We can sneer at the old ways now:

"over - engineered, wasted materials

too much man power used"

and we can worship the economist

 

who went on to prove a theory behind perfect glass

and helped to eradicate the working class.

a very worthy aim no doubt in the free for all

we now enjoy and call a sort of freedom.

 

and we can look up to the politician

manipulator of aspirations, uncomfortable

in the world that needs him.

 

We can rely on the accountant

whose logic has proved more effective

than the wrecker's ball.

 

Do not forget the lawyers - shape shifting

in their deployment of cause and effect.

 

Together they all pulled against the race

that shaped a world with their bravery

intimate duties and dedication

drudge and weariness, an example for us all

sentimental in their mean streets with their memories

cherished, treasured and infinitely sad

the lonely labourers in their tribal groups

hounded by their betters and preached at,

the lonely labourers in their mean streets.

with their tobacco, booze and love of glitz.

 

Spare them a thought as they sink buried beneath

the weight of the retail parks and the roundabouts

and the re - modelling of a new dawn. .