Midweek Review
Of Books and Guns
By Lynn Ockersz
In the fabled Isle,
Said to have been blessed,
With all things elevating,
No sleep is lost now,
On which comes first,
‘Bread or Guns?’
For, betwixt the safety,
Of the masters of the land,
And the ‘Sambol’ and rice,
Of the toiling subject class,
It’s those wielding heft,
Who decide what comes first,
But now the schools of the poor,
Are also going the way of ‘Bread’,
For, on the drawing boards,
Of the state’s foremost brains,
Education is made to trail Defense,
In another ominous sign,
That the pillars of the welfare state,
Are in a state of collapse,
Allowing the market to freely reign,
With military muscle clearing the decks.