Come, any who with half a mind
Acknowledge dangers threatening our kind
For to the brink the whole world teeters
Led this time by powerful tweeters
Let’s halt the madness, pause to say
This isn’t a price we’re willing to pay
Don’t threaten, but talk, face to face
Only this can save the human race
Hello tomorrow; I just can’t wait
To know what fortune lies on your date
Good would be great, but if bad is my fate
I’ll take what comes, just don’t be late.
When you think you’ve given all you can
Try to find a little bit more
To help the lot of your fellow man
Because we’ll always have the poor
Be it poor in spirit, money or health
There are those worse off than you
Sharing succour, if not your wealth
Is an act of humanity too
And don’t confuse the poor and needy
With idle hands or mind
Not all that need are lazy and greedy
When you’ve capacity to be kind
What price would you put on a mother’s care?
For without your Mum, you wouldn’t be here
All helpless at birth, you arrived on this earth
Drawing your first breath of air
More work began then, for your dear Ma
If she was lucky, she was helped by Pa
Mum cleaned and fed, she made your bed
Loving you just as you are
Safe in her arms, the world held at bay
Teaching and nurturing you every day
You’d struggle to thrive, or even survive
Without her to show you the way
Think now how it was for her in that past
Back in a time that could not last
Mum did her best, she passed every test
As she watched you grow up, just too fast
Does heartache rot the soul
As it turns emotions raw
Can laughter make you whole
Helping spirits soar
If balance can be found
Both sadness and some joy
Your world will still go round
As part of the hoi polloi
Just back from shopping for food
And now feel in a bit of a mood
Can’t resist the displays
Of cakes on their trays
So my diet is totally screwed
Let’s not look too hard for neighbours in space
Or create real intelligence from chips and gates
The lamb doesn’t invite the wolf to dinner
Competing with AI will have only one winner
Say ‘Ahh’ for those with the idle gene
Who in the mornings are seldom seen
They miss the lark and the shepherds warning
But sleep on wearily as day is dawning
Then as the sun climbs to its full height
They stir and ready to face the light
Cautiously, through the curtains they stare
And laugh at the fools dashing about out there
If work is a choice they choose something other
Why toil for a living if you needn’t bother
Instead think how to pass the day
Life is too short to live any other way
Why can’t we all have this carefree life
And let someone else face all the strife
Enjoy idle days as our birth right
Saving our energy to enjoy the night.
Corrosive, amber, poison dram
Gnawing at liver’s health
Countless lives gone too soon
Stolen by lies and stealth
I know you well and will not yield
So try best to have your way
Your sirens’ call will fail to lure
I’m sure to win the day
But who can know your secret plan
What tricks you keep in store
To play on poor souls such as I
Who keep coming back for more.
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