The World in 2015
eye of the beholder, what do you see
planned for the world in 2015?
I see a rocket coming from Churchill’s head
and from Cameron’s the rise of a mushroom cloud
I see Amazon packages drone through the air
as Spiderman swings over Alice in Wonderland
gazing at Cheshire perched on a branch
sprouting from Obama’s left leg
there’s a Panda on steroids dwarfing a Sumo
holding an outdated battery
and a crop duster hovering over a kid eating noodles
near the red-tied chest of Putin
of course The Pied Piper is playing, far left
with a nod to the British Invasion
now 50 years old
emblazoned on the bass of a drum set
the tortoise in the middle is most likely Fabian
which means when they strike, they strike hard
(lines of emphasis around the shell
makes ominous two arrows marked 11-3 and 11-5
buried near the tiny feet of Alice)
jive man in a smart blue suit, hand up in salute
stands front and center of the show
with an odd Ghost peeking out from his right leg
browsing a brochure that says VACATION
at least, we can say, we aren’t Hollande
being penetrated by the stare of a woman
with wings and a nest full of eggs
attached to the front of her head
next, in red letters, behind Panda,
on what looks like a sandwich-board
this: PANIC
and below that: Federal Reserve
this is just some of the fun one can have
when setting a global agenda
call it art, propaganda or cryptic disclosure
symbols operate in a realm beyond words
and those in the know get the message
—William Skink
Recent Comments
February 15, 2015 at 11:01 pm
People gonna have fun with this, I hope. Here’s a stab in the dark:
February 16, 2015 at 8:08 pm
I’m curious, did you read the poem before seeing the Economist cover?
February 16, 2015 at 10:16 pm
An ill wind will blow in ’15.
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows was the title of a position paper they distributed at an SDS convention in Chicago on June 18, 1969. This founding document called for a “white fighting force” to be allied with the “Black Liberation Movement” and other radical movements to achieve “the destruction of US imperialism and achieve a classless world”: world communism.” — Ahem
February 17, 2015 at 9:15 am