Just as we prepare to celebrate <br />the season of sparkling white and winter fuel, <br />piss on earth and extended drinking hours <br />there steals a hooded headline <br />whose threatening menace <br />turns your stomach over with <br />the sickness of mankind to man: <br /> <br />Builders at a research facility <br />at Oxford University <br />now wear ski-masks although <br />in the absence of some seasonal snow but <br />in order to hide their identities from <br />animal rights activists.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/buy-yours-now-while-civilisation-lasts/