raise a glass
for the late Julius Caesar
The Ides of March
© Rachel Green February 2025
II.V
Even from the height of five tall stories
the driver's gestures are perfectly clear
the deprivation suffered under Tories
hits all the former workers far and near.
In nearby Cannock all the mines are closing,
the nearby Mitchell's Brewery has scaled down;
Interest rates go up but income frozen,
the Government sells England by the pound.
Further up the street two kids are trudging,
pushing Christmas bikes through yellow snow
below, the man calms down, his wife begrudging
heads inside the flats with him in tow.
© Rachel Green February 2025
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