Art has always been my mode of coping and expression, and this piece confronts the corporate/monopolistic greed and the powers that be, of which are manipulating and mutating our sense of  reality while ravaging our environment, and orchestrating our future towards assured oblivion. Or so I fear!

Do as your told Stay in your lane If you ask questions Clinically insane Robotically programmed to follow the order Think outside the box Youve got a mental disorderLookin all the way back to when I was a kid What I was told to do was whatever I did And the same thing is implemented as we grow old We have learnt from birth to do as we’re told Because someone’s always bigger and better than you ...

 He won’t be liked beyond his death,Nor thought of as a friend,He sanctions those his firms employAnd denies them dividends.He could have paid for researchInto climate change or cancer,Instead he shot off into spaceLeaving poverty and rancour.He won’t accept an afterlife -Too big for cheap salvation!Dirt will strip his jaundiced bonesAnd time his reputation.

They demand of the universe it brings  them what they want, The car, a sleek, shiny thing to show-off in,That job, a role in a film, sex with the object of their vengeful desire,Whatever it takes to satisfy themselves and get ahead, To have their dues, their hard-earned wishes Packaged and primped for solo consumption.If it worked why not use our collective imagination To unburn the fleeing fo...