Taiji demo 2 Spring equinox outside Japanese embassy today

Robert’s voice we heard it

50 yards or so, from where

the Japanese embassy

clad  in its vile  curtains of despair

billowing plastic sheeting

forlornly hung and blew

as a group of about 40

or so came into view

its was cold

a brisk wind

blowing  northwards

right into our face

it tousled our hair

and got through

foot wear

and apparently would chase

and  heighten the fact

our  toes were possibly

vulnerable

today

whether we were

chanting

the frosty climes

were bound to make their play

the embassy, staff they

stayed behind the met in yellow they

observing, taking photographs

but some did walk away

the various megaphones

lifted the sound

into the light of day

we were keeping  up the shindig

really all the way

taking turns to lead  the pack

the family chorus rang

and none of them

failed the attack

their moral fibre

gang

they belted it out

they never gave up

everyone there I’d say

was adamant and passionate

all of them today

and taiji was clearly omnipresent

and, a vast  array

of dolphins

placards

strung along

Piccadilly

the south side

all the way

where I felt we did belong

and where we could confide

we really were quite vocal

the megaphone brigade

were out in force amongst us

a pretty powerful aid

looking towards the embassy

where there were  Japanese

waiting kind of nonchalantly

clearly not at ease

it must be foreign to them

to hear time and again

activists demonstrating

some clearly showing pain

and there I thought

a chain reaction

the police appeared subdued

really intimidating

one or two quite rude

grimacing they

must have felt the needle

creeping down the lines

and they really were not helping

matters I don’t think

pushing our fellow activists

just signs

chant after chant

was heard above

the traffic

and the noise

the tree lines at the back of us

fanlike showing poise

rippling, the fluffy bits

sailing down like snow

although the sun was struggling

to really try to show

the icy wind was blowing

it was, one of those days

when you really needed that extra coat

to be comfortable and praise

the goddess it was Spring arriving

as she tends to do

one day sitting in outside weather

the next, winter on view

The dolphins must have heard us 

in the ether of the day

in the psyche of the moment

really the raucous way

we kept the incessant

chanting going

despite our aching throats

the police seemed a bit cagey

an insinuation floats

I thought they were unnerved

as well

their feet would be frozen too

but you can never ever tell

what the corporate lot will do

I’m not sure just a different

feel coming off today

but they stayed within the confines

of the embassy doorway

I have to wonder

really

what goes on in their minds

the barrage of strong sentiment

I suppose it kind of finds

its way in to their aura

and the japanese as well

“Blood on your hands

“Blood money”

its sort of straight from hell

Taiji, must be reflecting

when its name is shouted to

the heaven thousands of miles away

which is what we do

it is a an ugly secret

a surfeit of dolphin flesh

laden with many toxins

peculiarly fresh

some sold off to Sea parks

to be struggling in some tank

the majority slaughtered mercilessly

which really has to rank

highly in the annals of the

evil books of old

presenting total torture

expressed evil

oft untold

the activists were thoughtful

they came together and

showed that they mean’t business

and that they did understand

the importance of just being

like a family like a pod

not giving up on

what the task was

which was not so odd

clearly we were all aware

and the japanese were too

that we were deadly serious

and we were all through

none of us will give up on this

quest to save the souls

who otherwise

will be massacred

by this ugly band of trolls

the demo went down very well

I thought significantly so

small but very powerful

and everyone will know

the name Taiji

its on the lips

of others and I am sure

the karmic debts are accruing

like they never have before