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The Barge
It’ll take 500.
in cabins with twin bunks
It’s not a Cunard liner
No need to bring your trunks
There is no captain’s table
Nor cocktails on the deck
No space for any loungers
On this brutal prefab wreck
It’s a worry for the fire brigade
Whose natural concern
Is how to evacuate the inmates
Should it ignite, and burn
Did I say inmates? A Freudian slip
But this ...
Wednesday 18th October 2023 5:27 pm
Just Some body (a child refugee)
I heard the shots, I did
And my siblings being dragged screaming
Out the door
My father ran, carrying me like a football
Up into the hills and miles away
Terror in his eyes “Which way now?”
Into the truck, freezing at night
Dumped on the shore
There was no need to ask
“Are they coming too?”
As I knew…
They were no more
The boat with a hu...
Tuesday 17th October 2023 3:30 pm
Border Spectacle
Great Britain is being (choose one or more):
invaded / stormed / assisted / visited / colonised / seen as a safe haven
by another:
fleeing group / flood / hurricane / astronomical number / vulnerable gathering / economically motivated gang
of:
asylum seekers / Illegals / migrants / refugees / criminals & rapists / displaced people
hailing from:
Europe / Africa / Middle East /...
Monday 16th October 2023 3:45 pm
The Asylum Seeker
I don't know Harry,
This one's a rare bird and
No mistake,
Just how did he get in and
Where are his papers?
If he's an asylum-seeker, what is it he's
Fleeing?
As a rule that lot keep their heads down but this one's
Roaming the country
In broad daylight
As if he owned the place
Flouting the lock-down rules too and
Costing the tax-payer a fortune.
Tell me this ...
Monday 18th May 2020 11:07 am
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