The Lamassu
Winged god
Protector
of the city of Nineveh;
Destroyed/looted/defaced
In Iraq
as consequence
of the chaos
following the fall of SH;
I met him/her yesterday. (not SH, rather, the god)
Installation
On
the 4th plinth at
Trafalgar Square
In all
his/her/its glory
made
from
Flattened
cans
of date syrup.
Earlier,
we had gazed at the plundered artefacts
In
The British Museum;
speared lions,
beheading
the vanquished
and pondered,
What might have come of these
Items
Had they been left behind.
Our
Society
an incubator
For culture.
Don’t get me started
On the
Whole
Sykes-Picot
&
Capitalist
manipulation
Of Near-East.
Funny
How it goes in circles.
Like
A
Drieydel
Or perhaps
A
Dervish.
Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion) 
I like this one so much, the careful balance between preservation and destruction of life, of culture (mine as it happens), of objects, of hope…..politics can be much like healthcare in this way, more than the non medical would prefer to know I wager. Thank you for writing this one 🙂
Although of course Nineveh was destroyed by a collection of truly unspeakable monsters inspired by a terrifying ideology and supported by the infinite wealth and ignorance of our “allies” Turkey and Qatar, among various other state actors. Nineveh in beautiful ancient Assyria. I naively call for a modern Assyria and New Kurdistan, thanks Sykes and Picot for the enemies you’ve surrounded us by 😉 maybe we could go to Canada or somewhere nice?
sorry…..rant
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Thanks Eron. Not sure about Canada, but please keep ranting!
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