A Prophecy

The cities of England burn

with the rage of youth -

nothing to gain

and nothing to lose.

Blitzkrieg rains incinerate

shops and schools

give cover

as they rush through

gaping windows.

“so why not go get your own?

a penny’s worth,  a purse,

a watch,

designer jeans

you know…..

loot”

“nearly one million school leavers

and graduates

out of work,

a generation lost

to worklessness.”[i]

So sirens wail as batons flail

like v-bombs launched

on the nation’s children…

denied,

cut-back

forgotten

The story of our

strangled civilization

written on the back

of bloodied balance sheets

until new order prevails

in the cities of England, France,

America…

the few rich

and the many poor.

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