Ancient Fashion Trend

  
“It’s a comedy” I thought  
“sometimes humour is the only way  
to pinpoint a truth,  
pinch the thick skin sufficiently,  
pierce its defences”.  
   
      Our apparatniks will continue making  
      the usual squalid mess called History:  
   
History’s being re-written in favour of the hard-men:  
Hitler was a softie, really, and loved fluffy cats.  
The Military Junta that ruled for 30 years  
disappearing tens-of-thousands, was … well … yunno … o.k.  
   
      all we can pray for is that artists,  
      chefs and saints may still appear to blithe it.  
   
One of the Kardashians is studying Law -  
perhaps justice will come back in fashion.  
'Why does America need 800 military bases around the world?'  
asks a group of Christian leaders.  
   
I wasn’t sure if my restless mind  
had to do with the wind  
or a mislaid memory-stick  
but in the early hours a voice reassured me  
‘anyone who attempts this is already a star -  
your job is to keep on writing until you become a constellation’.