Liam Neeson v me

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