Of Reconciling Flux

disillusionment with politics slow job creation frustration
not get out for a long while mandate for reform plans
reconciling politics rivals apathy would not last

abuse of power unconstitutional attack on freedom
re-militarise country crackdown on dissidents
target petty crimes a normalisation of surveillance culture

not gone entirely to plan scale of debacle
unnecessary election increase majority boost personal clout
succeed doing the opposite EU withdrawal once more in flux

-- Clark Allison

No Blank Check for Macron Reforms
Protests in Japan as anti-conspiracy bill passed
British politics staggers from crisis to crisis

By Naïve Lights

from farcical to sinister layers of deception and absurdity
desperately political tuning out downplaying drama
rapid-fire series of revelations dismissal lights protocol

massive craters ocean floor formed by methane expulsions
still leaking profusely last thick ice sheet concentrated
mounds eventually infrequency melt gradual seepage impact

rooms of hardened researchers images of swirling clouds
drawn gasps close pass over storms at magnetic poles
ideas incorrect and maybe naïve dynamo system not deep

-- Clark Allison

Fox News Is Losing Its Grip
Juno peers below Jupiter's clouds
Massive craters formed by methane blow-outs

A Punctuated Success

There is danger when snakes team up in managing your money,
but holding food in other currencies is every bit as risky.
It comes to what's happening now in Bat Caves:

The reptiles coordinate their investments outside the chase,
not hunting for assets in the slithery bedlam.
According to the Snakes Francisco Examiner,

the opening of Tennessee to the Cuban Boa was magnificent,
but it failed to capture the golden exclamation points.
(There was only the one boa.)

-- Glenn R. Frantz

It's time to plan an escape route from Trumpland
Golden Gate Bridge celebrates 80th anniversary
Science Says Some Snakes Hunt in Packs

This Solar Province

The sidewalks have turned on the crowds,
killing against all adulation
as massive plumes erupt from their plastic surface,

following the ritualised forms of traditional dresses.
The new defense ministry is giving free samples
(dropped from aircraft) of an elaborate molecule

in rainbow hues like artificial azaleas.
In a city under a hot-water ocean,
a laboratory of the unnecessary.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

North Koreans set to celebrate leader amid tensions
Enceladus' Subsurface Energy Source and the Search for Life
U.S. Drops 'Mother of All Bombs' on ISIS Target in Afghanistan

Media Vortices Adapt

media landscape profoundly changed taking full control
deals approved by regulators since the collapse
widening reach top global hub content innovation

colourful dazzling swirls spectacular views of atmosphere
positioned directly opposite to sun immense
and powerful storms hundreds of smaller vortices

octopi use RNA to quickly adapt to temperature changes
did not quite believe occurrence when they first saw it
approaches vertebrates in complexity somehow connected

-- Clark Allison

Fox takeover of Sky gets European approval
Jupiter shows off its famous Great Red Spot
Octopi and squids rewrite their RNA

Study In Passing

Under anti-social automation
the workers widen support
of the decently distraught.

Suffering from parental indifference
the country creates
an injured image of faith.

A year on, who will report the
fresh distress of a million
misappropriated mothers?

-- Rebecca Eddy

British maternity pay is one of the worst in Europe
UK workers at risk of being replaced by robots
Photo of woman in hijab passing attack victim 'misappropriated'

Red Water Within

With an air of prediction
the troubled public leaks;
sewage birds and tributaries.

Licensed killing aids
an electric of wildlife;
untreated and toxic.

Pumping red records; the
company is unprecedented.
Secretary Water to General Fish.

-- Rebecca Eddy

Thames Water hit with record £20m fine for huge sewage leaks
Apple launches red iPhone 7 and video app
Diesel black cabs 'will be a thing of the past within six years'

Upgraded Pattern Mode

rise of mobiles laptop market staggering exceeded devices
unthinkable independent web analytics global internet usage
stylistic changes improvements cosmetic tipped to upgraded

surprisingly good multiplayer mode against waves of enemies
range of excuses each mission more agile previous games
combat mechanics boosters mods exact same loadout remote

anti-migrant in that light a series powerful symbolic blow
litmus test strength of anti-establishment populism
framed as continuity versus chaos fit and pattern

-- Clark Allison

Dutch election: a litmus test for anti-establishment populism
Mass Effect: Andromeda hands-on – games within games
Windows 10 update - Microsoft facing the ‘unthinkable’

Deepwater Rumours Distraction

shock chop luscious long bob pixie Rachel hairstyle
confirmed split in statement rumours or falsifications
can confirm respectful loving space not known what to blame

error led wrong best series of mistakes
failed to follow established backstage protocols
handing wrong envelope tweeted photo distraction

smattering weird and dazzling creatures marine sanctuaries
rich area for discovery deepwater reefs
hydrothermal vent communities relic deep-sea habitats

-- Clark Allison

Katy Perry CHOPS Locks into Miley Cyrus Shaved Hairdo
Oscars mix-up pair get bodyguards after 'death threats'
Incredible Life Forms NOAA Found on its Latest Deep Sea Dive