Monday, 17 May 2021

VICTIMS OF THE SPITE

 

From the playground

To the workplace

From the street

To cyber space

 

Anyone who is different

Standing out in a crowd

Is targeted, because

Difference isn’t allowed

 

Its tribal I suppose

Or an animal instinct maybe

The bullies do

Hunt in packs certainly

 

The perpetrators

As far as I can see

Are basically driven

By their own Insecurities

 

Victims of the spite

Have suffered across time

For being themselves

That’s their only crime

MERSEYSIDE POLICE SEALED THE CITY CENTRE

 

Merseyside Police sealed the City Centre

As they didn’t want to take a risk

As a suspicious object was seen in a car

It turned out later to be a tax disk

ARE YOU WEARING A LOOK OF CONTEMPT?

Are you wearing a look of contempt?

After my ham-fisted clumsy attempt

Clearly, I can indeed see that you are

After failing to unhook that bloody bra 

GENETIC MARKERS

 

Scientists say they have discovered

Genetic markers that indicate athleticism

I think if they take a close look at mine

I will have markers for Couch potatoism

PORTMANTEAU

 

I was looking for a word

That summed up slogan or motto

But something more pithy

In the end I settled on Slotto

DANCING TO HIP HOP

 

I like breakin’ and poppin’

And dancing to Hip hop

At Sixty I should be stoppin’

As I’m down for a Hip op

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984)

 

“Once Upon a Time in America” is a Crime Drama, Screenplay by Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini and Sergio Leone from the Novel by Harry Grey and Directed by Sergio Leone.

The film chronicles the lives of best friends David “Noodles” Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and Maximilian “Max” Bercovicz (James Woods) as they lead a group of Jewish ghetto youths from being petty criminals to being prominent Jewish gangsters in New York City's world of organized crime on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

The film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss and broken relationships.

The film benefits from a fine and varied supporting cast including, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Burt Young, Joe Pesci, William Forsythe and Danny Aiello.