Mine, and occasionally others'.
Submitted by Janine on
Keep politics out of sport
Black lives may matter
but all that matters here
is the score
Keep politics out of football
because standing up for the national anthem
is not political
but kneeling for it is
Keep politics off the pitch
Offence and defence
are matters for the field of play
not for the field of struggle
Submitted by Janine on
It's World Mental Health Day, so ...
SNAP OUT OF IT
Snap out of taking orders
Snap out of blame
Snap out of 'disorders'
Snap out of shame
Snap out of austerity
Snap out of stressors
Snap out of poverty
Snap out of pressures
Snap out of 'raising awareness'
and start raising hell
This system's sick
It isn't well
Submitted by Janine on
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Submitted by Janine on
Guardia Civil
know the drill
Drafted in from other places
beating unfamiliar faces
Keepers of the peace
Police
That's the theory:
There and here, we
expect protection
get subjection
Saw that theory
cracked in practice
Dragged and kicked
grabbed and nicked
Keepers of the peace
Police
Submitted by Janine on
FEBRUARY
On Thursday, the women cried Bread, Peace and Land
On Friday, the workers walked out, joined their stand
On Saturday, more marched, a whole city spanned
On Sunday, the Tsar made the Duma disband
By Monday, Provisional and Soviet command
MARCH
Farewell, Tsar
He went too far
Nasty Nick
Legged it quick
And now he's off -
Bye, Romanov
Submitted by Janine on
When the shepherd can't whistle
and the sheep will not herd
The alarm couldn't sound
and when nobody stirred
When the owner growls Sit!
and the dog won't stay
The conductor drops the baton
and the orchestra won't play
That's when the revolution comes
When the piper can't pipe
and the children won't follow
When the lenders can not lend
and the borrowers won't borrow
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Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
How awful.
I don't know what to say.
At least they caught it early.
Oh, they didn't?
Well, I'm sure you'll still be OK.
My friend's got that.
She's having chemo -
Head down the toilet all day.
My mum had that. They gave her a year.
That was sixteen years ago -
She's still here!
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They sleep in mansions instead of tents
They never scale the perimeter fence
There's high-class bogs for the ladies and gents
Only the rich elite may come
Get orf their land, you common scum
Tarquin's squiffy on a shot of rum
So tell us a true-blue campfire story
It's better than bloody Jackanory
The tales that are told of GlastonTory
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My love loves the River Lea
Discovered in recovery
Visits uncover mystery
On trips with children one, two, three
Took looks and books and maps and found
His sanctuary, his way around
Walking Summer at Rammey Marsh
Fetch the ball tossed in the grass
A cup of tea and a water tub
At the café by the rowing club
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It was the best of times
and the worst of times
And the north of the borough
gets the worst
Because of accidents of birth
and because that's just the way it works
And yes, you guessed,
The south gets the best
And the rest of the country
had only registered
that Kensington had a proletariat
when it shocked the commentariat
by electing a Labour MP
