Homeless families expelled from London by councils
The Guardian, 5 November 2012
We had been at war so long
we often forgot we were at war,
looking to TiVo to keep us safe
by serving up only palatable news.
Our world was an agreeable place
to raise children, browse the stores,
catch the vital episodes
of our favourite TV soaps.
We welcomed the blacks, the Irish,
the Poles, but then came oligarchs
fleeing their own revolutions
exporting our soil. War children
once again left London by rail
this time labelled ‘do not return’.
(c) 2012 Slush Poet
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