WELL DONE ELVIS

legs weak
as the UN

i walk slow
as human rights

to the park
green as the hulk

where a footy coach
dressed like tik tok

shouts well done elvis
with minimal cringe

at a toddler
small as a claymore

& i am hooded
like a looting racist 

but cos the suns low

like new year morale

& i smile
like jesus might

at a dog
looking sad as a mother

markings on his face
like forever tears

OLD MAN STREETS

arthur got a tan
jim says to him
who let you in ?
you indian !

~

should you let racism slide
if the man is 205
and
only thinks hes being funny
with jokes from 1950

in the 8 AM
quiet 
white 
cornershop
street ?

~

should i thank him 
for his national service
before
i
say
twat youre a twat jim
your choice of newspaper
makes me nervous ?

in the 8 AM
quiet
white
cornershop
street

~

(  i wonder
   is there anything more wonderful
   than an enlightened elder ? )

from rossendalefreepress.co.uk

FOOLS (TWO)

1. PARROTS

white fools in pimped hatchbacks
pat
themselves
on
their
Super Dry
backs
for talking to Asians in IT
but
Copy and Paste
bad
syntax
sentences
from
dull parents knee-jerk ready-meals
and
from
hysterical newspapers - a staple like milk and kfc   
on
their
chip-oil kitchen tables and morning backseats
till
their
Clipboard is full
and
they
dont 
have
to 
think
at
all 
anymore


2. ABDICATING RESPONSIBILITY

staffroom fools
say

'i dont go up to london - too many blacks'

we call them on it
and
they
whine

'my dad is a racist - i never had a chance'

their
self-awareness a one trick pony
abdicating

they look
shame-faced sometimes
at
how
weak
this
sounds
when
theyre
not
bunkered in the pub with the match on five widescreens
and
their yes-men in pastel polo shirts
top buttons done up tight
pouring
weak 
suds
out
of
four-pint pitchers

from socialistworker.co.uk