by Anton Martin Smith antonmartinsmithwrites@gmail.com
New Zealand:
Both A ‘Beautiful Place’,
And a ‘Failed State’.
I would find that all very amusing,
If only I didn’t live here.
Oh well – I guess I shouldn’t complain.
I mean it is largely a ‘Gentile Form Of Poverty’.
As we all wake all up each morning from underneath our various bridges, gutters & alleyways –
Cold, wet and saddled with delirium as is characteristic of the early stages of pneumonia –
We all take a deep breath & then shout out loud:
“Oooh the crisp clean Mountainous air! ain’t I lucky to be alive in New Zealand!”
Anton Martin Smith Writer 