Give us this day our daily metaphor

Day 70
28 Mar 11

Now is the spring of our discontent
made glorious summer by this son of the Med
while circling jets with resolute intent
(1973/2011) offload payloads onto his head.
Meanwhile the bean counters froth and fret
at the COST, my GOD, where will it all end?
More to the point, not when, but how?
Today's picture is of a dying tree
surrounded by concrete cows.
The environmental here and the political now.