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Civilisation
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Has civilisation officialy as technology takes over our minds amd the internat replaces traditional communitiesor are we just getting more paranoid - you decide.

CIVILISATION

It is difficult to be exact about the day,
the exact day when civilisation ended,
the day we stopped being members
of communities that respected, even cared
about each other and the precious world.
It was not the day that awful, bossy woman*
said "there is no such thing as society,
only selfish bastards looking after number one."
It was not then.
Nor was it the day John Lennon died
and so much hope perished
on that New York sidewalk with him.
Was it one day or perhaps a gradual thing?
Did the rich slowly abandon responsibility?
the young stop talking to the old?
did we each become only
the sum of what we own?
Did we abandon the old gods
to worship science and technology?
At the start we did not know the thing
we were losing was a great thing.
In the end we will understand that we
lost everything, the day civilisation
came to an end.

*the "bossy woman" in question is Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister and one of the architechts of the mess the world economy is in.

 


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Reviewed by Monette Bebow-Reinhard (Reader)
Reviewed on February 15, 2007
Actually I think it WAS the day John Lennon died. Specially since it was a born again Christian who hated "Imagine" who killed him. Thanks for making us think.

Reviewed by CJ Heck
Reviewed on February 6, 2007
Boy does this give us food for thought, Ian! Excellent work!
Love,
CJ

Reviewed by Joyce Devenish
Reviewed on February 5, 2007
Interesting write. As Ted commented 'Don't give up,' Best wishes...Joyce

Reviewed by Constance Gotsch
Reviewed on February 5, 2007
If we weren't civilized our base instincts would take over.

Reviewed by Edwin Larson
Reviewed on February 5, 2007
Civilization? I thought that was in a state of decline before it even existed :)

Edwin

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on February 5, 2007
Civilization what's that??

Thought provoking write Ian!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Flying Fox Ted L Glines (Reader)
Reviewed on February 5, 2007
Not to give up, Ian. The world is moving on. Civilization is morphing into a new (maybe better) design where the patriarchs will strangle on their own greed and we-the-people will begin to matter more than you can imagine. The mess we are in is primarily because people like Margaret Thatcher (please include Bush-n-Blair) thought they were important. Governments become empty husks when they lose the respect/support of we. Empires die. Good poem, Ian.

Ted


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