Has it come to this? – The Anna Raccoon Archives

by Alan McAlpine Douglas on May 3, 2010

An observer – with quick yet antique mind –
has said a vast and useless bust of stone
stands in the House. Of a similar kind,
power-drunk, his shattered visage born frown
and cynic’s lip, that sneer of low command
tell that God the sculptor those passions read
which yet survive : indecision, what’s planned :
yea/nay for election, which biscuit fed ?
And on his pedestal these words appear
“I’m Gordon Brown, PM of all PMs:
look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”
Nothing worthwhile remains. Round what’s condemned
of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
the lone and levelled lands stretch far away ….

Alan McAlpine Douglas
(with a little help from Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley)

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1 Bluebell May 3, 2010 at 14:04: Bravo!
2 Alan Douglas May 3, 2010 at 15:06: Dear Anna and Thadeus,

Wow, what a great picture you have added.

Where can I go please to copy it, right-click does not seem to work.

And Bluebell, thank you kindly !

Alan Douglas
3 Thaddeus J. Wilson May 3, 2010 at 15:11: Alan, I have emailed it to you. However, I do struggle a bit with email, so please let me know if it comes out OK.
4 Gloria Smudd May 3, 2010 at 17:12: Applause!

“.. which biscuit fed ?”
…..
A chocolate one, wasn’t it?
5 Alan Douglas May 3, 2010 at 18:56: Chocolate In-digestibles ?

Hob-Noes ?

Chocolate Fingers (in yer wallet) ?

Chocolate Mint Fudge ?

Rum Chocolate Squares ?

Another other offers ?

Alan Douglas
6 Pericles May 3, 2010 at 21:40: Shelley : another victim of rank hypocrisy, whereof we have this week so much learnt. Refused a degree because, being an atheist, he refused to sign the thirty-nine articles, once he became famous he was immortalized as a reclining statue in the most prominent position in The Queen’s College.

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