Stop the Boats
On the one side, it’s bloody-well hard to claim for asylum today –
The government channels are ever more narrow and blocked.
On the other, why didn’t they put-in a claim in France, on their way,
Before their midnight dinghies had even undocked ?
On the one hand, the locals are facing a shortage of doctors, and schools,
And even basic respect from the Guardian-class –
And on the other, they’re attacking the same old targets – like tools
Of the very establishment that would crush them on-mass.
On the first, there are no council houses for those on the waiting-list,
And no chance of ever affording the private rents.
On the second, there’s plenty of luxury flats sitting empty, unmissed,
For city bankers and royals and overseas presidents.
On the one part, the inequality’s rampant throughout the nation,
That’s breeding and stoking the conflict as tensions are bared.
On the other…no wait, there is no other damn explanation !
No wonder both locals and migrants are angry and scared…
Rhyming Couplets 