Jewels Of The Crown Notting Hill Carnival 2012

Here they come, the precious gems of Africa shining like diamonds

Like the Koh-i-Noor , the Mountain of Light of Persian fame

Jewels of the Crown acquired under the strains of colonial wars

Barely one and a half thousand years of “lawful robbery”

How does this compare with temporarily lost earlier civilizations

We talk about saving the planet, but can it be saved with its human parasites ?

A pathetic dynasty of farting dinosaurs drowning in its own excreta

Beauty flows before our eyes, can’t we just watch in peace

And keep this itchy finger of ours off the trigger ?

Written By Hughes-Photo On 29th July 2019