Days of Decay – Written May 2024 (Aged 49)

Days of Decay

our society is clearly, ‘fucked’
and it has been –
since, ‘way back when’
in the days when Tony Blair went mad
and no one listened to Tony Benn
and now,
it’s all there –
‘culture wars’
so here we go again
society, is clearly, ‘fucked’
torn up,
by those with no morality or intelligence
and no respect –
for human rights
or even fair and just law
people are choosing hills –
upon which they will die for
but the events, the issues,
they are deranged,
society, it is clearly, ‘fucked’
it shows us how we apportion blame
and now,
the days when, Thatcherism came to pass
with an ideology –
that in the long term, has hit really hard
i wonder if these days of decay
will ever come to pass
because, society, it is clearly, ‘fucked’
it’s all here, when we glimpse the shattered glass
but the people are puppets,
rabid with fever dreams of an imagined england past

James Garratt – May 2024

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