perambulator blues .. .

sky-washed lies, faint dewy contrails
fall silently on mute-deaf ears

war dogs cascade earthward
missiled, Icarus heavens shine brightly

betide beams of energy and light
wheels within political wheels

all this descends upon one common
perambulator happy, all black, chrome and shiny

suspension straps, bemingling voices
under rainbow sky affectionately smiling

bedspread pillows, downy blankets
round, shapeless faces, contort to grin

emit noises contraband, words that confound
toes that wriggle, point and stretch

scared to leave the home of hinterland
a wonderland and fight their corner

they are not grown nor yet see eye to eye
have not learned to hold heads up high

hurricanes of orange-peel exchange
hurtle past point of order window

consensus applied, humanity denied
leers inside once-loved perambulator

feeds children to Leviathan – the alligator
perfervid folk stretch urbane parameters

simulate true disaster within the mall
time runs through their bloodied fingers

where have all the protest singers gone
gone to back-catalogues every one

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