Valentine Days

     

Valentine New South Wales

SCENIC SUNDAY

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VALENTINE DAYS

It was a risk, I suppose, launching off into the blue,

And we were illegal immigrants too!

Well, not exactly, they let us in

Because British passports made us kin!

And, in the seventies, there was less red tape;

It was easy to make our escape.

Well, not exactly an escape I suppose;

It's just that we considered, and chose

To leave South Africa at that time,

While we were both still in our prime.

Apartheid was clearly a thing of the past

And we somehow didn't think peace would last.

And so, with two small children in tow,

We made up our minds that we should go

Somewhere more settled, so that they

Could both grow up in a peaceful way.
We came to Australia. We looked around.

Valentine was the place we found;

The view of the lake was a constant pleasure;

We'd found a life of work and leisure

We never looked back. It suited us fine;

I have happy memories of Valentine.

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There are millions of people displaced on earth,

People of value; people of worth.

I wish them all 'happy landings' too!

Let's hope very many dreams come true!

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FOR AND AGAINST.

What could link two illustrations as different as these two?

One an ancient painting, the other a modern view?

Both are examples of Climate Change, both express extremes.

And Climate Change is reality, and with us now, it seems.

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But were we heading for an Ice Age? It could be one  was due.

And the picture of the frozen River Thames shows what Ice can do!

This was the eighteenth century, the river was frozen over

And so was the sea around the coast, in places such as Dover.

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Fairs were held on the river for the ice was so thick and tough

That even fires couldn't melt it. They just weren't hot enough!

The Global Cooling continued for many, many a year

And a repetition of the ice is what some scientists fear.

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On the other hand, Global Warming has produced the desert scene

Where crops are being planted and all the trees are green.

The increase in the temperature has brought about this change.

The Sahara wasn't always desert! Yes, I know that must seem strange!

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But in eras when the world was warmer, deserts were fertile places,

Supporting many more people of the dark-skinned African races!

Now the greenery's creeping back again! Slowly bit by bit!

So if there's Global Warming some people are glad of it!

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We must get rid of Poverty and Pollution; they must go.

As to the riddle of Climate Change I really just don't know.

But we shouldn't be too despondent; it's all occurred before.

Let's concentrate on that other scourge of humanity!
Let's end WAR!

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