home Poem List next poem Global Uncertainty Washington's Great Governor of the World Would appear to have eased his grip on things For governments have been rocked and then swirled With concentric here-to-there controlled rings Hammering home thought like dongs of the bell Rung from the stammers of a halting voice Clammering drones wrought by wisdom from hell Strung by high hammers of technical choice Smashing whatever we don't understand Being as cautious as peaceful men be Killing only when doubt confuses one hand The other just resolves uncertainty Great Governors must sometimes step aside Letting ordinary men take the fore Political assignments sometimes hide Getting at things which constitute the core Of what ought to be targets searched in thought Whose properties can be disassembled To moduled abilities we have fought In our models of minds they resembled We may not always wander corridors Linked to realities we might prefer Hijacked by such conceptual stevedores Jinks at such times when men on fate confer (c)ERA 06:58 AM 4/7/03