My Poetry: I Read the News Today

I Read the News Today

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I read the news today,
oh boy...
pages plump
with sex crime soap stars
and the nightlives
of designer idols
from football estates,
column inches aimed
at doping wage slaves
with tits and tattle
businessmen disguised
as politicians engage
in press manipulation,
planning conflicts
propagating fear
to justify death
to line their pockets,
while the brainwashed masses
skip sanitised snippets
of foreign babies dying
in the arms of siblings;
bleached words
for prole consumption
so they don't choke on reality
while munching bacon n egg
weekend breakfasts
cus they prefer to escape
bank statements
client facing nowhere careers
zero hour contracts
multi-coloured foes
with TV set gossip
of false characters
and all the while
Cameron's Blairite smile
looks down on his puppets
as he continues his mission
to break a broken Britain
under the guise
of a united Queendom
while removing everything
that made it great.