White Elephant...Red Queen Paradigm
I once took a train from Shanghai to Hanzhou. Long, sleek, silver
Gliding almost silently, whispering
Across terrain of rough grass, shanty farm and Heath Robinson
Industry; ghosting at enormous
Speeds, bullet-like, slashing the
Polluted air.." creating wealth and
bringing dispersed populace hope "
"This week, the British Government
Gave the green light to HS2"
Smaller distances to cover than China.
Cutting through already establshed countryside,
slicing communities and villages, bulldozing
Homes and Gardens.
Two worlds apart; chess board economics;
politicians playing
With lives; migrating communities wholesale,
shunting problems around a small island a huge
continent.
Rise and fall of Empires..
Terminal illness in so many ways.
Price of modernization...
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