Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Monday, 11 November 2024

Lotus-eater in Shangri-la.

Cuckoos no longer come.
The clouds are massing fear-
dark on the horizon. Our
cloud-cuckoo land
will shortly disappear.

Autobiographical note:
although not 'born to be' a lotus-eater
I managed, through good fortune
and the Welfare State, to become one.

 

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