Take to the streets
and beat them with kindness,
club them with your decency,
ram home an ideology
to show that looking after our weakest
saves us all
hobble them with thumps
that scream
a little love goes a long way
that those that aren’t the same as you
in hue or shape or song,
if hearts are good,
belong in your world
cut them to the quick
with cameraderie
support and tolerance
destroy their unjust fears
and crush their tribalism
In cracking hard heads
the only death we’ll see
is a diseased past
which, unlike other countries
races or creeds,
needs to be lost and forgotten
Holding on to painful glories
costs more than the oxidised bronze
of an old man’s statue
Jun 20, 2020
Jun 20, 2020 at 7:16 AM UTC
Take to the streets
and beat them with kindness,
club them with your decency,
ram home an ideology
to show that looking after our weakest
saves us all
hobble them with thumps
that scream
a little love goes a long way
that those that aren’t the same as you
in hue or shape or song,
if hearts are good,
belong in your world
cut them to the quick
with cameraderie
support and tolerance
destroy their unjust fears
and crush their tribalism
In cracking hard heads
the only death we’ll see
is a diseased past
which, unlike other countries
races or creeds,
needs to be lost and forgotten
Holding on to painful glories
costs more than the oxidised bronze
of an old man’s statue
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