tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44026025707251950732023-11-15T16:23:48.885+00:00Le GriffonnierPoetry and Musings by Donald James DolbyLe Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-1191334408964294272020-07-15T19:16:00.003+01:002020-07-15T19:16:37.772+01:00Waiting For The Second Wave<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Apparently the virus is in retreat</div>
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Gathering its forces for another attack</div>
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Re-arming its battalions</div>
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For another go.</div>
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Now, I'm not an epidemiologist</div>
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A virologist or even a ventriloquist</div>
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I cannot put words into another's mouth</div>
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But even I can see</div>
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There is something wrong</div>
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With the logic this employs.</div>
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The virus is not human</div>
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It has no power of thought</div>
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So if there is a second wave</div>
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Will it be the virus that has grown stronger</div>
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Or our defences that are weaker</div>
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Will the desperation for a beer</div>
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A foreign holiday</div>
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A cuddle, a hug, a kiss</div>
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Be our undoing in the end</div>
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As we sit here waiting for the second wave.</div>
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<i>©DJD 2020</i></div>
Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-70773792222284190662020-07-15T19:15:00.004+01:002020-07-15T19:15:26.597+01:00Lockdown<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
I think I will miss this Lockdown</div>
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Not needing an excuse to stay at home</div>
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"I'm doing my civic duty,</div>
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"I'm not allowed to go shopping</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
"The garden centre is closed</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
"I'm protecting you</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
"I'm protecting myself</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
"I'm protecting everyone."</div>
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What could be better?</div>
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"I can meet people without ever going out.</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
"I've met new people</div>
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"More than I ever would</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
"If life was normal.</div>
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"More shopping?</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
"But I've already been out once this week!"</div>
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<br /></div>
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I know I'm lucky</div>
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I'm not on my own</div>
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I know that would be tough</div>
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Not everyone will have enjoyed</div>
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The isolation</div>
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The loneliness</div>
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The insecurity</div>
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The fear</div>
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The unknown</div>
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Not knowing how long.</div>
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<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
But I can't help feeling</div>
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That there is much that suits me</div>
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And I will miss the Lockdown.</div>
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<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
<i>©DJD 2020</i></div>
Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-10131229607653923812020-07-07T15:01:00.003+01:002020-07-07T15:01:14.202+01:00NO MORE STATUES<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: 12px;">Elevated higher than you and I</span></div>
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On a pedestal</div>
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A plinth</div>
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A marble base</div>
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Statues</div>
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Glorifying one above another.</div>
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Whatever the cause</div>
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Whatever the reason</div>
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How is equality achieved</div>
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When such venerated persons tower above</div>
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Those they have served</div>
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Those they have led</div>
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Those they have exploited.</div>
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Do away with such icons</div>
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If we are equal, we are all equal</div>
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Let no one look down on another</div>
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Make no one look up to another.</div>
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Celebrate and commemorate</div>
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Events and actions</div>
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Turning points</div>
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In our history</div>
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But let us not elevate</div>
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Men and women to a higher status</div>
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Than they deserve.</div>
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<i>Donald James Dolby ©2020</i></div>
Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-27627328227920564352020-07-07T15:00:00.002+01:002020-07-07T15:00:19.333+01:00Imprisoned by your Prejudice<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
When you see a tree, is it not just a tree</div>
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If you see me, do you not just see me?</div>
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What is it that frightens you?</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
What is it that scares you so?</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Can you not see the life inside?</div>
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Why is your mind so tight?</div>
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Closed to any other thought</div>
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Than the colour of the skin</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Why, with all the things you miss</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Are you so blinded by your prejudice?</div>
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What is that darkness in your heart</div>
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The evil in your soul</div>
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Do you not realise</div>
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How narrow is your view</div>
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Open up your fettered mind</div>
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And let your heart fly free</div>
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If nothing else consider this</div>
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Don't be imprisoned by your prejudice.</div>
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Break free</div>
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Will you break free</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
When you see a tree, will you just see a tree</div>
<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
If you see me, will you just see me?</div>
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<i>DJD ©2020</i></div>
Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-78005914467142912222020-07-07T14:59:00.002+01:002020-07-07T14:59:10.383+01:00SOME WORDS<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: 12px;">Some words I did not know before</span></div>
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Agathism</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the long dark tunnel, the light</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>at the end</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>let's keep it in sight.</div>
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Bummel</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>slowly meandering through life</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>or just</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>your daily walk.</div>
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Dolorifuge</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>whatever gets you through the dark</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>we all need our dolorifuge</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>taking away our sadness.</div>
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Heterocentric</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>our heterocentric<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>frontline</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>heroes one and all.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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Interfulgent</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>when the fog of life is thick</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the interfulgent brightness</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>penetrates its cloak.</div>
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Laetificate</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>in these hours of darkness</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>in moments of despair</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>oh how we need a laetificating word.</div>
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Meliorism</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>optimism is hard</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>pessimism is dark</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>a little meliorism is what I need.</div>
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Queem</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>you are my queem</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>no, not my queen</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>we fit snug, calm and serene.</div>
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Xenodochy</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>lockdown may be tough</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>isolation hard</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>but xenodochy shines through.</div>
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some words I know now.</div>
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<i>DJD ©2020</i></div>
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<i>(with thanks to The Observer)</i></div>
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<i></i><br /></div>
Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-12264138115550664892020-07-07T14:58:00.001+01:002020-07-07T14:58:10.516+01:00CHAINS<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: 14px;">These chains, these infernal, invisible chains</span></div>
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Binding round our heart</div>
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Binding us together</div>
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Binding us apart.</div>
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These chains, these fragile chains of love</div>
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Of hope and trust</div>
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Fragile chains indeed</div>
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Trust in them we must.</div>
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This infinite useless fury surging deep inside</div>
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This helpless longing</div>
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This dead end road</div>
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Of futures now denied.</div>
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This hope, this delicate wind-torn hope</div>
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Gives us fortitude to dare</div>
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Distant vanishing horizon</div>
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Hope for us to share.</div>
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These chains, some day we'll shake these chains</div>
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Cast them all aside</div>
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Love will break free</div>
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From hearts imprisoned deep inside.</div>
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<i>Donald James Dolby</i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>©2020</i></div>
Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-61802760300579273902020-07-07T14:57:00.000+01:002020-07-07T14:57:13.762+01:00It's Hard To Write Poetry When You Are Angry! (or maybe its not)The words, the words, the words, tumbling from my brain<br />
Flowing in a stream of frustrated invective<br />
Fighting their way to my red-stained page<br />
Can't stop the words.<br />
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So here they are:<br />
Charlatan<br />
Confused<br />
Dangerous<br />
Misleading<br />
Fake<br />
False<br />
Empty<br />
Sinister<br />
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Add your own<br />
and put them in any order you like.<br />
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DJD ©2020<br />
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Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-43730765971515571812020-05-11T10:49:00.002+01:002020-05-11T10:49:50.530+01:00On VE Day (or Liberation for all of Europe Day)<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
<b>ON VE DAY</b></div>
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On VE Day</div>
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My dad was there</div>
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And my mother too</div>
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They survived the war</div>
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And the celebrations too!</div>
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For dad not quite the end</div>
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Off to Palestine he went</div>
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Two more years</div>
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Before they married</div>
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This poet is grateful for that!</div>
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Your mum too, enjoyed the day</div>
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Dad still in Burma, far away</div>
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Victory delayed</div>
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Perhaps sweeter for that</div>
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A few months longer but he came back.</div>
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We missed the war by a few short years</div>
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But they knew what it took</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
To win the freedom we enjoy</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
To overcome the threat</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
The debt we owe, we haven't paid back yet.</div>
<div class="p4" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;">
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<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Let's remember what they did</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Let's remember what they saw</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Let's celebrate their lives</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Enjoy the day today</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
And never forget what they were fighting for.</div>
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<i>Donald James Dolby ©2020</i></div>
<div class="p5" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
<i>8th May 2020</i></div>
Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-8823896059492925102020-05-11T10:34:00.003+01:002020-05-11T10:34:37.315+01:00CHAINS<div class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: 14px;">These chains, these infernal, invisible chains</span></div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Binding round our heart</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Binding us together</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Binding us apart.</div>
<div class="p4" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;">
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<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
These chains, these fragile chains of love</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Of hope and trust</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Fragile chains indeed</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Trust in them we must.</div>
<div class="p4" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;">
<br /></div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
This infinite useless fury surging deep inside</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
This helpless longing</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
This dead end road</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Of futures now denied.</div>
<div class="p4" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;">
<br /></div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
This hope, this delicate wind-torn hope</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Gives us fortitude to dare</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Distant vanishing horizon</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Hope for us to share.</div>
<div class="p4" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;">
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<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
These chains, some day we'll shake these chains</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Cast them all aside</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
Love will break free</div>
<div class="p3" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
From hearts imprisoned deep inside.</div>
<div class="p2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;">
<br /></div>
<div class="p5" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
<i>Donald James Dolby</i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>©2020</i></div>
Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-79099877541518775272020-05-07T15:12:00.003+01:002020-05-08T14:07:54.231+01:00Haikus<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreenManGalleryCreativeSpace/" target="_blank">These haikus were produced for the </a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreenManGalleryCreativeSpace/" target="_blank">Green Man Gallery Creative Space </a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreenManGalleryCreativeSpace/" target="_blank">Miniatures theme</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Heroes</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Working on the line</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Caring, sharing and wearing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Exhaustion overcome.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Villains</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two metres is not much</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To ask of each and every</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one, two - some can't count.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Enemy</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Virus knows no bounds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Attacks where e'er it can</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Destroy, eliminate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Beauty</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Green Man Gallery</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Provides an antidote and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nourishes the soul.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Future</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Will not last forever</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will again be free to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paint and write and sing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">DJD ©2020</i></span><br />
<br />Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-39561033722830955912020-05-04T15:13:00.002+01:002020-05-04T15:13:26.515+01:00This May Day (2020)THIS MAY DAY<br />
<br />
There will be no workers marching in the streets<br />
there will be no banners<br />
there will be no flags<br />
This May Day<br />
there will only be the silence in our hearts.<br />
<br />
The voices of the workers are for the moment quiet<br />
there will be no singing<br />
there will be no shouting<br />
This May Day<br />
and for the moment there will be no riot.<br />
<br />
The courage of the workers, there for all to see<br />
there will be hoping<br />
there will be praying<br />
This May Day<br />
on the front line fighting to be free.<br />
<br />
There is no leadership coming from above<br />
no planning or direction<br />
no future action plan<br />
This May Day<br />
will be a struggle fighting for those we love.<br />
<br />
The voices of the workers will surely soon be heard<br />
they cannot be at fault<br />
they will not take the blame<br />
This May Day<br />
we must support the workers, make their voices heard.<br />
<br />
When we find this over and the battle has been won<br />
we must support our nurses<br />
doctors and care workers too<br />
This May Day<br />
for our public service workers as they gamely struggle on.<br />
<br />
Let us pledge to make a World Turned Upside Down<br />
our priorities Levelled out<br />
our workers raised up high<br />
Next May Day<br />
Let's march and sing through every village and every town.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>DJD ©2020</i></span><br />
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Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-24334578956565988312020-05-04T15:11:00.001+01:002020-05-04T15:11:11.060+01:00Ten YearsOf austerity<br />
Of paycuts<br />
Of council cuts<br />
Of understaffing<br />
Of worn out nurses<br />
Of exhausted doctors<br />
Of waiting to see GPs<br />
Of poor mental health care<br />
Of care home closures<br />
Of cuts to schools<br />
Of overworked teachers<br />
Of benefit cuts<br />
Of universal credit<br />
Of too few houses<br />
Of too many homeless<br />
Of increasing rents<br />
Of not enough police<br />
Of police station closures<br />
Of fire station closures<br />
Of this cruel and unnecessary austerity<br />
<br />
but also Ten Years<br />
<br />
Of increases for MPs<br />
Of bankers' bonuses<br />
Of multinational exploitation<br />
Of tax cuts for the rich<br />
Of the rich getting richer<br />
<br />
but still<br />
we voted<br />
like turkeys<br />
<br />
and now we have<br />
Five Years<br />
of the most inept<br />
Government we will ever see.<br />
<br />
PLEASE DO NOT LET THINGS RETURN TO NORMAL!<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Donald James Dolby ©2020</i></b></span><br />
<br />
<br />Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-29695317808559558572020-04-20T14:41:00.001+01:002020-04-20T20:05:32.525+01:00What Is This Virus For?A question I've not heard,<br />
What is this virus for?<br />
Everthing in nature has a purpose<br />
So what is this virus for?<br />
<br />
Is it nature redressing a balance?<br />
Is it nature levelling the score<br />
Reducing our pollution<br />
What is this virus for?<br />
<br />
Are there too many of us now?<br />
Too many here on earth<br />
Have we reached our saturation<br />
What is this virus for?<br />
<br />
Some say it is an Act of God<br />
Some say that cannot be<br />
But if there is a god<br />
What is this virus for?<br />
<br />
If made by man<br />
As some theorists say<br />
For what purpose, to what end<br />
What is this virus for?<br />
<br />
Is this the armageddon<br />
That we have waited for<br />
Is this how it ends<br />
<span style="text-align: center;">What is this virus for?</span><br />
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Donald James Dolby ©2020</i>Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-25904688484892050132020-04-09T16:22:00.002+01:002020-04-09T16:22:49.138+01:00Quiet Man in Ashwood ParkAs I walked out alone this morning<br />
The sun was shining<br />
The birds were singing<br />
I could almost believe that all was well<br />
With this world.<br />
<br />
Ashwood Park shared with few others<br />
The man was standing<br />
All alone<br />
I asked him how we was<br />
Keeping our distance of course.<br />
<br />
He did not reply so I moved a little closer<br />
Cautious as we must<br />
I asked again<br />
No reply<br />
No words came from his lips.<br />
<br />
Closer still I moved to him<br />
Keen to hear his view<br />
Close enough now<br />
To see he would answer if he could<br />
But this quiet man was made of wood.<br />
<br />
He could not speak<br />
Express his view<br />
State his opinion<br />
Then I realised to my surprise<br />
That if he could not talk, he could tell me no lies.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">©2020 Donald James Dolby (Le Griffonnier)</span>Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402602570725195073.post-21785079351964613242020-03-31T19:38:00.000+01:002020-03-31T19:38:06.316+01:00Silent Stranger<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was no warning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was no sound</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When first this silent stranger came to town.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are no barriers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are no walls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Against which this silent stranger stalls.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is fear and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is fright</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When facing this silent stranger's might.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are heroes now</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And heroines too</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The silent stranger knows not what to do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will be patient</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will be strong</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And beat the silent stranger before too long.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: white;">Donald James Dolby ©2020</i></span>Le Griffonnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409730714519034037noreply@blogger.com0