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Screaming Blue Murder

Screaming Blue Murder

 

I’m screaming Blue Murder

at the state of the nation

and how we blame our ills

on Muslims and immigration -

talking about people

as though they’re an infestation.

I’m screaming Blue Murder.

 

I’m screaming Blue Murder

at the Banker’s greed

and the people on the street

who we can’t seem to feed -

the way that we trample

on sexuali...

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anti-Austerity   anti-Fascist   anti-Tory   fake news   government policy   pro-community   pro-labour

Beware! The Man Who Holds The Monkey's Paw

Beware! The Man Who Holds The Monkey’s Paw

 

The wolf is at the door,

dragging your hungry children

across the cobbles of Victorian conditions,

their ribs rat-a-tat-tatting

like a wooden washboard.

In the clinging northern mist

ghosts drift across the streets

before settling into doorways

where no one sees them.

 

A creature lurches into view,

its frame a mas...

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