Sir_Nigel Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 But where are your minorities your underprivileged classes? Your disadvantaged immigrants your poor huddled masses? You surely can’t be serious you call this integration? A sea of white male faces - a single token Asian? I came to join the brotherhood, to rally to the cause but find a vile travesty of the trade description laws No persons of restricted growth I find to my dismay and not a single one of you admits to being gay Where are those with special needs have you robbed them of their rights? the alternatively-abled wheeled out of sight? I travelled in my gap year - saw hardship and barbarity I bought this hat in Paraguay to show my solidarity You’re liars, bigots, hypocrites No don’t deny I’ve seen you - no signs supporting Palestine not an ethnic hat between you. What a place this could have been And yet you let it fail You Little England chauvinists, who read the Daily Mail The puzzled crowd of onlookers who witnessed this tirade now drifted off indifferent to the accusations made. The earnest wispy-bearded chap was left to stew and brood. His whole idea of PC World seemed somewhat misconstrued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahanshahad Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hiya, yes I like the poem - very gently funny. Couple of suggestions would be: - Might some of the first lines scan better if there was a comma at the end? Where are those with special needs, have you robbed them of their rights? - Would 'no single token Asian?' be a better line? Maybe, maybe not... Also very funny un-PC idea of guy walking round asking shoppers if they are gay (and nice that they drift off indifferent too). Regards, James PS: On a slightly different note, I gotta plug my poetry exhibition which is on The Moor in Sheffield at the moment. If you could find your way to 'Like' the facebook link in my signature that would be real appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Blanco Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Very funny. I particularly laughed at the end. The wispy-bearded chap reminded me of some hard-core computing academics I used to know. I bet he liked real ale too, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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