Look Out World

 

I now clutch my brand new passport in my sweaty grip...

Empty pages beg for stamps; it's time to take a trip.

If he had his druthers, Mr. S. would rather stay

Here at home. He doesn't like to go too far away.

Luckily, my younger siblings have the travel bug...

When I start to feel the pull of distant places tug

One of them is sure to also want to come along;

Nice to be with those you love if anything goes wrong.

So, the only question left is where we ought'a go.

Brother wants Oktoberfest in Gemany, although

I've heard that it's crowded; filled with drunken college kids.

I think that I'd rather go and see the pyramids...

Or go on safari or to Italy or Spain -

See if rain is really falling mainly on the plain.

Maybe I can talk my younger brother into Rome.

We can find drunk college students staying here at home.

Dear EU; Good Luck With That

(Photo/Courtesy of english.ahram.org.eg)

As the thousands try to flee the hell holes where they live;

Put to sea upon a boat that's leaking like a sieve,

Drowning by the hundreds...  Know the dangers - do not care.

Willing to risk anything to get away from there.

If you were in their position, you would flee as well.

They've come from a situation that's a living hell.

Half the region's population is a refugee.

Many leave from Libya and try for Italy.

The Italians say they need more help from the E.U.

They're now meeting, trying to decide what they should do.

Nothing that the E.U. does will change the basic fact;

Staying in the region's the more death-defying act.

No one wants to see more over-crowded boats go down.

We can't stand aside and watch more desperate people drown.

We might stop the traffickers exploiting human prey,

But we won't persuade those refugees to want to stay.