Too late Tommy
By Rob Kingston
Pull down the shutters for it's not nice to
see
This man in the gutter was not meant to
be
He had the misfortune to be born in the wrong
hands
His father was a foot soldier not a lord in this England
Now dad was a proud man enlisted when young
He needed an escape from his riverside slum
His father before him had trod the same line
All efforts intended to avoid a life filled with
crime
Now we fast forward where not much has changed
Though life is more awkward more people deranged
Gone are the soldiers gone are real jobs
Gone are the houses bought up by the slobs
Stability is slipping, Humanity too
This world is becoming a capitalist zoo
The pensions are present though just
for the old
For the coinage is rusting, for they've sold off
the gold
The young they are grafting much more than before
It’s proving more difficult to rise up from the
floor
Copyright Robert
Kingston
Hi Rob, I've sent you an email but have to congratulate you on this. However:
ReplyDeleteHis father was a foot soldier not a lord in this England
His father was a foot soldier not a lord of this land; just a thought?
I did alter the word slob to snob, I think it is more in keeping with your sentiment. (let me know if you want it changed back). Well done!
Hi Len
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this and for the poem you mentioned in the email. The words you have removed were intended. In other countries within the union they care more for their fellow man. As for slob, I believe that sums up the wording over is more effective that snob.
Cheer
Rob
Hi Rob - know next to nothing about poetry but like this and thoroughly agree with its message. Strange how everyone feels the same way but nothing changes.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your feedback Janet. When aligned to the poem Len sent me, it show how little has changed in a 100 years. Perhaps len found post the link so people can compare the time lapse.
DeleteTake care
Rob