THE RAJ & THE ROSE 37,000 ft Across Europa we ... - damowords

Far from the world's tobacco ban
& it's television mast,
Was this part of a divine plan
Or mortal plaster cast -
Scenery settled in serenity,
A haven from human hostility.
Gliding by graceful coracle,
Serene as English spa,
Aft brief ramble, robust scramble,
Claim summit...from afar
Pastel lustr'd sunsets muster'd oer Vijiyanagar.
Bangalore
As truck on truck announced wide cityscape,
With glassy towers scraping hazy sky,
I hoped immediately to escape,
The modern world where monies multiply;
Where east meets west
This valley silicon
Like some ten-headed beast born for armageddon.
A whirl of British companies,
Thought it better to offload
Its highly taxed dependencies
Sending British jobs abroad
Computerised communities
Spread down the KH road
Eye of the vortex that is man's progress -