Flags

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, flappers, dappers and those of you not so assigned. Come and witness the great panoply of all the worlds’ flags flittering together in the wind. A celebration, a festival of colour and culture.

See the stars and stripes, flutter in the wind
See inalienable rights, falter and rescind
What was becoming a plutocracy
Has given dawn to a golden kakistocracy
The dream is turning sour
As the bottom of the barrel rises to power
Like a duck to an oil slick
Fluffy on top but swimming in shit

See the union flag, failing at the seams
See morality lost in sovereign dreams
What was once something with a monarchy
Is quickly becoming a kleptocracy
The stiff upper lip start to tremble
When we start to see what we resemble

Tectonic plates of political power are shifting beneath our feet
There’s new friends and new enemies to meet
Beast are stirring in the East and West
Beast both big and small
Blood is rising will there be a test
Who will give their all?

See six stars rising on a field of red
See sabres rattled to spread a little dread
Best not cross little dictators
We really hope to see you later
He toys with going nuclear
And plays with chemicals to feast on fear
They could be such an easy bet
Except he sent the fleet to Oz instead

See the hammer and sickle hide behind red, blue and white
Watch them shiver in the Baltics at the prospect of a fight
See him flex his bare torso patiently
It’s the long game, ‘like chess you see’
With propaganda to destabilise the nations
The whole of The Europes will be prime for annexation

And closer to home…

See satires skirling battered in the breeze
Everybody knowing no future comes with ease
Divided loyalties passions running high
What would happen either way?
When will they get to try?
Is it a brave move to go it alone?
Or are they better staying playing ‘home’?

Tectonic plates of political power are shifting beneath our feet
There’s new friends and new enemies to meet
Beast are stirring in the East and West
Beast big and small
Blood is rising will there be a test
Who will give their all?

To prevent a fall

Now the leaders of the free world are liars and fiends
And this nightmare can’t be undreamed
While we turn our backs on every friend
The only hands left outstretched will lead us to the end

What unity, what harmony, We may not see the like for many years to come.