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Fly Brexit Airways
The A220 aircraft Cruised through the stratosphere But passengers in transit Had heard of a new idea For miles below at Heathrow The atmospheric pressure Was higher than it was onboard And nicer and much fresher. They had a referendum To open up all the doors Remove this cabin pressure Some passengers clap applause. If… Read more
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Be Grateful
They come with their families across the lashing grey channel, Threatened by a broach and capsize with every wave In overcrowded inflatables buoyed up with hope What can they see that I cannot? Can they not see our imminent unemployment? Do they want to join our lockdown? Our over-burdened NHS? Our hungry children deprived of… Read more
Treading Carefully
The cheery Aussie border guards insist
You’ve cleaned your worn-out shoes; you have not missed
Some hidden sodden clod from mountain trails
High up in some remoter part of Wales
There are no exceptions; it’s his duty
To ban soil from other lands of natural beauty.
Cambrian hills of peaty purity
Cut no ice with biosecurity
It’s more likely and somewhat less absurd
They’ll find you’ve trodden in a doggy turd.
Steve Blakesley (September 2019)
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