A response to an appallingly bigoted cartoon (pictured) which appeared in the Morning Star.
An oversight has come to light
our usual process
transgressed, broke apart
and through the cracks
crept a carnivorous
cold-blooded cartoon
a hand-drawn saurian,
fawning, crawling, stalking
readers bravely pleading for safety.
It turned the prey
into the predator,
swaggered past the editor,
a sinister sketch
scaled to draw out
every stereotype, tabloid hype
every irrational fear.
Apology noted.
Crocodile tears.
