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Red Flag Blues
Red Flag Blues
Through a rose tinted haze
That barely warms my heart
Comes a lukewarm reaction
That tears my beliefs apart
Nothing to vote for
No contradictory views
Politically impotent
Red flag blues
Insipid humility
Nothing new to say
Trading in ineffectiveness
Another grey day
Gets rid of opposition
Spectral on the news
leading blind acoly...
Thursday 12th May 2022 2:19 pm
Here There Be Demons
Here There Be Demons
there is a small terraced house
on the dark side of Benefit Street
where a mother lies with cancer
and a child has nothing to eat
where a father kicks anything that moves
whether wife or child or dog
then drowns himself in self pity
and rancid numbing grog
when he leaves he leaves a hole
as wide as any pit
and a family who cannot cope
without their benefit
it ...
Sunday 9th February 2014 9:05 pm
Golgotha
Golgotha
Under a northern sky,
the colour of slate,
the bones of our fathers
crunch underfoot
as we climb the hill
to reach the cross
of judgement
at the summit.
Know your place
child of mill worker,
miner, steel worker,
know your place -
for you are not
of our class,
you have no education
at our schools
and univer...
Friday 16th August 2013 10:47 pm
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