Tuesday, 29 July 2025

29th July 2025

 


plump berries

unexpectedly bitter

dog pee


© Rachel Green July 2025


Is it worth my while to pretend

to join the police force and thus endure

the loss of all my family and friends;

the power plays from higher ranks and more.

Serve my time as racist Mr Ploddy

and take the tests to rise Sergeant quick

then make a sideways move into the body

Spend five more years of training with a gun

and face the risk of death from every chump;

then a sideways move to sniper to become

a new Lee Harvey Oswald, shooting Trump.

 If that's more trouble than you can ever ken

 Stop claiming that transwomen are still men.


© Rachel Green July 2025


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