Wormley

A gerrymander is a good example. Highly constructed of details, specificity, it is totally devoid of any pretense of evenhandedness. Pair that with bizarre voting rules that allow certain kinds of persons as many as three to four votes (each) and which deny entire categories of persons as having any vote have only a rigged outcome as real purpose. However, specifically enacted, they are 'THE LAW". Disrespect for 'THE LAW' is criminal. Again law without justice IS oppression. Unsaid : Interestingly, McGuiness looks to the Scots as brothers. He is known to have many friends and supporters in Scotland. Here, he asks the historical question , "Who benefits from the deaths in all these wars?" It is a caution against rising in response to calls from governments which use guile that plays on manliness or patriotism. He is telling the listener to think it through. A goddess of war feeds on the deaths of men. Men in high places sell their souls to this entity. The power of the mob does not benefit the mob. See also the comments about Mag Aonghusa versus son of Angus, in 'Cousins' notes. Valley : Perhaps a self salve. Just because there is beauty or inspirational quality, don't expect security. Nature is devoid of security. Enjoy the good while it is good. Nature is two edged. Winked : Gavin is an Irish story teller whose function is, sometimes, to take a story and pass it on - improved. Two poems, 'He Winked' and 'Faded Memories' are the same story retold from varied perspectives. Having lived in America, in various places, Gavin often repaid kindliness with gifts of poetic renderings of the lives of his benefactors. Dick Reilly was the most prominent. Mr. Reilly was a kindred soul to Gavin. Reilly 'lost' his love to the tragedy of competition. He, actually, never gained her approval, initially. A flashy but hollow character seduced this girl of his boyhood