This England

this land of pleasant green

"Long live The King"

"Britannia rules the waves"

and other jingoistic phrases

that were used,

while flags were waved,

so many years ago.

 

This England

that grew fat on trading slaves

and subjugation,

the struggling poor controlled

by lack of education.

 

This England,

a land of pleasant green

where networking 'Old Boys'

buy bigger better toys,

"we're all in it together"

their ambiguous explanation.

 

As austerity bites and prices rise

classes once again divided

into the age-old order,

not flags but fists are waved

and demands are being made by

placard bearing crowds

who are HURTING - -

                            IN ENGLAND - - -

                                          - - -     NOW.

 

This is a re-post of a poem that I wrote some time ago - I think it is as relevant now as it was then.