tina

Black Friday Stampede

Saturday 29th November 2014 2:13 pm (first posted Friday 28th November 2014 1:04 pm)

Avaricious nation, I want no association,
There's starving people, your being sheeple,
What's up with you UK?
No need for the greed, it's a planted seed,
Leave the telly's, feed the belly's,
What's up with you UK?
All for a saver, it's a poverty waver,
Feed mankind, not pockets lined,
What's up with you UK?
All for the sake, a Merry Christmas to make,
Yet you play along, you've got it so wrong,
What's up with you UK?
Life's about caring, not what your wearing,
Or material stuff, I've said enough,
What's up with you UK?
You all know what's up!!!
Hear my rant,
you all live. with IGNORANCE AND WANT!!!

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Comments

Tina Ford

Tue 2nd Dec 2014 16:05

Thank you Lynn x

Lynn Dye

Tue 2nd Dec 2014 15:41

So well said, Tina, I'm in complete agreement on all points.

Tina Ford

Tue 2nd Dec 2014 15:24

Thanks Darren, I will have a read of yours now x

Darren Lea-grime

Tue 2nd Dec 2014 14:55

nice one tina, reflects my views on the stampede too. the aftermath im sure would have been hundreds of people with moderately priced end of line electrical goods!! i have a similar poem on a similar subject. daz

<Deleted User> (9882)

Sat 29th Nov 2014 14:15

good on yer chuck!x

Tina Ford

Sat 29th Nov 2014 14:12

Hahah I like it Rose, I will add it x

<Deleted User> (9882)

Sat 29th Nov 2014 14:10

Hi again tina-another useful word to add to your title,that I saw today,on a news stand...

black Friday...STAMPEDE!

x

M.C. Newberry

Fri 28th Nov 2014 19:40

Having seen the TV clips of the shop mobs - I go
along with the sentiment in the targeted sense.
Humanity in crowds can be uplifting but the beast
is often in the anonymity provided by numbers
when tempers fray.

<Deleted User> (9882)

Fri 28th Nov 2014 19:28

oh! those news clips!...UGH!UGH!UGH!

Anthony Emmerson

Fri 28th Nov 2014 19:18

Bang on Tina. I watched footage of the black Friday sales on the news tonight; it was horrifying to see people (women especially) brawling over TV sets. Anyone with a conscience and sense of reality ought to be well and truly ashamed - but I guess they don't and they're not. Consumerism at its greedy and selfish brainwashed worst. Well said.

Regards,

A.E.

Tina Ford

Fri 28th Nov 2014 14:33

Thank you for your comment M.C, I just got angry at the way people where ripping items out of each others hands, and pushing others to the floor. It made my heart heavy x

M.C. Newberry

Fri 28th Nov 2014 14:26

I surprised myself by enjoying the "hip-hop"
style of the sentiments expressed - and the
content will always carry weight. However, there
is no country with as comprehensive a range of
charitable organisations as can be found in the UK
- and the phrase "compassion fatigue" can come to mind on occasions when out in the real world.
Even the bible posed the question "Am I my
brother's keeper?".
Stimulating stuff!

Tina Ford

Fri 28th Nov 2014 13:17

Hahah thank you Rose x

<Deleted User> (9882)

Fri 28th Nov 2014 13:15

Tina-soooooo rantingly clever!And count me in with-the guilty as charged.

Every word rings true,and needs to stick in our 'grabbing claws and scoffing jaws'

x

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