Miscellaneous
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Window Shopping
published: 3 /
10 /
2011
In 'Window Shopping', the latest poem in his 'Evidently Spencertown' poetry series, Spencer Robertshaw reflects on what propects the future holds for our children after the recent UK riots
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Feral dogs in hoodies
Attack without command
Underclass the norm
Now they make a stand
Why work for the system
That’s faulty by default?
Settings haven’t changed
So answer is revolt
Petrol bombs and bricks
Pay the entrance fee
A bit of window shopping
But no guarantee
It’s the latest pastime
For the Ipod generation
But no rules to follow no master federation
Plasma screens, laptops
Electrical goods and like
Taken by kids
Can't reach the pedals on their bikes
What about the children
Born into this war?
Can the schools break it
Or is history again as before?
The prisons are all full
But we have to make a stand
To save our fresh faced angels
Before they join the band
Stem the flow at source
Before the revolution
Underclass mentality
Cerebral pollution
Politicians say, we’ll sort out these thugs
Onto the straight and narrow
Clean and free from drugs
But what else have these kids got
And Berghaus don’t come cheap
Keep up with the Joneses
Got to go out and reap
So the best a parent can do
Is show love to their children
And hopefully that’s enough
To pacify their religion.