of course
‘ban the burka’
why not…
that will change your crap job
that will make you better

you cannot deny people their voice
ah, but you can set a standard
and challenge their view
but they do not like the challenge
and therein lies the clue

at the life i lived before
it is not had the gloss coat
its not got the dinner party smooch
its not the got the dry novembers
just the memories of friends and some of hooch

capitalism, neoliberalism
the third way, thatcherism
call it what you will
ideology is what has failed people
leaving them so mentally ill

to be loved
to have those
who denied you
really mind you

i try not to share
‘memes’
or other peoples jokes
i try not to define myself
with certain posts
i share what i believe

‘social justice warrior’
one of those phrases
that like to much language
hinges on taking back
some, ‘power’

a man dies in the street
street homeless and cold
and the response
from the young and the old
is that there are, ‘too many foreigners’
and my heart sinks
like a boat without a hold

we wear hate now
like a coat
we sink happiness
in case it floats
we fail our steady boat