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Torn

..."teaching poor white kids about “white privilege” might be at best inappropriate, and at worst stoke resentment." https://www.ft.com/content/f266e992-d5c3-4d76-b709-90467259a428

A raggedy thin cotton dress
On this little girl playing alone
On this freezing December day
In the year of our Lord, 2017.
Trapped in a major British city.
She’s scorned by her mama,
Left out by her friends.
Deserted by her dad
Stuck in this dead end. 
Little Ellie is plain sad
Neglected by everyone,
The social says ‘she’s turning bad’.
Her school calls out the doctor,
The doctor calls in the nurse,
Torn this way and that way,
Can nobody see
She’s just hurt?

 

 

 

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John Marks

Mon 5th Jul 2021 01:25

Thank you as ever, Keith, for sharing the wisdom of experience. John

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keith jeffries

Sun 4th Jul 2021 23:32

John,
Thank you for this insight into reality. As a white boy, with no privileges, I went to a school where some of the boys still wore clogs with no socks which were cheaper and more long lasting than shoes. After school we went home to strict food rationing as a result of war. We were grateful for what we were given. Clothes mended, Dad cut my hair to save paying the barber. "White privilege" Really!

A topical poem which speaks to the voices of jealousy, arrogance and ignorance.
Thank you for this

Keith

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