With trepidation I say Hello 2021 I hope you’ve brought your ‘A game’ It’ll take some effort to better last year’s fun So don’t think about setting Australia on fire And if we’re dealing in favours Leave behind that global pandemic And those backward white supremacists with their guns Then I reckon we’ll be on to a winner We’ve already done ourselves a favour by removing the supposed leader of the free world With a shockingly legal election that relieved the unbearable tension For now at least There’s one less person in power who’s a glorified sinner Even though he’s still somehow revered by millions Who’ll now have to operate as postillions Now the “coachman” is as elusive as Ghislaine Maxwell Nahhh, I shouldn’t be silly If I think about it I really should become a Palaeontologist Because I’ve got one hell of a big bone to pick There’s more problems at play than millionaire paedophiles Even Harry and Megan leaving the monarchy pales into insignificance Despite the global shock Ringing out like the independent chimes of the Liberty Bell in ‘Philly’ Because down in the abandoned streets that I frequent The dark truth runs a little thicker Leaving the “real people” rightfully embitter Did Tashan Danial deserve to only pre-exist? As knife crime continues to be unaddressed But what reason is there for these senseless deaths? Unless those in power are fine with their child growing up as a potential killer? No, I didn’t think so And if it is here’s your time to confess To the continuous incompetent acts of negligence But even if you looked straight into my eyes Still, I wouldn’t believe you Still, I wouldn’t believe you’d know what to do To turn around the fortunes of a generation trying to survive in unforeseen circumstances With limited chances That stems directly from your lack of attention, empathy, opportunity, and hope But nothing’s changed You, the Government, still have the means to make it right Even Taylor and Em had time in a year to release 2 albums apiece So surely you can up the work ethic Improve support, funding and increase numbers in the Police Not by figures, but by actual bodies And while we're talking about bodies That’s without mentioning the years of maltreatment of the NHS Instead you’re all sat at your computers being utterly pathetic Straight up useless With more delays than the next James Bond The only attribute you covet is the ability to cower and abscond And wait for Marcus Rashford to tackle poverty like he’s got his boots on at Wembley When the reality is It’s your responsibility Not his So take inspiration in 2020’s various acts of tenderness Rather than solely relying on it in a poverty stricken crises Because truthfully You’re operating like you’re unannealed Far from a position of strength or courage Unfortunately, there’s thousands of people out there just like you who are failing us Yet there’s only one Kevin Sinfield ****, what a shame Because although this new year might be different The challenges remain unremitting and the same If anything they’re emerging on the horizon even more ferocious So take the initiative And make this year one to remember for the right reasons Rather than headlines of ongoing intentional malfeasance Where facts get magically erased and replaced Hmm has Prince Andrew spoke to the FBI yet? I guess I’m asking too much in that case Wait Wouldn’t it be great if there was a coup de grâce? But don’t ask Jeffrey Epstein about that if you’re looking for an answer Well, unless you exhume him like a necromancer Although If you had that power I’d use it for better purposes To end discrimination and perfect vaccine formulas On first impressions I did have you down as a doctorate in witch-doctoring Because it’s hard to tell where the lies end and where the truth begins When all we can do is hope for the best I suppose that’s the point of your potion explosion Providing the fixated audience with a mass distraction In our newly affirmed state of vulnerability and despondency That we’re so desperate to fight ourselves out of If we’re given a chance to leave our houses that is.. That would be nice