Scotland Will Be Free

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By celticman

Sat, 09 Aug 2014
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Scotland holds no grudge against the English.

Ay, no’ even Welsh dragons, or God Help us

You might be thinking, the woad-stained blue of the Irish.

 

Yer common people born in Newcastle, Johannesburg or Dubai

Even God makes mistakes with people like you and I.

Scotland is not free.

 

The moneyed folk sell us apartheid and little hope.

Oil the wheels of commerce with buckshee cash.

 

I bought a council house in Drumchapel with pebble-dash.

No surrender to the work-shy neighbour.

Dependent on the state.

English rule, can be cruel, but he’s no’ part of me.

Poverty, ill-health and low life-expectancy.

Eat your fill and thank the weevils for their loving sagacity.

No! I’m part of the moral majority.

Don’t look back at your glorious history.

England, as a nation, has no interest in what we want to be.

No Lords or Ladies will bend at the knee

Crawl on your bellies and they’ll let you be free.

English law, serfdom, subject to rich man's revolt

 

An egalitarian system that has no vote.

No to the slow oil-spill on our cognition.

Do you believe yoked leaves one missing? 

 

No to the bloated beasties that have more than their say.

Owner-occupied, one careful owner.

 

Fear is the axis on which we turn

England does not offer enlightenment for its poor sons

A radical plea - September 2014

Replace the weevil-masters with people like you and me.

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Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

very cleverly done. I hope independence won't put you (and your sandwiches) off coming down here again though?

 

Submitted by celticman on

thanks insert, I might, but border control being what it is might put me off.

 

Submitted by Bee on

I love acrostic poems and really enjoyed this one. Very clever. 

Bee

Submitted by celticman on

thanks Bee, I couldn't remember the name of the first letter of the line thing, but then I can't remember lots of things.

 

Submitted by Bee on

'Thingy' - it's one word for all occasions!

Bee

Submitted by celticman on

it's a useful stopgap when the head gets sore and you can't thing anymore.

 

Submitted by The royster on

Thought it about time I looked in again and mighty glad I did.  So mnay Cherries and well deserved.  This is so well put together.  Written with pride and passion.

I'm not sure about this independence "thingy", as you say person to person we have no quarrel but I fear that Salmond has his own agenda. But hey, What do I know.  All the best you y'all up there.  Roy

 

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi CM

You certainly made your point of view clear, not that I was ever unsure of how you were going to vote.

Good luck to you.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by celticman on

thanks Royster and Jean. Politics is about the poorer people and Salmond doesn't care, but he's better than what's there.

 

Submitted by Geoff Smith on

I admire the commitment behind the writing. As a poem it seems a bit disjointed to me, but I'm clearly in the minority on that score. Loved your last Blog entry by the way.

Thanks for reading. I am grateful for your time.

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Nice acrostic that gets to the point CM. The only way the Scots can stop being over-ruled by the Tories is to vote for Independence. After that you can work it out for yourselves. Wishing you all the best on September 15th        Elsie

Submitted by celticman on

as a poem it is disjointed Jasper (and as a poet, you rightly recognise that and point it out), but it's just a way of saying don't be feart!

 

I've nothing against the English elsie, I've just don't like Tories. They're bundled together so...

 

Submitted by Geoff Smith on

Yeah, but if you lot leave, we're stuck with them for good! But your're right that Scotland probably will be better off freed from Freidman and Hayek, Thatcher and Cameron. You guys would be able to make a more egalitarian society whilst us lot can continue to vote for our own ruination. Every one's a winner.

I blame Adam Smith.

Thanks for reading. I am grateful for your time.