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This poem is of course a subjective take but possesses commonalities of behaviours and experiences, to which many during the conflict period can relate. Therefore, embracing both personal and general reflections and objective observational perspectives, perceptions and salient realities. In relation, to the human experiences and behaviours. In essence, the impacting out workings of the Anglo-Irish / Northern Irish violent political conflict 1968 -1998. The consequences of HMG's planned NI political and security decisions and actions. To include the imposition of the emergency provisions. In particular, Internment without trial on the 9th of August 1971 to 5 December 1975, 1,981 NI "British Subjects" were detained 107 were NI Unionist / Loyalists and 1,874 were NI nationalists. A dual system of emergency provisions was in place from 1972 to 1975.This involved the Special Diplocks Courts System, where suspects were denied the access to a solicitor; and or an appropriate adult and were charged with scheduled criminal offences. The Diplock Judge, sat without a jury and the regular rules of evidence and disclosure, did not apply. The Special Courts continued up the the Belfast Agreement 1998 and for period thereafter. The consequences were disastrous. Some 3,720 lost their life and approximately 47,541 were injured. Approximately,18,820 were also charged with emergency criminal offences. HMG were not impartial arbiters, they were political and security protagonist, pursuing the policies of "Criminalisation", " Shoot to Kill" and "Collusion with unlawful loyalist paramilitary organisations". The people of NI endured this conflict period, which was marked by such shocking and disturbing events, as the Ballymurphy - British army parachute regiment killings in Belfast; and on "Bloody Sunday" in Derry killing 14 unarmed civil rights protesters; the H Block - hunger strike, where 10 men were allowed to die on hunger strike, for the return of political status; the killing of alleged British informants by alleged British Agents? The unsatisfied quest for justice; and or closure for the relatives of the victims of the NI conflict, who lost their life. All potentially at at variance with the ECHR 1950? The human thoughts and feelings, grief and suffering, was felt individually and collectively, throughout the NI communities. The continued external political / security management and manipulation of the pathological sectarianism; and historic Anglo-Saxon trespass and oppression. Pursuing the discernible pattern of behaviours experienced throughout all of the former British colonies? In particular, the HMG unconscionable use of time, as a "weapon in the arsenal" of the empowered; and cultivated lines of division. The objective being, to surreptitiously maintain a presence - on island of Ireland indefinitely? For example, by protracting the NI conflict with the aim to pushing the NI conflict - all beyond living memory. "Kicking the Can" down the road - to another generation. Thereby, generating predicable distrust and irrational fears, in the interim by circumventing the democratic managed change and social cohesion processes - leading up to the promise / constitutional declaration of intent of HMG to a legislative implementation of any future NI Border Poll, which is in favour of Irish unification? All of which was and is underpinned by range of human social and emotional cognition's, trauma, mental health well being issues. Hopes, aspirations, fears and expectations. All coexisting with everyday normal family life trials, tribulations, suffering and joys.

A Poem by John A Coyle

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