Thursday 3 July 2014

anti vaxxer



safe?  of course it's safe

vaccination
is a barbarous practice
and is one of the most fatal
of all the delusions current in our time

conscientious objectors to vaccination
should stand alone if need be
against the whole world, in defense
of their conviction

mahatma gandhi



a n t i v a x x e r










the tobacco industry led the way 
for 50 years, cigarette manufacturers 
employed a stable of scientists 
willing to assert (sometimes under oath) 
that there was no 'conclusive' evidence 
that cigarettes cause lung cancer, 
or that nicotine is addictive and the masses bought it 

 hook, line and sinker
a marketing miracle

i am compelled to write about this
after recent events, most notably the new California law

which insists that all children going to public schools
be vaccinated, in compliance with a constructed system

where there is no room for debate
ensconced in an ongoing delivery system
that has been set up solely for the benefit of those
who profit from it

the pharmaceutical industry has trillions invested
in such a delivery system having done their battery of testing

only it's mostly superficial - for show

people are almost vehemently/violently polarized
in their views around it understandably
because there are so many mixed messages 

like should I assume a dominant
or submissive position?









we all had the measles as kids

it was part of the landscape growing up - spreading like wildfire
at school, having to stay home for a week
with red sores everywhere, the itching/burning
the cold sweats - tired/no energy
but couldn't sleep

it hurt and - it went away

why?  because our natural immune systems kick in
and most of the time saves us - and if it doesn't - we (god forbid) die
like we're supposed to ... it's a natural order

today (July 3rd, 2015)
I read about the first measles caused death in the U.S. - in 12 years
and so (obviously) now more than ever ...

"this peril is upon us and we need to DO something about it"
OK, tens of thousands die in countries like Africa each year
from various viral infections like the measles
billions spent on so-called rescue remedies
and pious precautions

a no-brainer

i mean, whatever
just give me what i need

i need a fakin fixx
a full-throttle NIN mixtape bungee jump
capped with lots of white powder
in me frikkin head - like right fakkin now







 

ok, what was that?  sorry

my question is a simple one ...
so why does corporate america all of a sudden, give a flying fuck
about people in Africa



like they care?  mmmn thinking - something not right here
the alignment - is out of whack
my hesitation/vexation started 
early on

i remember as a kid (1963), visiting my grandfather (heavy smoker)
in the hospital, having had a stroke
mom, dad, aunts and uncles
all standing around his bed
IN the hospital

smoking cigarettes
all OK - FDA approved
(ash-trays supplied by the hospital yet)

peering around backside - thinking - walls need paint
at 7 years old

grandpa died a month later
pulmonary embolism

whatever
just shut the fuck up
and have a smoke

super smooth
new and improved
trust me







* the figures quoted
have been checked and certified
by Lybrand, Ross Bros and Montgomery
Accountants and Auditors

.


"yepper son, one of these babies will fix ya right up"

the hypocrisy is staggering
and the ramifications are all encompassing

some people reading this will say no-no
"you can't even begin to compare the two"

YES I CAN!
same lies, made by the same people
and - for all the same reasons

.


so believe whatever you want to believe
but there is a bottom line here

we are pawns to the media who are in bed
with all the big corporations who control them
we believe what we're told - even defending the lies
all part of the plan

truth is - there's nothing in mainstream media
around what's really going on
in politics, economics or around the future health
of humankind - here in a flash
then gone









 no, this isn't about Jim Carrey's twitter rant last week
Jenny McCarthy, or vaccines causing autism 
 or ANY of this media/tabloid driven crap
no, this is about what is SO, 
 documented by the Editor In Chief of thelancet.com, Dr. Richard Horton
 
THE most internationally respected medical journal
  who basically spills the beans 
on what's really going on in the pharmaceutical industry
and with the vaccination facade

truth is, i actually believe
that modern medicine (even vaccinations) has it's place
and that a mindful implementation benefits us
only this - has gotten totally out of hand
there's a prescription for everything now
you name it - here we go
side-effects?  we got you covered
no worries

just make sure you have a good health plan at work
 because this (my friend) - is going to cost a fistful of dollars


a n t i v a x x e r


so keep reading the fiction (if you must), but
please read this (link bottom), if you want to know what's REAL
ok, if i was living in america right now
and i was told that my kid had to be vaccinated
in order to 'fit in' to society?

i'd be seriously considering moving to Finland

(maybe it's closer than i think)






Dr. Richard Horton




Saturday 19 April 2014

flashcard

  when the flood comes
you have no home - you have no walls



F L A S H  C A R D







yep - she gave birth to me
changed my many thousands of dirty diapers

she fed, bathed me - nurtured me
she showed me things
love and survival 
techniques

giving her a grand-daughter
who she got to know briefly - the resemblance
is uncanny - stunning - running

panting - letting go eventually - and so
i swim to safety - still swimming
(preferably cold water - a lake or quarry)
this burden - weighing me down
catching my breath - not



stranded starfish have no place to hide
still waiting for the swollen easter tide





 



and so in the gradual fermenting of my formula 
in the tick tock thickening of my arteries, my shortness of breath
in my weakening knees and feet - hanging
winding the clock tight in suspension
until she stops


in the thunder crash
you're a thousand minds, within a flash



in the remembrance of all 
my careless conquests
the quickening

i remember her
having passed
ten years
ago 

lung cancer


her consistent tenderness
later in life succumbing - surrender
watching her relinquish her rhapsody
with the men in her life - one train wreck
after another - she had me - her little boy
her son, to ease the chronic pain
and suffering - albeit

briefly








it's like nothing matters anymore
and yet yes - it does
i can still move
forward without
her

waiting for my own cancer
to arrive

ah the good times
perpetuating circumstances
despite the odds


there's no point in direction
we cannot even choose
a side









and so we discover, all too late
that most medicinal miracle cures
are just a hoax, just a scam 
BIG PHARMA calling them "placebo" - ah ok
where the mind "thinks", it's being taken care of by fake medicines that cost a lot
some work, most don't

returning to

something more - meaningful
more spiritual

back to a time when there was hope
in a whirving whirlwind where nothing is certain
in a world where nothing makes sense except for us
the two of us rotating in redundancy
the moon orbiting the earth
orbiting the sun

yes, your train-wreck relationships with men
over and over and over again
still finding me
your reason

to live

first in your womb, in your sole creation
in your inability to connect and yet
in your ability to conceive
regardless 








 and so what goes around, comes around
they call it "covert incest" in psychiatric circles
finding home in the familiar
in our children

what gives

bad things happen 
where's the good advice
it's all empty promises with no substance anymore
now that she's gone

  our so-called 'authorities' (doctors, lawyers, priests, politicians) 
have no idea what any of this means 
and fundamentally

don't care 

it's all about control
the caustic creative contagion contingency
the one they don't tell us about

what you don't know
won't hurt you

hospitalized 
and hemorrhaging 

alone again
 








ok, it's not sexual
but it is dysfunctional
proprietary 

universal

it's in all the tragedies and injustices
surrounding us on any given day
there's always her familiar

touch me again
i miss you


 deliriously defaulting
into a safety net that envelops us
in self entrapment

yes - a reason to live
inside this thing outside of me

returning the sustenance
in an ever diminishing dementia
lost voices echoing down
a long cold corridor 
well lit (funded) and yet

shimmering in short supply





 

 it's not what i wanted
this dependency

i don't want to feel dependent on anyone
and yet when you are sinking into the abyss
there's that certain sense of comfort
that comes from knowing
that someone is there
with you

i'm not a religious person
but i believe in god
i believe in her

only because she's the only reason
i wish to remain

here







coming home just feels good
no expectations and yet - yes here we go
it's clean, pure - no judgements
only real love

a love that can only come 
from a child




f l a s h  c a r d




 don't be afraid to cry of what you see
the actors gone
 


there's only you and me








and so where does this leave us
in a thousand years

i'd like to think that someone, somewhere
will remember us




dedicated to pansy edith batho
pat miller - april 16, 1932 - july 29, 2004