Pleased Yet Awful

The first half was comfortable
rested like a zoo animal, feeding.
Careers suspended in a green limbo

Written instructions received
the new goal is a real killer
Wednesday's words ripping heads apart

In the end, adrift of safety,
the jaws of work lay him motionless
dragged further into man's own lair.

-- J. Niklasson

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Horror as tiger mauls tourist after climbing into enclosure
Manchester United 4-0 Wigan: FA Cup – as it happened

Making a Man

Misogyny is a Kingdom.
The vice like vulgarity calls
For a debate of an appearance.

A man, a wife, a child.
Government responds to season.
The captive prevented from making a debate.

The state has confirmed rumours,
But there is no set kingdom,
And the man died from a long wait.

-- H. Titley

Fathermauled to death by three tigers
Petition calling on UK to cancel Trump state visit
Netflix confirms Making a Murderer season 2 will return

Immigration Reveals Monsters

When barred for days
And the clampdown wrong,
A broken refugee protests.

A burial ground for lies exposed,
A Deadman’s buried floating on
The island of erosion

The blade of crime,
A knife has risen.
England, Freedom?

-- Adrian Martin

Boris Johnson: US immigration order divisive and wrong
Deadman's Island reveals the grisly history of Kent
Knife crime in UK cities 'turning people into monsters'

Unusual Missing Suspect

Twenty-five, drifting in water
Spotted by the military
Later rescued, people still missing

There could be more victims
A suspect of sex attacks on buses
Complaints from 6 people

Unusual debris removed
After causing a stand-still
Writing on twitter: Take Care.

-- Jessica Gajadharsingh

22 rescued, Malaysia searches for 6 others from boat sinking
Bus sex attack suspect hunted over 'despicable' assaults
Traffic brought to standstill on M1 after canoe blocks fast lane