It Was 2am, May 2010

IT WAS 2 am, May 2010

/ SOME WORDS STAY BETTER

LEFT UNWRITTEN, & OTHERS…

after William Wantling, 1973

it’s 2 am, &

the only station coming through

is this talk-radio phone-in

and this guy

from someplace rants

for half-an-hour about how

anti-GM, Animal Rights, &

Vegan anti-globalisation activists

wrecking fast-food outlets are

disrespecting authority, property-rights,

vested interests & free enterprise

about how

Gays & single-sex single-parent families

are destroying traditional social values

and how

asylum-seekers, illegal immigrants

and ethnic minority communities are

undermining our culture and

threatening our survival

as a great nation

I yawn & look away,

think about the beautiful bi-racial

children I see in the Mall & think

how grateful I am that he’s right

and about how,

because of all this,

there’s still so much

hope for the

future…

Published in:-
‘GARBAJ no.15’ (Nov 2003 – UK)
‘THE PENNILESS PRESS no.19’ (UK – June 2004)
‘EARTH LOVE: POETRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT no.12’ (UK – August 2004)
‘THE SUN DOESN’T ALWAYS SHINE: Edit Pete Presford’ (UK – January 2005)
‘OUTLAW no.10: Spring’ (UK – March 2005)
‘MINOTAUR no.43 (Vol.10 no.1)’ (USA – March 2005)
‘EARTH LOVE: POETRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT edit Tracy Patrick’
(UK – September 2006)