Broke

Yep, 'fraid so, I did another one...

 

this that I’m about to drop

is some of that hip hop poetry;

new genre, not gangsta

all about vocabulary,

imagery and originality

 

big up Scroobius and Riz MC

for inspiring me, making me see

that history could be in the making

if we reach out & start waking

up the world to concepts unfurled -

in-taking s**t and creating pearls

for the boys and girls aching

to hear some substance

in times of messed up circumstance

because you gotta dig

all the panic must be just

when Woolies Pic ‘n’ Mix

goes ‘n’ bites the dust

 

the Specials must have had a crystal ball:

stroll through the city centre & there’s nothing at all

[“this town is like a ghost town”]

one by one, shops go down

weirdly,  only Tesco’s left around

and do you hear that sound?

it’s the absence of protest,

echo of apathy

indifference has engulfed everybody

[“Am I bothered?”]

like the economy bombed our sense of community

why buy local

when you can drive to Sainsbury’s

it’s less hassle pushing your trolley

through the razzle and dazzle of Buy One Get One Free

 

whole industries frazzled like bacon

we’ve jumped out of the frying pan

into the pyre of getting fired

or being forced to retire early

because your company spent all its money

on limousines for the suits

so you’re getting the boot

because they can recruit

cheaper labour overseas

 

it’s a fact of life like the birds and the bees

smell of race riots on the breeze

prejudice spawns with ease

as the unemployed increase

catch the BNP disease

and blame their broken peace -

the entire recession - on immigration

but you see they’re mistaken

lost in headlines of The Sun

and Daily Mail, ignoring detail

like the mindless borrowing they’ve done,

UK businesses they shun,

and savings they neglected

because they were too busy having fun

 

irresponsibility’s the debt being collected

and who would have suspected

how fast we rejected

common sense

maybe we like it tense,

enjoy the suspense

of being tenants who might not make rent

because it’s all been spent

when we went on the internet

with our intangible, invisible wages

flicked through the pages

of Play.com or Amazon

suddenly our virtual basket was full

and all the money was…gone

Reviews

[Emily B]

When are you going to read it out loud in front of an eager audience?

:)