I've just been watching BBC NEWS 24 and noticed on one of the reports a microphone with the words 'BBC Brazil' emblazoned on it. Why on earth should this be; don't they have any radio services in Brazil; and more pertinently, who's paying for it?
On pain of imprisonment I'm compelled to pay a licence fee of £126 per year to the BBC (an organisation that denegrates and denies everything that I am and believe in) yet people in Brazil get to watch for free...and they aren't abused in the way that we are in Britain.
I've finally received some post this morning; a collection of poetry from T.. in Harrogate, a fellow student on the Writer development Programme. Haven't looked at the poems, but they should keep me away from the computer screen for a few hours.
SAFETY FIRST
Light the litmus paper
Step back to a safe distance:
If passion still fails to ignite
Phone home for a refund.
There's no need to return
To point of purchase -
Your money-back guarantee
Is included in the smallprint
Spoken on your lover's breath.
