More Bloody (bad) Poetry
May 2, 2008
It’s election time and our long standing lib dem councillor Frank Doran was voted out! This was obviously the result of me canvassing for Liam Robinson for 44 minutes yesterday, I knew those two people with amercian pitbull on molyneux road would make all the difference as the mjaority turned out to be just 2 (the majority was actually 200 so stop lying Ed.)
It is the first time in a long time that I have ever politically campaigned, ever since accidentally becoming involved in the tuebrook miltants in the 80’s and became Terry Field’s “Bitch” (I’ll tell you that story another time).
I’m sure Frank will find lots of things to do with his spare time and I invite him get involved in a non patisan way with the community as opposed to towing the line on all things libdem and council directed-come on Frank admit to the Nighbourhood Centre being a total waste of money and just a bit of shite idea….go on go on go on…alright dont then dont.
Again I had a slip of paper pushed under the door in the fine copperplate handwriting we’ve come to expect post kensington election night.
Ode to Being Frank or whatever happened to the spirit of ‘73
And so farewell Frank Doran, you’ve been undone,
By a mere slip of a lad called Li-um,
The thirty odd years since you were elected,
Have not slipped by entirely un-detected,
Because as I look around at our Kenny and think and see
At what used to be here In ’73,
I start to ponder at what is left without glee,
And longingly think of what used to be,
The Ice Rink,
The Cinemas,
The Shops,
And don’t forget Skulnicks,
Our Communitee
(This list is quite long so I cut it down considerably.SF)
I cast my minds’ eye upon what’s gone and what’s left and feel,
The thoughts rush uncharitably around my mind at our so called “New Deal”,
And I can only conclude Frank, that for the past twenty years,
You’ve been well and truly
Asleep at the wheel.
Kensington’s own JOHN BETJEMAN
Old Dick
These adult learning services creative writing courses for pensioners have a lot to answer for…well at least it ryhmes, sort of 4/10 for effort Dick .
