Poets For Corbyn

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<strong>Corbyn</strong>Ernest SchonfieldThey call you madBecause you don’t suck up to bankersThey call you sickBecause you believe in fair playThey call you a wreckerBecause you want to build hospitalsThey call you economically incompetentWhen they have sold the nation’s assets at a loss.They say you can never win.You say, we’ll see.My friend Barry joined Labour.The website asked:Why are you joining Labour?He typed back:So I can vote for <strong>Corbyn</strong>Because I’m sick of New Labour bullshitand I can’t wait to see the lookon war criminal Tony Blair’s facewhen they elect a decent manof principle and integrityrather than some Tory-lite twat! 26
Poem of Philosophical and Parental Conundrums Written In AnElection YearErin BelieuFrom the backseat, Jude saying, Mama, I HATERepublicans, and the way he says HATE,saying it the way only a seven-year-old can,saying it like he’s very, very certain,is plenty disturbing since I’ve never onceheard the word HATE come out of his mouthuntil this morning. And there are thosewho may be reading this poem,those people without children, orthose, I should say, who choose notto have children, you might be impatientnow that Jude has appeared here to makehis meaningful pronouncement, and Iget how tedious it is, listening to thosewho choose to have childrendrone on about the stupidity of standardizedtests and the difficulty in finding authenticallyorganic apple juice; but I beg your patience andask you to imagine how unnerving it is to beresponsible for these weird beings who rarelydo anything you’d expected when you werereading What to Expect When You’re Expecting;how we’re suckered into thinking this kid stuffis a science when really it’s the most abstractart form, like you’re standing in a gallery atMoMA, staring at an aquarium in which floatthree basketballs, and the piece is titled 27
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