Puzzlement

BLUE MONDAY

PUZZLEMENT

So China sets about making things

And does it with a will!

But I've a funny feeling

There's been a bit of over-kill!

By manufacturing everything

And paying workers poorly

China's affected other countries

And they've suffered sorely.

Factories have closed down

In countries in the West.

'Let's leave it all to the Chinese

Because they do it best.'

But all the millions of unemployed

Have little money to spend!

And that is bound to hurt 

The Chinese people in the end.

If noone buys the Chinese goods

Exports will simply stop

And then the Chinese wages

Will drop and drop and drop.

We sink or swim together,

Co-operation's best.

It's no good being self-centred

And ruining all the rest.

I know nothing of finance;

My case may not be strong.

But it seems to me that, somewhere,

We've got the whole thing wrong!

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                                                           Brenda Bryant     

PROMISE

(A Haiku)

Now we see the sky

And the green grace of the leaves.

Soon will come the grapes.

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PS

Rebecca and her husband and son spent a lovely day at Jimmy's Beach earlier in the week. She took a lovely set of photos, which it is a joy to share.

Brian's private Paradise

Good to be alive.

Sand between Blake's toes.

Breeze-blown Rebecca.

Playing porpoises.

Bliss for Banjo.
(Becca AND the beach!)