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We should all be a bit of Captain Tom

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“I won’t wear a mask.

I’ll do what I f’in want to do.”

 

But he just kept walking

Round and round

Doing more than this government ever could do

 

“I’ll see who I want

When I want.”

 

But in the years when he should be

Just letting go

He gave it all to us

 

A hospital he will never see

A cancer patient walking out pain free

A child’s broken limb, now walking round and around

 

A country we should all be

 

Shining a searchlight against the mindless few

Telling us just to be kinder and giving

To you and you and me.

🌷(6)

Captain Tom

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David R Mellor

Sun 5th Feb 2023 17:51

Cheers Clyde

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sat 4th Feb 2023 14:13

“I won’t wear a mask.

I’ll do what I f’in want to do.”

BRAVO Captain Tom!

2 years on, we've learned nothing except sheep will still be sheep.

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clyde McCulley

Wed 3rd Feb 2021 15:49

Good poem for good old Tom.

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