Poem

[maggiebee]

This poem was in my local rag today.

The Jubilee
A mother cries, she can’t buy food
The Food banks are her shops
The meter’s run out of credit
When will this ever stop

Meanwhile flags and bunting adorn
Every image on TV
Honouring a rich old woman
With a 70 year jubilee

One billion plus it’s costing
That’s what the papers say
She has no understanding of
The struggle day to day

What an opportunity missed
A show of empathy
A no fuss cost free jubilee
A kinder legacy

This extravagance is obscene
A billion pound joke
For a Queen who’s stinking rich
The U.K. almost broke

Mike Bell

[jackthehat]

Gosh, how dreary....

[Vagus]

I’m just about speechless, how unpleasant.

[sunny-dave]

I have no time for The Royals - I'd be cheering if they were evicted and Britain became a grown-up country with a properly elected Head of State.

The Jubilee is different - just think of it as a chance to meet friends and reconnect with happiness after a dreadful couple of years - it's going to happen - enjoy it if it suits you - if not, then just avoid it.

Carping criticism says far more about the sour, one-eyed views of the critics than it does about their targets.

[jno]

she's not as rich as Sunak's non-dom wife or, I suspect, as the oligarchs who turn up here buying their way into power. Unlike them, the queen does no harm; she's the least of the nation's worries.

It might all look different when she's gone.

[naomi24]

Haaaa! You do make me laugh, Shirley, you really do. I agree with you though. :o)

[Bobbisox1]

Maggiebee wants a reaction,that’s all :0))))

[burlyshirley]

Pity they were removed eh naomi ???

[naomi24]

:o)))

That is a rubbish poem, maggiebee. Cheer up. We’re all in for a lovely happy weekend. Got your Union Jack ready to wave?

[Bobbisox1]

^^^^^ pmsl@ Naomi

[tiggerblue10]

Who is Mike Bell?

[Bobbisox1]

I’ve copied and pasted it to my FB under the title of Bigotry at it best :0)

[mallyh]

i'm sure he isn't the poet Laureate :-)

[gness]

Just smile, Shirley or you'll end up with a cat's bum mouth too.

[Neveracrossword]

That's the worst poem I've seen on AB for a while - and we've had some really bad ones over the years.

PS I think there's a misprint in the name of the 'poet' - he's really Mawkish Bell.

[Bobbisox1]

Haha Gness this is turning out to be very entertaining :0))
‘Cat’s bum mouth’ yep , that’s fitting ,very fitting

[gness]

It's just an image I have, Bobbi, of folk who can't see others enjoying life...especially now.
As I said before....Irish with no fondness for the royals but I'll get photos of street parties from UK friends....tales of their happy day and about bloody time!

[Bobbisox1]

My husband isn’t either Gness,it must take some effort to be so bitter though, he’s even helping me this Saturday :0)