Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Eight lines. The first and second lines repeat as the seventh and last lines, and the first line also repeats as the fourth line. The rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.
Be streetwise, girls, be streetwise
and you won't get false-arrested
Look out for cuffs and meat knives
Be streetwise, girls, be streetwise
and memorise our treatise
on what to do when pestered
Be streetwise, girls, be streetwise
and you won't be false-arrested
Just a dusting's not enough
There's barely ample white to fight
It's floating free like frozen fluff
Just a dusting's not enough
No handful for a snowball - tough!
This winter's snowfall's far too light
Just a dusting not enough
There's barely ample white to fight
We're hiding from Storm Bella,
me and my lockdown crew
The kid, our pets, my fella,
we're hiding from Storm Bella
while listening to Paul Weller
and watching Doctor Who
We're hiding from Storm Bella,
me and my lockdown crew
We must rewild this island
with lynxes, wolves and bears
From lowland up to highland
We must rewild this island
in waterways and dry land
with beaver dams and lairs
We must rewild this island
with lynxes, wolves and bears
Stick that needle in my arm
And get me safe and vaccinated
Hush the waves of false alarm
Stick that needle in my arm
Protect the herd from virus harm
Stay cool and keep refrigerated
Stick that needle in my arm
And get me safe and vaccinated
It looks as though the lockdown
is going to end in tiers
For while we count the clock down
it looks as though the lockdown
is ending with a knockdown
of haircuts, meals and beers
It looks as though the lockdown
is going to end in tears
They never talked about the war,
the ones who fought and struggled through it
Why speak of memories so sore?
They never talked about the war
but football, politics and more
Unless the young asked them to do it,
they never talked about the war,
the ones who fought and struggled through it
She didn’t say the war was won
Instead she said the war was ended
Fall silent now, the bomb and gun
She didn’t say the war was won
There’s future-building to be done
Place and people to be mended
She didn’t say the war was won
Instead she said the war was ended