Gladius Poeticus

A poetic short sword, to freely cut, chop or stab in hand-to-hand combat with my rats. (©, copyright, auteursrecht).

1. Susan L Daniels 9.25.12 / 4pm

   Wow, Ken, this is strong. The way you add death to the price of gold; the idea of death in kilos. Sad, chilling, and brilliant.

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   1. gladiuspoeticus 9.25.12 / 4pm

      Thanks, Susan! It really gives me the chill too, thinking about it. Gold mining without the use of mercury seems to be possible. I hope they speed up the awareness about the dangers involved.

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      1. Susan L Daniels 9.25.12 / 4pm

         Oh, I hope so too. Death is too high a price to pay.
2. melodylowes 9.25.12 / 5pm

   Hmmmm – makes me rather glad that most of my jewellery is fake… keep them coming!

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   1. gladiuspoeticus 9.25.12 / 5pm

      Thanks, Melody!

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3. parashartales 9.25.12 / 5pm

   this is not a comparison of gold with human life but this is a comparison between the never ending greed of human being and the value of human life & peace… well said and so passionately articulated …well done n congratulations!!!

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   1. gladiuspoeticus 9.25.12 / 6pm

      Pooja!!! So glad to see you again, Nanga Birdie!

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4. boomiebol 9.25.12 / 7pm

   Powerful

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   1. gladiuspoeticus 9.25.12 / 8pm

      Thanks, Boomie!

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5. Sharmishtha Basu 9.26.12 / 8am

   how people greed after material wealth! gold, diamond, now platinum….

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   1. gladiuspoeticus 9.26.12 / 10am

      That’s true, Sharmishtha, but we also have to take into account powerful motivators like poverty and lack of jobs in the interior. Thanks for commenting. 🙂

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6. Yaz 9.26.12 / 10am

   ‘A biblical plague’…that is so profound, so true. I’d never thought of it that way.

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   1. gladiuspoeticus 9.26.12 / 12pm

      There’s no turn around when something of a magnitude like that starts killing people. That’s why it’s so unimaginable. Thanks, Yaz!

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7. angels2send 9.26.12 / 4pm

   how can we ever make right the wrongs that have been done, are being done and will be done?

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   1. gladiuspoeticus 9.26.12 / 5pm

      Good question. Thanks! 🙂

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