Absence of Reason

What on earth is going on?

Seems I might be losing my mind.
Oh well. Apparently it's nothing to worry about.
Apparently it's just nature or nurture taking its collective course.

Oh well - that's ok then, right?

I don't believe it for a second.

I told him, after I'd caught up with myself:
I told the Doc as much.

I said I was being tarnished:
with the same brush.
Without so much as a by your leave.

There's an absence of reason to all this.

Don't worry you're slightly mad.
Just accept it.

Sort of I Ching like in its philosophy
but it seems to lack its wisdom.

I think the only truth I have right now
is that
I have absolutely no idea about absolutely anything,
except that I am really enthralled
by the really fresh green that is emerging from some buds,
by the scents that are arriving with spring,
by the upright latterns of the magnolia tree near a neglected corner of Dulwich Park
and by the promise of butterflies.

When may I emerge from my cocoon?

The Shipping Forecast

I frequently hear Radio 4's shipping forecast, but recently, I got to wondering whether our economic outlook would improve if we challenged the convention and started the news with the weather. Would it help balance out the repeated uni-directional nature of our current economic reportage? At least with the weather we also have highs.

Admittedly, there are pressure zones, but when lows appear, they also tend to move off in one direction and then lose their identity. New highs sometimes even follow behind. We may also have rough, or increasingly very rough times, but we also get high rain, then showers. Tears of joy come to mind. Oh for those in these times!

At least with the weather things are sometimes good; and whilst they're occasionally poor, in other places, it still might remain moderate. Things may also veer off in one direction and even become cyclonic for a time, with squally showers. But later, things are due to be good.

What do you think? At least there's a natural balance to it.