The Morning Mail

The morning Mail  talks of disorder

not just abroad but inside our border;

of protests outside an hotel door,

some are against, others are for;

many are holding inciting placards:

insults and fisticuffs are on the card.

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Shoplifting occurs in retail shops,

traders ask: where are the cops?

Everyone now knows the real reason

why we don't send the villains to prison.

Brcause no longer we have enough jails

for those who injudiciosly go off the rails.

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Fewer bodies take the King's shilling

so we form the coalition of the willing

to purchase arms, and foot the billing,

to fight a despot who seems unwilling

to halt the war and stop the killings.

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Meanwhile in London there's a march

from Parliament Square to Marble Arch

with contingents of Muslims and Jews

both expressing contrasting views.

Meant to  generate mutual solidarity

it might accentuate their disparity.

© Luigi Pagano 2025