Lover, Be Beside Me and Not Dreaming

Walking From Blythe doll 5, 1999 ball jointed dolls December 3, 2008

Lover, be beside me McFarlane action figures not dreaming,
Letting go of tempests sworn to pledge
Beginning for a trident's habit,

Withering memories,
seed-light and dark green Autumn brown,
Orange light,
chests filled with grip, pollen,
emptied fragrances and evidence of
vacancies well petitioned to remain
a space for Space to inhabit,

filled with blankets of sense,
sensation and emotions streaming
throughout, in an ivy design,
invisible and rooted
from Crisis on Infinite Earths clearest of corners,
the brightest subtleties that a
dawning presence may
equip the moment with.

***

I hold you tonight,
frightened,
wide eyed and hurt-feelings,
belonging to the four-year-old
inside your ancient Experiencer

(and mine: as however it was
and is relative to the resonance
I have with you to write this out)

and I rattle a tobacco fan all over it,
I caress it with an empathy that's
closer to holy communion,
than understanding,
who so often either brings some
atmosphere of judgment, expectation,
detour sign or warning (or) personal projection...

The tobacco fan is not to create
an entrance or exit-wound,

Tonight, it is only to G I Joe All Hurt,
to the caress of this kind of heart-living,
to the message of Continuance
and Understanding,
of Change
and not making more of our selves
by making the same mistakes so
many times that they're considered
Useful Confessions.

I sit, and here, all of us Are and Are again
before I sat... There are no hints at
Eventually(s) tonight,
Just simple healing-diving,
not for pearls,
not for sunken treasure,
or to carve my initials on anything
resembling immortality...

Tonight is Love,
so much,
that the word 'only' isn't
even expected to show up.

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From Slips and Tumbles to Money Grumbles

Many have pondered over where the American compensation culture 1985 Fleer baseball cards really and truly bled over to us here in the UK. Some say the introduction of the no win no fee agreement, has encouraged those Red Man baseball cards would have usually put the accident down to 'fate' or 'bad luck' to pursue things further. Capable now of hiring a solicitor there is a whole new demographic being represented in the legal arena and this introduction has ruffled a few feathers.

On the one hand it could be because the legal sector is one that was once dominated by the rich and affluent and on some secret level those 'old hats' want it to remain that way. Then again it could simply be that the thought that there are people out there happy to siphon money from others; be them an institution or an individual, over matters that should have had a plaster put over them and not a compensation Aurora Wolfman model with signs all over it.

Whose opinion counts?

One legal expert; Mr Franks G I Joe 1980's that the figures appeared to have been constructed and posted in a desperate "attempt to drum up a moral panic about compensation". Frank's felt that there needed to be tighter regulations when it came to the local authorities and their policies for paying out compensation claims. His specificity may have arisen from the fact that there has been new data published about the amounts that have been paid out by some 22 councils in relation to their school-ground pay-outs.

Rhonda Cynon Taf was found to the local authority that paid out the most with a whopping 294,072 on their compensation tab. Of the 22 schools, nineteen responded and of these it was highlighted that one claim alone rustled up legal bills of 41,857. It is when you start to look closer at these incidents that perhaps things are brought more into perspective; that said the same information has the ability to ponder on perhaps the failing of those found culpable.

What are the charges?

One of the compensation claims brought to the attention of a personal injury lawyer involved a child slipping on a piece of carrot in the dining room. In another incident a child was injured falling over in the play ground whilst in a fight with another pupil, the school was ordered to pay compensation. Frank's continued along the vein o hid hypothesis stating that the "level of pay outs in compensation and legal costs is perhaps a reflection of the arrival of no-win, no-fee lawyers".

He made the link between the supposed compensation culture that appears to reside in the USA and what is currently happening on our shores. He commented that "in the United States, claiming compensation is so much part of the culture" that personal injury lawyers are earning wages that are on a par with superstars. He continued commenting that the "trait has clearly spread to the UK" however was careful to emphasise that he did "believe people who suffer serious injury, whether in school or elsewhere, because of negligence should be compensated".

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