On wasteful day of decadence
A pantomime of pure delusion
No time for celebration or jubilation
As millions of us suffer in poverty
With all this opulence and gold
It's too sickening to behold
Despite docile culture of servility
The daily media dosage of propaganda
I am not the Crowns obedient servant
I am a citizen! A proud Welsh republican
Owe neither deference nor allegiance to a king
An archaic representative of privilege and power
Imposed on the people without consent
Who despite inheriting £650m tax free
Can't pay for his own coronation
Amidst the pomp and pageantry
Dazzling displays of obscenity
No stuffing of quiche for the many
Who need a fairer.equal society
God save the people from a monarchy
That stops us from having true democracy
This land no longer needs feudal overlords
Palaces and thrones of gross immorality
We need an end to this gilded superiority
Time to elect our own head of state
And when current folly is no more
A new dawn, a red republic formed
We will dance around in revelry.
Ecosocialist republic in Cymru now.
ReplyDeleteheartily agree cheers
ReplyDeleteNot My King, say you, and
ReplyDeleteProtest but it seems you may have forgot
By choosing to live in the United Kingdom
He is your King, like it or not.
Taxes are gathered in the name of HM,
By HMRC, Revenue & Customs to you and me,
The stuff that keeps the wheels of society turning,
The schools and hospitals open, (they don’t perform for free).
The Police on the streets, though you may despise them,
The roads built, rivers running, the laws and the rule books written,
All tied to tradition and a constitution writ over hundreds of years,
The foundations of Great Britain.
You may not be a Royalist in your beliefs,
May want a billionaire to become your president,
May resent the history that will survive us,
Is that what your poem meant?
At least you have the freedom to leave
If you dislike this country and its rules,
And to express your dislike for a creaking system
To call the elected leaders charlatans and fools.
Russia, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Afghanistan,
Numerous other countries ruled by just one man,
If you truly believe their systems of Leader Of The State
Is so superior, you’d better leave before it’s too late.
Nice poem thanks and yes look forward to leaving forwards to an Independent Welsh republic, he remains Not My King
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