E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK

ORLANDO Intolerance, like heat, rises. No one should have to – No, but, they do. ... Without having to reload… Almost a double entendre But who hears twice When they are dying (dead)? To be killed for love Or to be honest desire Is an outrage; is there A kind of killing permissible? Revenge itself is outrageous. It’s all a circle, or some shape, Not the shape of bodies Held together, as if by glue, Stuck by blood or sex, Or yes, the loving grimaces. Is there pity for ignorance When it results in such loss, And arises from belief? Bad beliefs, like bad music Are immediately apparent To the soul’s ear; We cannot dance to hate; Only love has a beat And a groove worthy Of proper physical attention. No one may make light Of atrocity, poetry out Of such blindness Seems obscene; but terror Is the porn of our age, Clicking its way to hits And hitting out; snuffed, Those viable, visible lives So various in their options, The multiple mout...

BE PROUD 2016 is shaping up to be one of the worst years, at least from a Western historical perspective, since 1936. The deaths of major figures ( Bowie, Ali ) aside - and sad as these are, deaths of major figures happen annually - there are several possibly disastrous events about to occur, within months. One of these is the election of the sinister Donald Trump. The second is a BREXIT for the UK from the EU, which could trigger a European, and at the least, British, recession, even depression. And also trigger a cultural collapse of arguably equal horror. Meanwhile, the terrorist-hate attack in Orlando on the weekend, in which 49 people were killed, and as many injured, some awfully, for apparently their sexual preferences, is just sad, dreadful and heart-crushing on many levels. What a year, what a month. It is possible the UK will narrowly avert self-destruction and isolation, and vote to Remain, though currently polls strongly suggest otherwise; and it is...