A nuclear powered nursery rhyme

    I've lived in my flat
    in a Victorian schoolhouse
    that's
    twice as old as me
    in Pages Walk
    Southwark
    south London
    for a decade
    Guarded
    as it happens
    by a rusty
    redundant
    surprisingly small
    old Russian tank
    Two days ago
    after ten years of blindness
    I spotted this
    by the tank
    on the wall
    Think of Trident
    and
    Ring a ring o' roses
    do we all fall down
    again?

    With thanks and respect to the unknown artist
    I only pressed a button
    it is very easy

    Comments and faves

    1. Paul Adshead (61 months ago | reply)

      This is cool Steve.

    2. Steve Punter (61 months ago | reply)

      Hi Paul
      It's not Belfast or Beirut
      where I guess murals
      can have a real side wall message
      It's a small cul-de-sac
      in
      Pages Walk
      but this guy's an artist
      I'm really pleased you like it
      all best wishes
      S

    3. tonecoach (61 months ago | reply)

      we walk a tightrope in life, society is balanced on a delicate edge, let us hope we are all sure of foot in the years to come and the fears of these images does not come to pass, a thoughtful posting steve... tone...

    4. Steve Punter (61 months ago | reply)

      Thanks Mr TC

    5. Hindolbittern (61 months ago | reply)

      A Russian tank? I wonder how that found itself there.

      The scaleof the nettles is rather effective.

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      chrisinphilly5448 added this photo to his favorites. (61 months ago)

    7. chrisinphilly5448 (61 months ago | reply)

      Thanks so much for this Steve.
      This is really disturbing and brilliant at the same time.

    8. Steve Punter (61 months ago | reply)

      Hugs and love from London Chris

    9. Steve Punter (60 months ago | reply)

      The nettles?
      The only thing in the picture that's mine. Well nature and then me lol

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      dirrtykid, jbridgman, Schmuelick, and we_are_hopeless added this photo to their favorites.

    11. David Lewis-Baker (57 months ago | reply)

      I'm admin for a group called War and Memory in Art and Photography, and I would love to have your piece and any others relating to war and memory added to the group.
      david:>)

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      raychcakes, robinbenito, jennifer_gentle81, Gary Pustynskiy, and 4 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    13. dan_ol (32 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament / CND Images, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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      redmond.ridgeback, kidult!, and GUGAW added this photo to their favorites.

    15. Pammy1989 (15 months ago | reply)

      I love this photo. I am doing a ENG102 project on Nursery Rhymes and the meanings, that some come out of terrible situations.. This Photo and poem say it all. Thanks for posting it.

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      PRMRY added this photo to their favorites. (15 months ago)

    17. graffiti-tapete (14 months ago | reply)

      Great picture!
      We would like to publish, with your permission to graffiti-tapete.de.
      Check it out!
      www.graffiti-tapete.de

    18. Steve Punter (14 months ago | reply)

      Please feel free

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