7 JUNE FROM THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS IN LONDON

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THEY ARE YOUNG    THEY ARE INFINITELY STRONG   LET’S HOPE THEY DON’T GET IT WRONG  

NEITHER FRESH FACED NOR CYNICAL MARCHING FOR A BLACK MAN MURDERED     

HEAVY SET  OLDER MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BOUNCER AT THE CLUB THEY QUEUED FOR EARLIER      

HOWEVER MANY THOUSANDS      ENOUGH TO MAKE IT MATTER  WHOEVER’S KEEPING SCORE      

ALERTED  CONCERTED VOICES RAISED IN UNISON    

FEW OF THEM HAVE COME THIS HIGH BEFORE    

RIDERLESS POLICE HORSE RUNNING AMOK   

ROUND THE CORNER FROM DOWNING STREET    

FEARFUL & ANGRY  THE BEAST LURCHES THIS WAY & THAT    

REQUIRING  EQUAL TREATMENT  FOR INJURY   THE UNSEATED OFFICER AND A TRAMPLED PROTESTER

THAT’S THE TROUBLE WITH UNSCRIPTED   ALWAYS A RAGGEDY ENDING

THE PROBLEM WITH A TIGHT SCRIPT   WHO GETS TO WRITE IT? 

WISHING THAT THESE PROTESTERS WILL STAY TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE     
YOURS TRULY    
THE NEWS POET