Back in the 1960s I loved them,
sought out the plays
Beckett, Ionesco, Stoppard and the rest
illustrating the death of logic
which silenced argument
as the beginning became the end.
I didn’t anticipate the re-run
in the theatre of Westminster
all these years later
as the political players
take the stage
to play those parts again
speaking absurdities on cue
as directed by their party,
by their part in a government
where ethics are as dead as genocide,
where ethics never existed,
just like genocide,
where ethics are deader
than Rosencrantz and Gildenstern
and only the absurd still lives
taking us back where we started.
Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She has been nominated for Pushcarts, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.
Image: Samuel Beckett by Yuma 2007
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