So perfect
You are
At your little
desk
Working hard
Like a little
bunny
All fairness and
light
Not ratting people
out over email
Never lying
Or manipulating
Or bitching
Such purity
Just sitting at a
computer
Being a good
person
But look at that
Liam Neeson
How horrid
Clearly a racist
A man who wanted to
kill black men
A man who doesn’t
understand black people aren't all rapists
Silly Neeson
I must be upset
about this
It will show how
worthy I am
As I sit here
Rotting in front
of a computer screen
It will show that
I condemn this man
For his honesty
His frankness
His humanity
It will show that
I would never be so angry
Or bigoted
To even think an evil thought
They will all see
my purity
Let’s make sure
Neeson knows
We don’t want his
story
I want to read
about people like myself
Who have wrapped
their shame
In a designer suit and one big smile
A decent pay cheque at the end of the week
For peddling sugar
to children
I don’t want to
have to think
Or analyse
That’s not what
the internet is for
Give me a Monday morning crusade
So I can better
the world
Whilst rotting in
front of my i-Phone
I’ll crusade to
make people scared to be honest
Or tell the truth
Or to be wrong
I’ll make sure Neeson
says
‘I am not a racist’
Because then he
isn’t
I’ll get so hot
and bothered about the issue of race
That nobody will
ever be able to admit they struggle with it
That they see it
That it’s a
problem
Now - I think I'll go make myself a cup of tea.
by Joanna Tilley
