Here’s the poem I did on radio Leicester:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01yy5kz – about 1 hr 40 mins in.
It has had an outing at a number of local groups and is available for performances to political groups, poetry groups and arts groups.
There’s a War On
(for all those suffering from the Bedroom Tax)
There’s a war on, they say
we must all make sacrifices
tighten our belts
there’s not enough money to go round
so we must
tighten the public purse-strings
because there’s a war on.
I thought that was all over and done.
……….
We are all in this war together, they say
we are all fighting this war
but I am on the losing side
morale has plummeted
the troops are ill-equipped
rations are low.
The Captain says,
he says it won’t last long.
But we don’t see him here on the front line
not here.
………
And now we must all be evacuated
we must move
we’ve got too much space, they say
too much living-room
an extra bedroom.
We must evacuate
downsize
squeeze.
This is our home, we’ve lived here for years
but there’s a war on, now.
………..
And so they come with their long knives
and they slice up our benefits
and we don’t know what to do
we used to manage
but we can’t, now.
We have to move
we have to cut back
we have to
put that light out
put that light out
– put that light out!
Don’t you know there’s a war on?
Kirk out
Sarada Gray 