Dragon Spotting (84)

1

People ask me about dragons

Are they really bold and brave?

Are they monsters in the making

That don’t know how to behave?

Do their mouths fill up with fire?

Do their teeth glow red and white?

Do they threaten to destroy you

In the middle of the night?

Peace and love are truly awesome

But they have had their day for sure

Now the people of most nations

Serve the true masters of war

Has justice abdicated?

This being the price we are prepared to pay

To prevent the dragon from knocking on our door

Since its common knowledge power controls the law

2

This describes dragons exactly

Please don’t ignore what I say

To become a dragon hunter

Is most ill-advised today

Since most end up in the grave yard

Contemplating what went wrong

When confronting a live dragon

That is mighty fierce and strong

Soldiers murdered Che Guevara

I believe it was a firing squad

On the orders of the dragon

Acting more like it was God

Confronted by such power

The others fled in awe

Realising the dragon

Commands the true masters of war

3

Gerald Bull took several bullets

And Gaddafi a sharpened knife

When you have the fire power

It’s all too easy to cheapen life

Justice flees from the battle

Seeking a good place to hide

And the vacuum thus created

Is where hate chooses to reside

Peace and love are truly awesome

But they have had their day for sure

Now the people of most nations

Serve the true masters of war

Has justice abdicated?

This being the price we are prepared to pay

To prevent the dragon from knocking on our door

Since its common knowledge power controls the law

4

So are dragons brutal killers?

Yes they really are my friend

Since they have the fire power

And the big money to spend

Developing brand new weapons

Even more deadly than the last

In the knowledge that true justice

Now belongs in the distance past

Soldiers murdered Che Guevara

I believe it was a firing squad

On the orders of the dragon

Acting more like it was God

Confronted by such power

The others fled in awe

Realising the dragon

Commands the true masters of war

Peace and love are truly awesome

But they have had their day for sure

Now the people of most nations

Serve the true masters of war

Has justice abdicated?

This being the price we are prepared to pay

To prevent the dragon from knocking on our door

Since its common knowledge power controls the law

The End                          

   © Frankie Espirit

In the Absence of Design (81)

In the Absence of Design (81)

1

Thanks to brutal competition

Central planning takes a hit

After which market forces

Screw us down bit by bit

According to the theory

How about we just retreat

Since the robots soon arriving

Are plain impossible to beat

2

In pursuit of full employment

Trash the planet and consume

And don’t think about the robots

Spreading lots of doom and gloom

It’s a sin to share possessions

Empathy is out of date

Employment truly matters

It’s the thing we must create

Chorus

When I read about the Luddites

They don’t seem so bad to me

With our planet being ruined

By our liberal democracy

Competition is a menace

Silicone a hangman’s rope

Yet when I look at the Amish

I see tradition, peace and hope

3

Never mind about the robots

It’s a competition thing

To prove that you are worthy

You must praise the money king

Competition is the method

By which you can be the best

Even though the robots coming

Might replace you with the rest

4

In pursuit of full employment

God’s creation takes a hit

And social justice suffers

When it tries to do its bit

Only competition matters

And with robots on the way

It is looking like our species

May well soon have had its day

Chorus

When I read about the Luddites

They don’t seem so bad to me

With our planet being ruined

By our liberal democracy

Competition is a menace

Silicone a hangman’s rope

Yet when I look at the Amish

I see tradition, peace and hope

The End

© Frankie Espirit

Boeing's Max 8 (The Coffin Maker) (83)

Boeing’s Max 8 (The Coffin Maker)

It’s quite frugal on the fuel

Boeing’s plane, the Max 8

Renamed the “coffin maker”

After crashing twice of late

With its complicated software

And its balance all awry

Time for it be dismantled

With a tear from either eye

Chorus

Can we disregard “persuasion”

Will an upgrade do the trick?

Some admit to cutting corners

And consequently feeling sick

When a plane is prone to stalling

And its sensors can’t be trusted

Then a better plane is needed

Than a turkey that is busted

We need a plane without software to fix a fault

Plus a patch for when the pilot feels distraught.

2

It relies a lot on sensors

And software that is hidden

In the worst case scenario

Pilot input is forbidden

When the sensors lose position

Then the software serves a lie

And the people smell a coffin

That is flying in the sky

Chorus

Mad Max is entertaining

After buying snacks to eat

The violence cannot hurt you

From the safety of your seat

But the Max 8 is for flying

Hidden software helps it out

With input from two sensors

(Clever stuff without a doubt)

Save for two planes that became metallic coffins

To be ignored by Boeing’s latest software boffins.

3

Boeing knew the Max 8

Was in fact a bitch to fly

It required a programmer

To stop it stalling in the sky

So software was provided

And some sensors hid away

And hey presto, the illusion

That this plane is all okay

Chorus

Can we disregard “persuasion”

Will an upgrade do the trick?

Some admit to cutting corners

And consequently feeling sick

When a plane is prone to stalling

And its sensors can’t be trusted

Then a better plane is needed

Than a turkey that is busted

We need a plane without software to fix a fault

Plus a patch for when the pilot feels distraught.

4

Boeing made heaps money

With new orders flooding in

No mention of the software

Like it was a rubbish bin

Many pilots have been speaking

Of their problems with this plane

Can we trust its software update

Not to fall from grace again?

Chorus

Mad Max is entertaining

After buying snacks to eat

The violence cannot hurt you

From the safety of your seat

But the Max 8 is for flying

Hidden software helps it out

With input from two sensors

(Clever stuff without a doubt)

Save for two planes that became metallic coffins

To be ignored by Boeing’s latest software boffins.

The End

© Frankie Espirit