Crisis Accommodation - We have a problem. A woman recovering from assault, triggered by recent personal events desperate for a safe space is bounced around by ' Service Providers' then makes her way to a motel ( let's say in the Lilydale area of Melbourne). Payment for room/2 is guaranteed. Is then told that because she has no photo ID, that room is not available but night manager is told by ' boss' to drive her to a second motel nearby, her things are loaded into a car and she is driven to the second motel, a venue of questionable repute.
The /3

Last night 🎶🎸
We are leaving but it's hard to go
To my land where #Murdoch rules the waves, the waves, the waves
Political hypocrisy & banality have their way
The homeless & the poor are told that ' resilience' is the way
The middle class shrinks everyday
Gigged away,away🎶/2 The Bankers have it all their way
The Uber Rich want you on two dollars an hour
Everyday it's bullshit showers
When you ask, ask ask away
Some troll jumps in your way
Selling the lies that it's good to die for 🇦🇺🇬🇧and the US of A.
Because that is the Gallipoli way
We buy subs/3

Let me Love you
Allow me to make you smile, to bring that sparkle to your eyes
Allow yourself to remember what you where before others tried to shape, control you
Let us allow one another to be gentle, loving and kind in all things
Finding passion and inspiration in /2 each other’s heartbeat
Let us not judge one another for the follies of others that made us suffer
Allow us to grow into each new day, re-born learning to trust each other
That trust, so precious; the keystone to all relationships
Despoiled by those who have no love /3

Years ago I came across a box of letters written by a young man who had left Australia to fight in the Great War, the War to end all wars, WWI. The box also contained his leather wallet of sorts, stained with his blood. He had written at every opportunity, his concern for his /2 family, his ' Mum' and siblings shining bright throughout the darkness he experienced.
He mentions people whom he could not meet because they had been killed. He fought and died in Gallipoli. The telegram was short. In time his mother received the bronze plaque that was to be /3

The Failed State
When the Nation State abrogates its responsibility to Private Corporations. When Hospitals , Prisons and Police Services become infested with the spirit of 'Profit at all Cost '. When Government Activities are hidden in Commercial in Confidence Agreements , /2 .. Infra-Structure such as Communications , Water , Power , Transport are prostituted to the bidding of so called Share Holders . When every Utility Bill has to be carefully scrutinized, the cost of living escalates beyond that which is reasonable for the ordinary person and /3

Observations after Battles
Avoid Wars, trade well and fairly so that all parties are satisfied.
Few Wars are fought for any other reason than to seize another’s assets or that which is used to create those things which are valued.
Wars will by their very action lead to /2 wars, this being the nature of men and the nature of those that often seek to lead men. It is best to leave peasants working the fields and supporting their families than to make them into warriors and deprive the Country of those that produce things valued by all.
Wars ../3

Might be time to tweak the 10 Commandments - maybe there were some bits missed in the many translations !
1) Thou shall not make war for profit .
2) Thou shall communicate and leave open all channels of communication between peoples .
/3 3) Though shall not kill in the name of they Creator . Any killing that you do is your killing .
4) Though shall not bear false witness against thy family , thy friends or people that thou hast not met , appear different to you or sinply displease you. 4/

Dreamers
We are the dreamers of dreams, the spirits that soar at night
Those dreams offering versions of things yet to come
Reflecting on actions and deeds that were done
The dreams that lead forward to a personal light
One where ones spirit or soul takes free flight
/2 Those dreams of green fields and flowers anew
The melting of ice and the mountains that moved
The dreams of warm sunlight that nourishes life
The dreams of touch that sets all aright
The dreamers of dreams, the stories of old to new now unfold
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FAILING STATES - Australia in the long term - a short note
Any or all states ( bodies claiming to govern ) that make legitimate critique or questions regarding matters of 'policy' an act of terrorism are on the verge of becoming failed 'States '.
Lingering in the belief , /2 .., supported by paid advisers and lobby groups , that only certain actions are required to maintain good governance whilst at the same time outsourcing the most vital of matters such as medical care , education and making housing not viable for large portions of the /3

When governments outsource governance :-

Governments acting in our best interest awarding contracts to companies that then control every little thing that the governed do ? At what point in time does such non governance become a nonsense when enforcement is in the hands /2 .. of 'contractors ' who answer to shareholders and not the electorate ?
When every essential service is sold to meet 'debts' that we are told must be met ?
When essential services remain essential but profit only shareholders who are not accountable and in law hidden 3/

Imagine
Imagine this is the last day
The last day before you go away and are no more
That the morning sun will rise again, its warmth denied to you
It matters not the cause of your demise, be it common or brave
It only matters that in some memory you stay, for a little 1/.. ...while at least
Imagine this is the last day …….
What would you need to say to those to be left behind?
“I loved you but never found the time to tell you so! “
“I loved you more than words could express and now I am at a loss at what to say …. “
“I am sorry for not 3/..