Plaguefish

I was told a story about social justice.

Someone added a backbeat

why not choirs?

There’s been plagiarism —

a strange bunch stole the word liberty

then shut down all the clinics.

Interesting bars charge too much

for an honest glass of water.

Fair Trade Slavery is listing on the Exchange

our kids borrow money for property investment

or just to buy a decent breakfast.

Capital is simply worn out.

Six former celebrities now teach kindy

& learn to smile.

They’ve lost

like us all.

One crop flooded

another burnt.

Education is an answer

but there wasn’t that question in the exam.

There’s a meeting

of Fine Honourable Men —

they’ve decided to change nothing.

Les Wicks

Over 45 years Wicks has performed widely across the globe. Published in over 450 different magazines, anthologies & newspapers across 38 countries in 17 languages. Conducts workshops & runs Meuse Press which focuses on poetry outreach projects like poetry on buses & poetry published on the surface of a river. His 15th book of poetry is Time Taken – New & Selected (Puncher & Wattmann, 2022).

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