Funny peculiar

not funny haha 
who
has the most to lose

from white smoke 
and breaking bread

how the grocer’s daughter 
ought to bare knuckle

on scabbed over grass, yet finds herself 
elocuting

whilst the canary chokes 
hits the cage floor

with a blind thump 
working men are hit with bricks

thrown from the sky
each one wrapped in Christmas paper

and tied with string 
a tag swinging
Funny peculiar

Not funny haha 
That the Cold War

was a carry on 
A Hollywood rom-com

starring Ronald Reagan 
even Sting was on the payroll

hoping those Russians loved their children 
too. Me too.  
Funny peculiar

That Michael Parkinson, even, 
had his phone tapped

on the picket lines 
I listened

as the brass band tuned up
emptying spit valves without thinking

on the concrete
I did not go and see your film

I left it to someone else to pick 
through the rubble

to try and get you out