RIP John Donne
No man is an island wrote Donne
centuries ago.
He understood the predicament
understood
than man, or wo-man
is one part
of a whole
which is one part
of something larger
and so on
into mind-blowing infinity.
No man, or wo-man can stand alone
and reach their potential
in isolation
or when isolated
on some small island
however grandiose
the delusion.
And a small island cannot thrive.
if it makes its sea an impenetrable wall
to protect it from the to-ing and fro-ing
of all but but the tides -
except here in Britain of course.
It’s Brit-ish-mus that makes the difference.
Brit-ish-mus that will make it work
or not.
RIP John Donne
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