Image: a cartoon by the much loved cartoonist Michael Leunig!
Those Fertile Lies
If your vegetable garden languishes
and manure brings no results,
just give them a little evening news
and there’ll be bumper crops,
all those fertile lies,
rich fantasies,
faux concern
and invented anxieties
with smiling invitations
to more episodes of the same,
a soap-opera of nitrogenous value,
stay tuned for another
exciting excrement,
Oh, wait, there’s breaking wind,
every night,
even the mushrooms gave us
shade last summer.
ยฉPaul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
HaHaHa, Brilliant !!!
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I echo that (in thought), literally!
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Many thanks Charlotte.
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Thank you, a great compliment indeed.
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I can smell it!!!
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It is a potent and constant brew, Iโm not surprised.
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Agree๐ค
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Fun poem! ๐ There is (especially) one nefarious news channel in the U.S. that cranks out pure crap.
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Thanks for that Tom, yes, I know the one. We have plenty of BS down here too.
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BS is plentiful
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Lol, it sure is Janet.
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๐ป Amazing
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Thank you, I think the lies are everywhere, even if some are unintentional. ๐
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Lol!
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Spread thickly of course.
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Of course! ๐
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Iโve been weaning myself off news, since itโs too frustrating.
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Yes, I did that ten years ago, though I read headlines sometimes once a week.
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lol absolutely love love love it!
I’ve only been reading online headlines for ages now … I prefer my manure on the garden ๐
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Ha, thatโs what I do, have been doing for over ten years now, so good. Thanks for loving it ๐
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been double that for me … it’s repetitive nonsense, loaded with propaganda, nobody needs it!
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True ๐
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Must read ABC article on Phillip Adams, a hero I met in my teens who influenced me greatly … had no idea of his history … don’t miss his take on pop art and football ๐
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Yes, Iโm a fan of his too, heโs about to turn 80 now
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yes it’s his birthday tribute … what a man!
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I can’t bear it.
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I worry that some do.
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Whoa.
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Yes, they’re out there ๐
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So very timely and a brilliant piece! Wow!
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Sadly so, I wish it were otherwise, thank you for the lovely compliment.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Couldn’t resist the topic.
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Ha!! Yes, I know that feeling too!! Great piece!
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Thank you for that ๐
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Bravo
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Couldn’t resist ๐ thank you.
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great one
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So very true and said so very well
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Sadly so, thank you for that.
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