie Spiritu

Project Red (31)

Project Red

1

The jury surprised me: the opposite of grand

Considering their power as I took the stand

On being found guilty I knew it was time

To be punished for my imaginary crime

Evil was mentioned about Project Red

And some manifesto concealed in my bed

Suggesting delinquents in town so he said

Were victims of flyers I supposedly spread?

This counsel continued my politics were bad

And were illegally imported from Leningrad

Possibly when Stalin was still in command

And keen to corrupt the young in our land

Saving the world

Might well be a breeze

If there were more people

Protecting the trees

Our rivers are withering

So too are our bees

This isn’t a mystery

Greed is the disease

2

We ambushed a road with obstacles too

This had to be good and delighted a few

But sadly our judge could never agree

About anything affable said about me

Our bubble bath was fabulous fun

Paving the way for our water gun

Creating chaos is really not bad

Given our Age is certainly mad

In support of our cause we hid in our house

A delightful surprise in the form of a mouse

Or else in the town we might unleash a rat

We certainly enjoyed ourselves with that!

Saving the world

Might well be a breeze

If there were more people

Protecting the trees

Our rivers are withering

So too are our bees

This isn’t a mystery

Greed is the disease

3

The world today has lost the plot

With greed the one value to be got

Just open your eyes; a battle remains

Since society loves to keep us in chains

Many believe capitalism is a crime

For ravaging nature once sublime

To enable the rich to get richer still

Leaving posterity to pick up the bill

Since our law makers are dim-witted

Saving the planet is not permitted

Within a system that has broken

And a populace far from woken

Saving the world

Might well be a breeze

If there were more people

Protecting the trees

Our rivers are withering

So too are our bees

This isn’t a mystery

Greed is the disease

The End

© Frankie Spiritu

A Monster Called Horex (30)

A Monster Called Horex

1

When I first bumped into Horex I was quite surprised to see

That he was in fact a monster; not the usual kind for me

I could recognise his accent from a teacher I once had

But his shining suit of armour was unusual just a tad

Still he had a lovely smile, why not give the guy a chance

To dump his suit of armour and to see if he could dance

At first he was reluctant since he loved his monster suit

But eventually he weakened, and his armour got the boot

Horex is a German who adored his armour plate

Like he was a gothic knight with an appetite for hate

But now he’s dancing with me, it’s a breeze to be kind

After having left his armour and the battle scene behind

2

In the chess game we were playing; I made a brave move

I soon had Horex dancing where he got into the groove

Naturally I did not tell him how I found him to be cute

Or that I had sent his armour to a house of ill-repute

With his armour suit behind him Horex made progress fast

Even though his reputation had already been typecast

Some people asked why bother as I am a pretty girl?

But I did so like to polish my new monster of a pearl

Horex is a German who adored his armour plate

Like he was a gothic knight with an appetite for hate

But now he’s dancing with me, it’s a breeze to be kind

After having left his armour and the battle scene behind

3

The world is full of monsters that most people wouldn’t see

Since instead of using armour they dress like you and me

They trick you with their smiles like a lottery envelope

With its one remaining virtue just a pocketful of hope

I am not a monster saver; I would never make this claim

But I knew Horex was better than his former monster name

He just needed dancing lessons with a damsel such as me

To discover how much better real gentleness would be

Horex is a German who adored his armour plate

Like he was a gothic knight with an appetite for hate

But now he’s dancing with me, it’s a breeze to be kind

After having left his armour and the battle scene behind

The End

© Frankie Spiritu