Politics and Protest

counterchec, rubbernec

strikebrea, pissta,

heartbrea, troublema

multitas, unmas

bluestoc, foreloc

motherfuc, bloodsuc

wisecrac, backtrac

benchmar, disembar

pawnbro, keystro

stockbro, anti-smo,

undercoo, overloo

hyperlin, freethin

hallmar, reembar

hitchhi, motorbi

bootlic, politic

rollic, nitpic

lovema, muckra

I pledge allegiance to my sons
to witty jokes and dreadful puns

I pledge allegiance to Aussie soaps
to chasing all my dreams and hopes

I pledge my allegiance to the Borough boys
to Lewes FC, to making noise

I pledge allegiance to classic scooters
I pledge to battle persecutors

to fight injustice till it's gone
I pledge to keep on keeping on

I'd rather do a highland fling
Or tie my nipples up with string
Impale my buttock on a spring
I'd rather do most anything
Than pledge allegiance to a king

I'd risk the wrath of Merciless Ming
Or face what fierce tornados bring
I'd rather drape myself in bling
Or swallow insects on the wing
Than pledge allegiance to a king

Richard Sharp

Likes to whinge and to carp

That report was bad luck

Now off he can fuck

Opposing imaginary ribaldry
Detestable protests at a library
Serious, stern of jaw and dour
Objecting to Drag Queen Story Hour
Reckoning kids are groomed and primed -
But why don't they protest at pantomimes?

Rebecca is a school refuser

The lessons confuse her

Miss knows her sister

is a substance misuser

It doesn't excuse her

She's labelled a shirker,

assigned to an overworked social work

a conflict defuser

But Becky's still a school refuser

Mason is a lesson bailer,

afraid of failure

He's looking paler, feeling frailer

We'd like you to strike
when it doesn't disrupt us
when it won't interrupt us
going about our daily life

We'd like you to strike
when it won't cause strife
when no-one will notice
Please don't misquote us

Of course we support you
we don't want to thwart you
just asking for some consideration
Don't get ideas above your station

Long long time ago, I can still remember
How winter snow would make me smile
And I knew when I had my chance
We’d come inside to warm and dance
And maybe we'd be happy for a while

But February made me shiver
With every bill that they delivered
Bad news on the mat
How the feck can I pay that?