politicians practice poetry

new music 

new art 

new books 

new poems 

new restaurants

new amusement parks 

new one pound coins 

new bank notes 

Winston Churchill 

new laws 

Refined 

new politicians 

new Prime Minister

Unelected 

new suits 

new boots 

the Bank of f*****g England 

politicians and their priorities 

I mean, nobody really knows. 

the collapse of Big Ben 

poor thing 

new palaces 

new holes in your socks 

new bodies lining the streets

we have forgotten what democracy is really about 

we have forgotten 

we have forgotten 

and the men in the shop doorways lie bleeding as we walk by. 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

lately i have been writing similarly...can't help but write political these days..it's our job to expose what is there and many don't even see...right in front of them.

i am inclined to love the last 4 lines of this...exceptional.

j.

[Kirsty Woodward]

Thank you for this lovely comment Jacob.