Come praise unnecessary wars, although <br />Videos and narratives must disprove <br />Theses of conspiracy theorists, who <br />Govern us from their pretended love <br /> <br />Of Freedom, and Democracy. Rhetoric <br />Trumps reality, no facts must interfere <br />With their Dominion. Never dare connect <br />Belief with fact, lest then there should appear <br /> <br />Black helicopters, agents unidentified <br />Who confiscate your dreams, and then deride <br />Plain evidence. Time is not on your side, <br />You poets! Write of waves and tides <br /> <br />That echo on some distant, white-cliffed shore - <br />Rattling pebbles, gestures, winds - no more. <br /> <br />2006<br /><br />Will Barber<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dover-beach-revisited/
